THORSDAY, Part Three: THORSDAY EVERYDAY!

Hey kids, guess what time it is! That's right it's time for THE THORSDAY REVIEW OF AWESOMENESS! What's that? "But it can't be Thorsday because Thorsday is a Thursday pun!" GUESS WHAT POOZERS, THORSDAY IS TOO POWERFUL TO BE JUST ONE DAY SO IT TAKES THEM ALL! Friday? THORSDAY! Saturday? THORSDAY! Christmas Day? THORSMAS DAY! So let's stop whining like little babies and man up because it's THOR TIME!

Today we look at Thor #615, which is the start of Matt Fraction's run on the series, which promises to be awesome. And if you look to your right, you'll see the cover for this issue. I really like this cover; Thor's standing in a heroic pose, looking up to the skies as is to signify that we're about to start up the winding road filled with all kinds of awesome adventure. Behind him stands Asgard, surrounded by dark ominous clouds, signifying that the Siege and fall of Asgard is over and it's time to start picking up the pieces. It's a new beginning and this cover does an awesome job of showing us that. It gets me excited and pumped for what's about to come up after it. And I'm glad to say that the content itself does not disappoint.

This first issue is a bit all over the place; We've got an off screen Asgardian talking with a scientist with a warning about the dangers of Asgard being on Earth, sweet little aliens getting decimated by meaner, planet conquering aliens, and Thor reminiscing on Loki before he heads off to give Balder a much needed pep-talk. Still, it manages to be a good start to a promising run on the book. There isn't much action, but Fraction's got some big threads starting here and I'm excited to see where it all goes. And it isn't all action and danger that's good, there's a hilarious little dialog between Thor and Daniel Blake as well as a funny, if not slightly predictable last page reveal. There's also some heartwarming moments, such as Thor's dialog with Balder. This isn't anything new; Fraction's done this same kind of stuff on Invincible Iron Man, but that doesn't stop this from being good.

My one complaint with Fraction's Invincible Iron Man is that the Larroca art is terrible; with Thor I absolutely cannot complain. The art here is awesome; the beautiful little planet of the doomed little aliens, the sheer savagery of the invader aliens, and a gorgeous two page spread of Thor looking over the fallen Asgard are all fantastic examples of Mr. Ferry's outstanding artistic abilities. This book is simply beautiful. Another visual pleasure is that the lettering here looks like it was done by hand. In a day and age where lettering is done on computers, it's kind of nice to see a comic look like it was lettered by hand. It's one of the things I love about Jeff Smith's comics and now it's one of the things I'm going to love about Thor.

If this issue is anything to go by, it looks like Thor is about to go to some very exciting places. If you haven't picked this issue up yet, you're really missing out because this is tied for my pick of the week!

THORSday, Part Two: THOR HARDER

Two Thor comics are out on a Thursday? Looks like it's time to do another THORSDAY DOUBLE REVIEW! That's right, I'm following up my blog post about how I want to do more than just reviews by giving you maggots a DOUBLE REVIEW! That's the power of two reviews and they're multiplied my THE POWER OF THOR! Did you feel that? That was your soul exploding from the sheer awesomeness of the THORSDAY DOUBLE REVIEW MULTIPLIED BY THE POWER OF THOR!

I'll start you off with Thor 614, which is the final chapter in Kieron Gillen's awesome run on the book. Thor is in Hell and he's summoning the Disir (read: zombie viking chicks) to save Tyr and Hela from getting eaten alive. Needless to say, he wins, and the way he does so is pretty damn brutal. Doug Braithwaite just killed it on the art here and for that I can only give my thanks, because this is how a story about Thor adventuring through Hell should look. Overall this was a great end to an overall awesome run. If I ever reread this story again I'm gonna have to put together an awesome Metal playlist so that I can have the proper backgroung music for something of this magnitude (sorry Scott Pilgrim soundtrack, but you just don't work as well for Thor books!)

Meanwhile, Thor: The Mighty Avenger, continues to be the smash hit of the Summer, as well as one of the books I look forward to the most with each new issue. If you're looking for a place to start reading Thor, this is it; it's out of continuity enough that anyone can pick it up and read it, but it's so well crafted that any seasoned comic fan will just fall in love with it.

This issue we find Thor meeting up with his old friends the Warrior Three and they go out drinking. Then hilarity ensues and I mean actual hilarity; there's a scene where Thor and the Warriors Three are fighting this issue's guest star where there's a dog pile that is just pure comedy gold. Aiding it all is Chris Samnee's fantastic art. If you aren't buying this book, you're missing out, because this is easily in the top five best books that Marvel is putting out right now.

So there we have it; THE THORSDAY DOUBLE REVIEW OF THOR-Y GOODNESS, MULTIPLIED BY THE POWER OF THOR! Don't worry, I'm sure your soul can be put back together and even if it can't, go buy some more Thor, you damn Thor junkies!