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curtvilescomic · 7 months

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The Immortal Thor cover by Alex Ross

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current-comix · 5 months

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farsight-the-char · 9 days

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IMMORTAL THOR #13

AL EWING (W) • JAN BAZALDUA (A) • Cover by ALEX ROSS

ENTER: HERCULES!

• The son of Zeus sought Thor out – for Toranos’ wheel had turned for the Olympians too, and two Gods together might solve such a mystery.

• The trail took them to a wasteland of snow and ice…to terror and treachery…and to an old foe of Hercules, at the height of her dread power.

• New series artist JAN BAZALDUA draws the story of the IMMORTAL THOR…and the Night Mother’s vengeance.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

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Guys Being Dudes.

#The Immortal Thor #Hercules #Thor #Thor Odinson #The Incredible Hercules #Alex Ross #Al Ewing #Jan Bazaldua #marvel #I like Ross and Ewing remember Herc avoids booze now

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artverso · 4 months

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Alex Ross - The Immortal Thor

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zndr315-blog · 10 days

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I finished reading Roxxon Presents: Thor and immediately wanted to throw up, which is a testament to Al Ewing’s excellent writing, but this page in particular stood out to me for a couple of reasons.

I think this page has a few more layers past being just a callout on big businesses putting out art, or “content”, about the evils of big business… I doubt Al Ewing would keep writing marvel comics if that were case.

For starters, if we go with the theory that this comic is partially meant to parody the MCU and it’s take on Thor, then this could be seen as reflective of how the MCU started to stop taking itself seriously and have all of it’s characters treat the very world they inhabit like a joke, to act like all they’re battles have no real stakes, and constantly make jokes when they’re supposed to be protecting civilians. People often criticize the MCU for all too often serving as propaganda for the military industrial complex (I thought the MCU was moving away from that aspect for a while, only for phase 4 to double down on it) and I think a big reason that this aspect usually slips past people’s heads is because the MCU rarely ever takes itself or the sociopolitical themes it tries to tackle seriously, and instead opts to focus on quips and jokes.

Secondly… him referring to the comic as an in-universe work of self parody, an in-universe joke at the people at the bottom of society’s expense… really brings to mind how an entire generation was radicalized by jokes and memes. For the longest time, fascists and fascist-leaning trolls on the internet cloaked their beliefs under the guise of ‘humor’ and ‘irony”. Right up until they had grown their base large enough to actually impact the real world.

With that in mind… I can’t help but wonder how certain people in the marvel universe are reacting to this comic that is supposedly a work of self-parody. I imagine all the people who put thin blue line Punisher skulls on their cars all looked at the page where The Executioner calls down an army of Roxxon crowd control drones to electrocute some protesters (in the interest of good taste, I am not going to post that page) would all applaud that scene on social media, and then immediately walk that back by pointing out the scene where The Roxxin’ “Thor” advertises some Roxxon engine oil and hot sauce scented body gel and saying “what are you getting so upset about? It’s just a joke!” I also imagine Dario himself has his fair amount of simps who act exactly like the Elon Musk fandom in real life and still continue to do so even after the Xemnu debacle from The Immortal Hulk. I imagine they’d all look at the page at the end of the comic where Dario essentially bribes The Roxxin’ “Thor” into doing his bidding and say: “wow! If only the real Thor was more like this!” (Side note, maybe all the right-wingers’ and fascists’ craving for a more right-wing, authoritarian version of Thor, ignited by this very comic, is what Amora is actually using to fuel her spell?)

This whole comic feels like it was ripped straight out of The Boys and, in this case, I mean that as a positive.

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superectojazzmage · 5 months

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Of everything that happens in the new issue of Immortal Thor, this scene stands out the most to me as something I feel will be one of the most important scenes of both the issue and the run as a whole.

In the very beginning of gods, of Earth, of humanity, of stories, among the very first incarnations of the archetypes that Thor and Loki embody - the mighty warrior and the devious trickster - see each other and immediately get into a fight out of sheer revulsion of everything their twin stands for.

Good vs evil. Light vs dark. Order vs chaos. Brawn vs brain. Control vs freedom. Life vs death. Fate vs choice. Peace vs war. Mundanity vs magic. Law vs crime. Creation vs destruction. Love vs hate. And many more. Clashing opposites, battling for supremacy. A cycle of violence and debate passed down the generations, from father to son, mentor to student, predecessor to successor, and so on. Brother waging battle against brother just to prove a point, to fulfill their role in the story. An ideological blood feud applied to archetypes and titles and narratives. Trickling all the way down into it's present expression... Thor and Loki.

Already it's clear that cycles of this sort are going to be a very large theme of Immortal Thor. The concept of recurrences and stories being retold over the years have been talked about a lot by the narrator. The comic goes to great lengths to draw attention to how Thor and his cast and, by extension, their own world in the form of comics are falling into patterns that transcend through time. And I feel that's going to be the crux of a great deal of the plot.

Loki hates the cycle. In their roles as both the goddess of stories and the god of mischief, they abhor stagnation and repetition. They want to be free of the roles "assigned" by the narrative. They want to be free of the debate, the never-ending battle of good and evil that ha destroyed their family time and again. Thor would want to be free of it too, if he realized he were part of it. But he struggles to do so. He's a rock in the sea of time. A god among mortals, a child of two worlds watching in confusion and grief as his human friends age and change and die around him while his divine brothers and sisters continue to stay the same. In this, they are trying to do what Gaea wanted to do but couldn't; to break the cycle.

