Thor By Jason Aaron: The Complete Collection Vol. 1

Amazing artwork with a fantastic villain that makes us feel the fear of the main character.

I have never been a fan of Thor as told by Marvel. I am a huge fan of real-life myth and folklore, and had trouble getting on board with making Thor a super-hero, especially with the weird and unnecessary changes to the original myths, such as making Loki Thor's brother rather than his uncle.I am a fan of Jason Aaron. I loved Scalped and Southern Bastards, and as I am also a fan of super-hero stories, I decided to see if Aaron could make lemonade out of Norse lemons. I was not disappointed. This story is just really good. There is a mix of well-written characters with a blend of serious storytelling and a dash of the humor from the good Thor movies. The premise is really interesting and thought-provoking, exploring themes of the nature of divinity, the relationship of gods to their worshipers, and the responsibility of an all-powerful being to those that worship them. The villain is excellently conceived, complex, with a motivation that makes him not just another two-dimensional bad guy sneering and twirling his mustache. I found myself identifying with him at times, and recoiling from his sadism at others.The art is really good, although I found the visual design of the main villain 5o be pretty derpy-looking. He's like a cross between the twi'leks from Star Wars - the aliens with the vestigial tentacles sprouting from their heads - and Voldemort from the Potter movies. Such a goofy look for such a menacing foe.I am very much looking forward to the rest of Aaron's Thor run, as well as his other work for Marvel Comics.

The story of the butcher of gods is the best story ever told. The art of Esad Ribic is unparalleled in all respects. Although the stories and the artworks of the rest of the book are nothing but mediocre, I just cannot be stopped from giving it a 5-star rating.

It's the complete story of gor the god butcher it has great art as well as a great story.

Great product and shipping was quick. Just came a little damaged due to no in box protection

Thor is an easy character to get wrong. There are a few ways to do him right, but this collection took a difficult path and wrote him like the good of legend while still keeping the Marvel flavor.

There are essentially two stories in this collection. In my opinion, the first story is one of the best Thor stories ever. A great villain to really challenge Thor and make the God of Thunder fearful. The second story was still great, but compared to the first story, not as much. The art was amazing throughout. It fits well with a Thor book.

What can you say but this is the best run on any character up to and through Thor 2018. It all starts here and it's just amazing. Gotta do this or your not a fan.