CBR: Bryan J.L. Glass Brings the (God of) Thunder

[CBR News]

Writer Bryan J.L. Glass retrofits Thor's origin for the modern day in "Thor: First Thunder," highlighting the Agardians first year on Earth and re-defining his relationships with the Marvel Universe.


Full article here (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26657).

[DetectiveDupin]

Cool that Marvel is really pushing Thor. Hopefully this turns out great.

[JessieMidnight]

Don't we already have a new Thor book thats going to be doing the excat same thing? Or am I wrong about that? I always liked Thor, so I do like this push Marvel seems to be giving him. The character sketches they provided look pretty cool.

[Kolymar]

Sounds good. Tan's sketches look nice except the first one. A bit too cartoony. I think it's the skinny wrists. :biggrin:

[Push You Down]

I say thee NEAT!

[Kolymar]

Don't we already have a new Thor book thats going to be doing the excat same thing? Or am I wrong about that?

IIRC, that's an all-ages version featuring all-new adventures mixed with classic elements set in the early years.

[JessieMidnight]

IIRC, that's an all-ages version featuring all-new adventures mixed with classic elements set in the early years.

That's it, thanks for the answer. This does sound pretty good. The sketches are pretty cool. I'll probally try to check this out, should be fun.

[whozeduke]

Yet another new Thor series not being written by Kieron Gillen. A travesty...

[mdg1]

Problem:

Thor's banishment didn't start when Blake tapped the cane. It started when he BECAME Blake (or replaced Blake, or was transformed into a copy of Keith Kincaid... the circumstances have been revised over time).

But the core is the same. It is his experiences as the doctor with the limp that was supposed to give him humility. Eliminating that is a fairly drastic retcon. Of course, making Blake a globe-trotting explorer with something to prove makes him sound less humble himself....

[lead sharp]

Looks better than the movie.

Looking forward to this to add a little cement to the origin. Marvel are good at that, retro fitting the origins so that while they are still classic they become relevant and they also keep the retro fitted stuff as reference for current stuff, well a lot more than other companies I could mention *cough DC cough*.

[Sijo]

Yeah, I fail to see how imprisoning Thor in the body of a lame man who has even climbed Mount Everest can be considered "humbling". Reminds me of the way Clark Kent went from being a wussy to a jock in the 1986 Superman comics reboot (though I admit I liked that one, because I always thought Clark didn't need to play the pansy so hard, it was annoying.) So who knows, it might work with Blake. The rest of the idea -exploring how modern people react to having a Norse God living in New York- is a more logical examination that sounds intriguing. As for the art... well, I've seen better (is it me or do Thor's arms look longer than his legs in that picture?) Still it will probably work well enough.

[Elayis]

This actually sounds pretty good.

I was starting to worry that Marvel was rolling out WAY too much Thor stuff too quickly (I mean, three new series' in two months is a little crazy), but they all sound top notch (especially the Rob Rodi one).

As for Tan, while I wouldn't have ever thought of him as a Thor artist, those sketches do look quite pretty. They almost have a Charest-esque quality to them.

Hopefully this will only be $2.99, but if Marvel is pushing this as the new origin for Thor (and not just an out-of-continuity tale), unfortunately this will probably be $3.99.

[protege]

Sounds interesting, but i need more info before I decide to buy this- like who he'll be meeting, and who He'll be fighting.