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Jason Aaron continues his excellent writing with Thor in this new series penciled by Russell Dauterman, who is turning in work every bit as good as Esad Ribic's excellent contribution to Aaron's previous "Thor: God of Thunder" series.
For a new series largely sold on the premise of a mysterious woman inheriting Thor's hammer, and, consequently, the better portion of his power, though, the first issue failed to feature her beyond a cameo at the very end -- even if it did do a good job of setting up this new story arc and showing us why this new Thor is needed.
With issue #2, however, Thor Odinson takes the backseat (the trunk, really; other than his severed arm, he doesn't even appear here) and we're given some much-needed time to get to know (and like!) this new Thor even though we still don't know who she is under that helmet (my money's on Roz Solomon -- there's really no one else it could be).
She's fun to read about as she learns how to use Thor's powers and asks herself questions about it that a Thor fan likely would if they suddenly came across the hammer and found it deemed them worthy of lifting itself. And if that "I never said I was" line (in response to not being Thor) wasn't written in response to some, shall we say, "fans despondent at this passing of the torch" -- well, I'll eat a hammer.
I can't wait to see where this kinetic, well-paced story goes, and eagerly await the Odinson coming face to face with this new Goddess of Thunder. He will, of course, become worthy to wield the hammer again at some point, possibly during next year's "Secret Wars" (which I cannot begin to stress how excited for I am), but it will be interesting to see how he reacts to another wielding what is essentially a part of him at this point, even as this portion of his own soul rejects him from doing the same.
Jason Aaron continues his excellent writing with Thor in this new series penciled by Russell Dauterman, who is turning in work every bit as good as Esad Ribic's excellent contribution to Aaron's previous "Thor: God of Thunder" series.
For a new series largely sold on the premise of a mysterious woman inheriting Thor's hammer, and, consequently, the better portion of his power, though, the first issue failed to feature her beyond a cameo at the very end -- even if it did do a good job of setting up this new story arc and showing us why this new Thor is needed.
With issue #2, however, Thor Odinson takes the backseat (the trunk, really; other than his severed arm, he doesn't even appear here) and we're given some much-needed time to get to know (and like!) this new Thor even though we still don't know who she is under that helmet (my money's on Roz Solomon -- there's really no one else it could be).
She's fun to read about as she learns how to use Thor's powers and asks herself questions about it that a Thor fan likely would if they suddenly came across the hammer and found it deemed them worthy of lifting itself. And if that "I never said I was" line (in response to not being Thor) wasn't written in response to some, shall we say, "fans despondent at this passing of the torch" -- well, I'll eat a hammer.
I can't wait to see where this kinetic, well-paced story goes, and eagerly await the Odinson coming face to face with this new Goddess of Thunder. He will, of course, become worthy to wield the hammer again at some point, possibly during next year's "Secret Wars" (which I cannot begin to stress how excited for I am), but it will be interesting to see how he reacts to another wielding what is essentially a part of him at this point, even as this portion of his own soul rejects him from doing the same.