Agree with everything above. Anytime a new /new to title writer follows such an iconic run, they already have a strike or two against them, to no fault of their own. And like Rincewind said, DeFalco took the character backwards to focus more on earth, retro style, and older characterizations and looks of characters. It wasn't horrible, and I'm sure there were a few folks out there at the time that were happy to get away from the grand Norse myth of Simonson and focus on Thor being your average super hero on earth again. I LOVED Simonson. I was reading it at the time as a young teen. It wasn't SUPER jarring going from Simonson to DeFalco IMO, if I remember it right. IIRC it was decent, nothing groundbreaking, but not bad. I'll be getting this Epic for sure.