Toranos and Utgard-Loki don't want to break the cycle. They ARE the cycle. Embodiments of the sins of the forefathers carrying down to their children. Representations of the archetypes of Thors and Lokis at their absolute worst, shorn of all true depth and compassion and true belief in their aspects in favor of continuing the godforsaken argument. Shades of the old festering in the blood of the young, infesting them with their baggage, holding them back from growing better, and lashing out at them when the new generations fail to meet the standards of the elders. And they may not even realize they're doing so.

This isn't the first time this theme has come up in Al Ewing's work.

Immortal Hulk presents the conflict between the Hulk and his archenemy, the Leader, as a similar generational feud. Both in a literal familial sense (the Banner and Sterns families being divided and warring after Robert and Samuel Sterns turn on each other) and a larger ideological sense (people using the power of gamma for good or ill, going all the way to the first Hulk being born from a leader's selfish desire to misuse magic as a tool of conquest). Sometimes the thoughtful man is the hero, sometimes the brute is. But they always fight. Senselessly and pointlessly. And the Green Door and the horror it brings was only stopped... by breaking the cycle. By defying it. By Hulk choosing to never sink to Leader's level, or those of his predecessors, and instead choose to forgive.

And Ewing makes clear cycles and wars spanning centuries like this are common in the Marvel Universe. The Eternity Mask is passed down generations of men and women, always fighting for freedom against those who would deny it. Nick Fury passes his name and identity and role onto his son. There's always an Ant Man, inheriting their predecessor's problems, and there's always an Ultron, trying to claim dominion. Arakko and Krakoa alike are divided between those who hold to the old ways and those who seek new ways. Ebony and Ivory Kings do their work, from within and without. On and on, the wheels turn.

It even goes back to the very beginning. To prior multiverses. All tracing back to the first super battle, the first superhero and first supervillain - Lifebringer-One and Anti-All, the cosmic knight and the entropic dragon - fighting for the fate of the nascent world.

Effectively, Ewing views and represents the narratives of superhero comics as we know them, as a sort of repeating song. The metatextual commentary is that all this has happened before and will happen again, because humanity will always dream of heroes battling monsters. There will always be a knight and a dragon. A warrior and a trickster. A superhero and a supervillain.

But he also acknowledges how this can go too far. How comics can fall into stagnating loops of repeating stories and stall status quos. Spider-Men being denied their stories because editors want to live in nostalgia instead of the now. X-Men getting their progress towards coexistence undone because writers can't handle change.

And this is all what Immortal Thor is about and will be about. The struggle for balance between opposites and extremes. Cyclical narratives and worlds. Ideas and stories being inherited and passed on. And all of it a commentary on comic books themselves and their history and role in culture.

It's brilliant stuff.

#immortal thor #the immortal thor #thor #mighty thor #thor odinson #loki #loki laufeyson #marvel #marvel comics #marvel 616 #earth 616 #marvel universe #al ewing #comic books #comics #media analysis #character analysis

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browsethestacks · 3 months

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Comic - The Immortal Thor #08 (2024)

Art by Alex Ross

#Comics #Marvel Comics #The Immortal Thor #Alex Ross #Immortal Thor #Thor #Art #Gaea #Fantasy #Fantasy Comics #2024 #2020s #20s

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haveyoureadthiscomic-poll · 1 month

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domi-ramon-17 · 4 months

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#loki fanart #marvel loki #fanart #digital art #the immortal thor #loki in the immortal thor #loki odinson #loki laufeyson #marvel #marvel comics

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cherriiramen · 6 months

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you don't have to respond to this ask as it's not Marvel's official site and is considered bad but most people use it but you can read comics for free on 'readcomicsonline.com' or something similar

I've Marvel unlimited and I'm currently waiting for immortal Thor #3. Their dynamics is super cute in it too.

Loki is like "Do you trust me as your sibling who loves you"

And when Thor gives him 'wtf is this question, ofc I do'

Then Loki says "do you trust me as your enemy" and Thor Looks conflicted for a second as he remembers all the past where loki has betrayed him but his heart says yes, and he doesn't even hesitate when he responds with "Yes Loki I trust you even as an enemy" and fucking mcu separated them for a mid show and replaced Thor in his life

OMG SO THAT’S WHERE THE PANEL’S FROM!!

I remember seeing it when I was scrolling through the Thorki tag and the quote “yes Loki, I trust you even as my enemy” was really cute to me, but I wondered what the context was!

I also just checked and the comic you speak of is the one that holds my favourite design of Loki (he’s so AGHH he’s so freaking pretty, and that little tooth gap of his skiwmwke 😭)

Oh and as well as that I’ve heard multiple times that mcu ruined their relationship and scenes together or something similar and ngl I’m starting to see what they mean..

Thank you a lot for the website btw!! I appreciate the help as a newbie 🥺💖

#cherrii.txt #Thorki #Thor x Loki #thunderfrost #avengers #mcu #the immortal thor #<333

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current-comix · 5 months

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