Mighty Thor Vol. 1: Thunder in Her Veins (The Mighty Thor)

by Russell Dauterman (Illustrator)

Hardcover, 2016

Status

Available

Publication

Marvel (2016), 136 pages

Description

Comic and Graphic Books. Fiction. HTML: Collects Mighty Thor (2015) #1-5. When Dr. Jane Foster lifts the mystic hammer Mjolnir, she is transformed into the Goddess of Thunder, the Mighty Thor! Her enemies are many as Asgard descends further into chaos, and unrest threatens to spread throughout the Ten Realms. Yet she wages her greatest battle against a far more personal foe: the cancer killing her mortal form. When Loki steps back into Thor's life, will it ease her troubles or only add to her pain? There's no such question about Malekith as he continues to fan the flames of a looming War of Realms â?? when he isn't wedding planning, that is! And as Asgard is torn apart, the skies will shake in one of the bloodiest battles of all time: It's Thor vs. Odin like never before!… (more)

Rating

(60 ratings; 4)

User reviews

LibraryThing member villemezbrown
I like the art, some of the dialogue ("Today my hammer comes for your face!") and some of the moments (hello, Lokis), but I just cannot care about a war between elves and giants and gods. All the scenes with a congress of worlds seated in little floating chairs trying to deal with the situation
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just brings back shudders from Star Wars Episode One. Brrr. Who'd invoke that on purpose?
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LibraryThing member MickyFine
Jane Foster is fighting stage 4 cancer and no one can understand why the chemotherapy is barely touching it. Jane, however, knows the reason: every time she picks up Mjolnir and becomes Thor, the powers of Thor burn the chemo out of her veins. But with war in the offing between the light and dark
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elves and the very real threat of civil war in Asgard, this is no time for Thor to be absent while Jane fights cancer.

This story arc is so good. I'm a big fan of Jane Foster and of her as Thor and these comics really do her justice. It's also fascinating to see the commentary on leadership and authoritarianism that are subtly woven in to Odin's characterization (very apropos for a comic that was being released in 2016). Plus there's plenty of bam and pow action if that's your appeal factor for comics. Recommended.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

136 p.; 10.5 inches

ISBN

078519522X / 9780785195221
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