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.
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.
How has Cates’/Cates’s? run on Thor been received in general so far, bearing in mind it’s only been 4 issues, so early days?
Its early yet, but...
For me personally,
+s: power levels. Thor + power cosmic from Galactus + Odin force = pretty effing cool
-s: mischaracterization in terms of how Thor (for example) deals with former peers, heralds. He was a total dick. Which means Cates has only read back as far as Fractions Thor or, he likes that version of Thor and is running with it.
Right now, I'm just happy Cates has loaded Thor with "holy **** muffins" loads of power...from my perspective, I'm really, really happy about that as I've watched Thor fall from Marvels "top dog" perch to a B list loser a'la Wonder Man.
So really, depends on what you're into.
"Sir, does this mean that Ann Margret's not coming?"
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"One of the maddening but beautiful things about comics is that you have to give characters a sense of change without changing them so much that they violate the essence of who they are." ~ Ann Nocenti, Chris Claremont's X-Men.
"Sir, does this mean that Ann Margret's not coming?"
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"One of the maddening but beautiful things about comics is that you have to give characters a sense of change without changing them so much that they violate the essence of who they are." ~ Ann Nocenti, Chris Claremont's X-Men.
who are the new villains in the new storylines? I hope new people are introduced. I also hope that the status as a herald of Galactus runs its course sooner rather than later.
"Sir, does this mean that Ann Margret's not coming?"
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"One of the maddening but beautiful things about comics is that you have to give characters a sense of change without changing them so much that they violate the essence of who they are." ~ Ann Nocenti, Chris Claremont's X-Men.
Cates' run has been pretty good so far, some mischaracterization on Thor's personality, but other than that it's been pretty good.