Review: Thor: God of Thunder: The Last Days of Midgard by Bow

[cosmic merlin]

Thread for discussing Thor: God of Thunder: The Last Days of Midgard, reviewed by Bow!

[neat drum]

yeah, this part is fun but not great. i liked the old king thor part quite a bit tho, that one is storyline for a long ride since its also last thor book aaron writes

[humble ferry]

Remind me, was it in this run that King Thor teamed up with a phoenix-possessed wolverine in the far future? Or was that something else?

[neat drum]

ye, pretty sure it was that one

[odd stump]

Uhhh not yet at least

Here he took ||All-Black the Necro Sword to feed Galactus||

[humble ferry]

oops, sh*t, I thought this was the final volume

final volume Aaron wrote on God of Thunder
ig another writer took over?

I could still just be wrong though and it's another run

[odd stump]

Nope, this is the end for God of Thunder, but after that Aaron wrote other Thor titles

Next up is a quick detour to Original Sin, and then All-New Thor

[humble ferry]

Ahh, I have no idea about the writer, I just remember far future so I thought King Thor. tbh might even not be be Thor. Could be Hulk 😆

[odd stump]

Oh no wait it’s just “Thor” after this, then Mighty Thor

[odd stump]

I mean it very well could be, Aaron wrote Thor for like 7 years or smth, God of Thunder was only 2 of those years

[neat drum]

nah, you remember right, its just that the old king thor mini is from like 2020, long after this

[humble ferry]

Oh, I found it. It is Thor.

[humble ferry]

Yup

And it is Aaron

[neat drum]

yeah, the 4th issue of that run is his 2nd epilogue

[humble ferry]

Apparently, he first appeared in the 2018 Thor run

[neat drum]

ye, there are the future set issues in that too

[humble ferry]

That 2018 run was one of the last things I read before I quit reading comics for like 6 years, so it's hard to remember

[odd stump]

I still have a lot of Thor to go XD

[humble ferry]

Have you read the recent one(s) by Ewing? Or are you reading chronologically?

[odd stump]

Rn I’m going to read all of Aaron Thor

[neat drum]

that 2018 is kinda weird for me, because i am not big fan of the art

[odd stump]

I haven’t read sewing yet, also not entirely sure I will (at least not anytime soon), as Ewing’s usual writing style is not really my taste

From the little I’ve seen this very much seems in line with Immortal Hulk, which I could recognize was very well written but at the same time it’s not really a comic I get much enjoyment out of, at least not as much as other comics I’ve yet to read

Same with his Venom, I read all up until Venom War bc I like the character but overall I wasn’t really a fan of the directions Ewing took and the way it was written

[humble ferry]

The runs themselves (Hulk/Thor) are quite different, but he does very much tend to go big and cosmic in his runs, so there's less personal connections.
I love his writing, but I understand if people aren't into it

[neat drum]

also, theres still big part of that run yet to be published and it might work better to read it as a whole

[humble ferry]

Are you talking about the current Thor run? I'm reading on MU, so it's barely even started over there, I mostly mean the previous one

[odd stump]

Oh yeah I’m also not even necessarily talking story wise, but just the way he writes yk? Like the actual way he constructs sentences and chooses to tell the story

I am very much liking his current Abs GL though

[neat drum]

ye, 25 of immortal, likely 25 and mortal and 25 of the final act + some addons

[rocky viper]

I liked both Agent Solomon and Dario Agger, I think they're great additions to the MU. Like you, I already knew Agger from Immortal Hulk, so his "twist" didn't come as a surprise (is it even revealed here? I have a feeling it took some time before his true form was shown).
It has been almost a year since I read this, but I remember liking this arc very much. Both the present and the future story have some interesting themes, and while they are very different, they're also very similar at the same time and work together well.
Next you'll move to my favorite part of this run, with beautiful art by Russell Dauterman!

[odd stump]

It was revealed here, I think the 2nd issue of the arc it was teased and then third issue it was fully revealed

Currently reading Original Sin, and then I'm indeed moving onwards to Thor!

[rocky viper]

Okay, then it wasn't that big of a deal. I thought that it might have had longer build-up

[odd stump]

Nah it was pretty quick. Iirc though in Immortal he's basically only Minotaur, whereas here he's mostly Agger

[rocky viper]

I also read OS along my Aaron Thor readthrough little under a year ago, but it has like 1 page that's relevant to Thor. Story itself is interesting, at least

[odd stump]

Yeah I figured you know might as well, reading all the tie-ins too

It's quite an interesting event in the sense that it's not at all structured like a "normal" event

[rocky viper]

All tie-ins? They don't even have anything to do with the main event! Which yeah, makes it a very weird event, because main book is ||murder mystery centered around the Watcher and og Nick Fury||, and tie-ins are (mostly) about ||heroes finding secrets about their past||, which spins out of one scene of the main book. Truly bizarre concept, tell me how you liked it as whole after you're done

[odd stump]

Yeah exactly! The tie-ins don't really have anything to do with the event, the event acts more like a nucleation point for a certain type of story. As always I'll write reviews about everything I read so you can read my thoughts then :)