Simonson Thor question

[JKtheMac]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I'm going to pick up one of the trades to read through and see how I like the flow of story and characterization.

Good luck. I hope you find it easer to read than I do.

[Winter_fury]

Does anyone know the reading for marvel unlimted ? Like where the issues of balder the brave fall?

[Mike_Murdock]

You mean where did he die? #275 from Roy Thomas's run.

[Frontier]

You mean where did he die? #275 from Roy Thomas's run.

I think he's talking about the Balder mini that spun off from Simonson's run.

[HaveAtThee]

The Simonson run is (along with the Lee/Kirby work and the Dan Jurgens' run) the gold standard for Thor stories. If you enjoy the character you'll have fun reading it.

[Marvell2100]

I have not read much of Simonson's Thor, I know it's supposed to be the standard to compare all other Thor stories to, but I have been worried it reads like 80's comics and doesn't hold up in its storytelling. I've seen the art and I know that's fantastic, but I wanted to know does the story hold up? Is it something that you can still enjoy reading today, or does it read as a piece of work from a certain period of time and it's fun, but not the same now a day?

Please let me know your thoughts.

Believe me it holds up very well. I enjoy reading it and each time I get the same thrills. And I read it when it actually first came out those many years ago.

[Panic]

Does anyone know the reading for marvel unlimted ? Like where the issues of balder the brave fall?

I believe the Balder the Brave series takes place after Thor vol 1 #353

[Mike_Murdock]

I think he's talking about the Balder mini that spun off from Simonson's run.

Ah, I was thinking of when Balder the Brave fell (i.e., kinda died).

[KingsLeadHat]

Does anyone know the reading for marvel unlimted ? Like where the issues of balder the brave fall?

The omnibus reading order is: Thor 360, Balder 1, Thor 361, Thor 362 then Balder 2, 3 and 4.

[Montressor]

It aged like I imagine Asgardian wine would age. I wonder if Thor has ever gifted Tony a bottle.

Everything from the art to the lettering--seriously--is perfect. About the only thing that takes me out of it when I re-read the run is the thought bubbles.

[CaptCleghorn]

Bill, Frog, Skurge, "For Myself", the Hercules cover, the Ancient Winters "cross-over". This run holds up wonderfully and does an incredible job of mixing the super-hero and Asgardian Thors. Even the original Secret Wars tie-in was tongue-in-cheek because of its mistiming. It was a product of my time, but I can't imagine anyone who likes Thor not liking this run.

Read Walt Simonson's Ragnarok from IDW.

[Coin Biter]

I read Thor 362 as a child not having read a Thor comic and knowing nothing about the characters (well, I knew a bit about the myths, but I had no idea who this guy Skurge with the strange haircut was, for example ). It created an immediate impression, beyond any other comics I read at that time.

So perhaps I'm biased by childhood memories, but bear in mind I was only able to read one or two issues which the local newsagents happened to have on their shelves and was completely unfamiliar with the rest of the run. I returned to Simonson's run a few years ago and for the first time read it in its entirety. I thought it brilliant, and it had lost nothing in the interval. That's not always true of comics from the 80s, but Simonson's work was undimmed.

[Zero Hunter]

Bill, Frog, Skurge, "For Myself", the Hercules cover, the Ancient Winters "cross-over". This run holds up wonderfully and does an incredible job of mixing the super-hero and Asgardian Thors. Even the original Secret Wars tie-in was tongue-in-cheek because of its mistiming. It was a product of my time, but I can't imagine anyone who likes Thor not liking this run.

Read Walt Simonson's Ragnarok from IDW.

I love his Ragnarok series. It is like the spiritual sequel to his Marvel Thor run.

[Winter_fury]

Thanks guys

[brettc1]

It aged like I imagine Asgardian wine would age. I wonder if Thor has ever gifted Tony a bottle.

Everything from the art to the lettering--seriously--is perfect. About the only thing that takes me out of it when I re-read the run is the thought bubbles.

Oh by the Bristling Beard of Odin! How I miss thought bubbles!