Creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created the character as an anti-Nazi figure, as Simon strongly opposed non-interventionism during World War II and wanted the hero to reflect these views. That continues today, as many have also read Marvel's "Civil War" series as a direct commentary on ...
And as Thor and his allies come together so will fan-favorite creators from throughout Thor’s history! In addition to the main story by Cates and Klein, join some of Thor’s most acclaimed writers and artists as they revisit their landmark runs with all-new adventures:Marvel Ensuring it ...
Jane Foster just toldThorthe truth about his iffy plan to leave Mjolnir withCaptain America, as she tells him it didn't make a lot of sense. InThor#16 by Marvel Comics, Thor tells Jane he's having horrible nightmares about Thanos using Mjolnir and the Infinity Stones to kill him and th...
Roxxon Presents Thor is deemed the superhero comic book of the week, full of satire. In the earliest days ofStan Lee's Marvel Comics Bullpen of the sixties, they mocked themselves. Nicknames for the creators, overblown then undercut rhetoric, which led to actual parody comics of themselves su...
Angela, an angelic-looking but death-dealing anti-hero, actually originated in an Image Comics series, Spawn. Due to some real-world legal battling between creators Todd MacFarlane and Neil Gaiman, Angela’s rights ended up at Marvel, and Marvel revealed during 2014’s Original Sin event that...
(Image credit: Marvel Comics) This classic story was started by Roy Thomas and finished by Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio, with artist John Buscema eventually giving way to Keith Pollard. But it was born from the imagination of Jack Kirby, as all the creators involved tried to take Kirby’...
Thor is the god of thunder in ancient Norse mythology and the son of the Norse chieftain of the gods, Odin. In Marvel Comics cosmology, Thor was banished to Earth in the 20th century in the form of the mortal Dr Don Blake, a lame physician, by Odin, in o
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Banner's newfound control of his rage is prolonging this fight more than Thor expected, and with Banner holding his own, Thor must get creative. Odin's breakthrough look into Banner's psyche seems to slow the violence, but will it be enough? Additionally, new creators to the THOR title ...
My own takeaway from this affair: First, David Gabriel reported that some retailers don’t like diversity in comics, and I have absolutely no doubt that is true. Second, David Gabriel stood behind Marvel Comics’ commitment to diversity and reaffirmed it. ...