I think an easy way to look at Thanos stories is that anything written by Jim Starlin, Ron Marz and Keith Giffen is the real Thanos while anything written by other authors should be dismissed as a Thanosi clone.
Yeah, you nailed that part, we are fans of Thor, not the weapon, yes it is iconic and yes we love to see it being a powerful tool, but it doesn't go beyond that, we love it as much as Captain America fans love his shield, and when he is without it he is still a force to be reckoned with, same applies to Thor.
I have to disagree with your take on Cates' issue 7 though, I'm not going to lie, I prefer if we stopped focusing on Mjolnir, but the issue itself was actually pretty good and entertaining with many noteworthy character moments, it was especially nice to see a slower pace and Thor/BRB interacting, the issue also got solid reviews pretty much everywhere.
One thing to note is how few major Marvel characters are really in Thor’s “universe”. I feel like the Avengers video game really highlighted this.
Much of the conflict centered around SHIELD and characters that fit into that setting. Ms. Marvel, Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow, and Iron Man all fit well into that setting for various reasons. Thor, on the other hand, sticks out like sore thumb. None of the villains in the main story had even a remote connection to him.
It’s sad consequence of the emphasis Marvel places on his otherworldliness.
I am astonished of how Al Ewing could, in a few panels, make Thor sound both wise, noble and a bit weary but also sensitive enough to ask Jen her preferences and just accepted her words. I might be a guy but it felt "real" to me.
Reading that it makes me kinda curious what kind of horror story he could do with Thor. Maybe for all the wrong reasons but I mean, maybe not as a canon tale.
I think an easy way to look at Thanos stories is that anything written by Jim Starlin, Ron Marz and Keith Giffen is the real Thanos while anything written by other authors should be dismissed as a Thanosi clone.
Those moments were OK but are overshadowed for me with the fact that we are once again doing a Mljonir story as for the low reviews i was just going off what the average was for that week you had sites like
https://weirdsciencemarvelcomics.com...thor-7-review/
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/ne...ember-16-2020/
That didn't really give it a great review, there are other sites that gave it good reviews though, still i feel it came of as a mixed bag overall.
so what happened with that Thor x She-hulk romance
it seems every writer wants to forget that.
Those are actually the two sites that gave it the lowest score though, others gave it a much higher grade.
https://comicbookroundup.com/comic-b.../thor-(2020)/7
This website compiles the reviews from all the major comic book sites.