Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Quarter Bin 120 "BX Thor!"


Thor (Marvel)
from 2013

One of the neat things about being associated with the military over the years has been sporadic access to the comics specifically for it.  This is the latest Marvel comic I've seen from the tradition.  What made it particularly interesting was that the art was from Tom Grummett, whom I know best from his Superman and Superboy work.  His last notable mainstream comic was Justice League #52 (the final New 52 issue) with Dan Jurgans.  Otherwise he seems to have done a lot of stuff like this, as well as media tie-in giveaways.  Hey, sometimes it's whatever work you can get, and at least he's still working.  But Grummett definitely seems like he should have had a better fate.  Maybe I just don't know how this medium treats its veterans well enough.

This Thor issue, at any rate, was the sixteenth such release by Marvel, with more that followed, and one of several with art from Grummett.  The story is pretty basic, with actually a lot more focus on Jarvis (the Avengers butler) than Thor (whose scenes are incredibly repetitive, especially the utterances of the frost giant he's battling).

Well, it's just nice they're making them for the military.

2 comments:

  1. BTW, did you ever read this Supergods book by Grant Morrison? It's only $1.99 on Kindle through Sunday I think. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004J4WL7S

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  2. I have. It’s actually one of the few things I really haven’t loved from him.

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