He's banished, he's mad, and he wants to FIGHT. Roger Langridge (Muppet Show, Eisner and Harvey Award nominee) and Chris Samnee (Siege: Embedded, The Mighty) re-imagine the God of Thunder in Thor the Mighty Avenger! THRILL as he battles robots the size of cities! GASP as he tames the mightiest sea creatures! SWOON as he rescues damsels from the vilest villains! It's Thor as you've NEVER seen him, hammering his way into your hands every month! COLLECTING Thor the Mighty Avenger #1-4, Journey Into Mystery #83-84
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New Zealand-born cartoonist Roger Langridge (1967-) has been producing comics for over twenty years. Works of note include the Harvey Award-winning MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK and THOR: THE MIGHTY AVENGER; other works include his own self-published title FRED THE CLOWN, which was nominated for a number of Harvey and Eisner awards back when he was young and beautiful, and the Eisner Award-winning Lewis Carroll-inspired series, SNARKED!. Langridge lives in London with his wife, two children and a box full of his own hair.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Erika
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
That was my reaction upon finishing the first issue of Thor: The Mighty Avenger and it still persists. Roger Landridge does a great job of making you like these characters from the get go. You understand Jane and her life in a few panels and that is just awesome. The book is fun, funny and extremely charming. Chris Samnee's art is wonderful and manages to convey so much emotion in just a few lines. The fights are interesting in that they actually tell part of the overall story. Thor is sweet and cute and just a bit of a lunkhead but in a good way. I would thoroughly recommend this book for anyone of any age.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anyone who has read Marvel's Thor comics knows that there are a lot of Thor-specific characters to try to remember. This is made even more difficult because these characters are all gods with very specific stations, and they don't usually interact with the mortal world of heroes, so their frame of reference within the Marvel Universe is very small. Breaking into Thor can be as difficult as figuring out Shakespeare or jazz music, but with less scholarly study to help you along.
Fortunately, Thor: The Mighty Avenger rewrites the book on Thor, putting aside almost 50 years of history to create a comic that stands alone, starting at the moment Thor first appears on Earth and meets Jane Foster, and much like his classic appearances, quickly stumbles into battle. It reads like a classic Thor comic in many ways and functions as a welcome respite from the continuity-heavy, always-in-dire-peril Marvel Universe. Subsequently, this version of Thor returns to his more charming roots as a stranger in the strange land of Earth, a great guy, and maybe a little too quick to battle, but only because a good tussle is just fun. Marvel's in-canon Thor is journeying through different hells and lamenting the complete and total destruction of his entire world and lost souls. The difference is pretty stark, and at the moment, I definitely prefer the lighter one.
So, Thor appears on Earth, befriends a pretty lady, and immediately begins to encounter some of Earth's greatest and most eclectic superpersonalities: Mr. Hyde, Ant-Man and Wasp, and Captain Britain among them. Along the way, he tries to understand the ways of this new world, which he hasn't visited since he was a small child centuries ago, why he's here, and also tries to find a way home to Asgard. It's a story that's told with a great deal of sensitivity and humor. While I wouldn't compare it directly to Mork & Mindy, the premise is not dissimilar. Issue #4, featuring Captain Britain, is one of the best single issues I've read in the past year.
The book's art is far simpler than most current comics, using relatively few lines to tell the story perfectly, and in a style that's usually more associated with indie comics but used here with stunning success. The layout and animation of the characters in this minimal environment is a small work of genius. The book finishes off with reprints of Thor's first two appearances in 1962, which are a completely surrealist trip through the very strangest era of comics, and a perfect parallel to the simplicity and excitement of The Mighty Avenger. It's a great conclusion to a series of great stories.
I wouldn't call this a story just for kids, but it's definitely friendly for all ages. It's a very good read, not unlike the Marvel Adventures series of books: self-contained stories, very interesting adventures with underused characters, great art, and a ton of fun.
-- Collin David
Fortunately, Thor: The Mighty Avenger rewrites the book on Thor, putting aside almost 50 years of history to create a comic that stands alone, starting at the moment Thor first appears on Earth and meets Jane Foster, and much like his classic appearances, quickly stumbles into battle. It reads like a classic Thor comic in many ways and functions as a welcome respite from the continuity-heavy, always-in-dire-peril Marvel Universe. Subsequently, this version of Thor returns to his more charming roots as a stranger in the strange land of Earth, a great guy, and maybe a little too quick to battle, but only because a good tussle is just fun. Marvel's in-canon Thor is journeying through different hells and lamenting the complete and total destruction of his entire world and lost souls. The difference is pretty stark, and at the moment, I definitely prefer the lighter one.
So, Thor appears on Earth, befriends a pretty lady, and immediately begins to encounter some of Earth's greatest and most eclectic superpersonalities: Mr. Hyde, Ant-Man and Wasp, and Captain Britain among them. Along the way, he tries to understand the ways of this new world, which he hasn't visited since he was a small child centuries ago, why he's here, and also tries to find a way home to Asgard. It's a story that's told with a great deal of sensitivity and humor. While I wouldn't compare it directly to Mork & Mindy, the premise is not dissimilar. Issue #4, featuring Captain Britain, is one of the best single issues I've read in the past year.
The book's art is far simpler than most current comics, using relatively few lines to tell the story perfectly, and in a style that's usually more associated with indie comics but used here with stunning success. The layout and animation of the characters in this minimal environment is a small work of genius. The book finishes off with reprints of Thor's first two appearances in 1962, which are a completely surrealist trip through the very strangest era of comics, and a perfect parallel to the simplicity and excitement of The Mighty Avenger. It's a great conclusion to a series of great stories.
I wouldn't call this a story just for kids, but it's definitely friendly for all ages. It's a very good read, not unlike the Marvel Adventures series of books: self-contained stories, very interesting adventures with underused characters, great art, and a ton of fun.
-- Collin David
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By lux
Format:Paperback
The story of this series is the now-classic story in modern comics: A certain character becomes very popular. Its company rushes out as many new titles featuring the character as it can. They mostly all suck, except for one gem which shines because its creators are treating it as a work of art rather than a cash cow, and they have freedom to be creative. Critics love it. No one else buys it. It gets cancelled after a handful of fantastic issues. Everyone's sad.
Usually in instances like this, either the book was just popular enough to warrant a TPB collection (which is nice but still doesn't make up for the fact that IT GOT CANCELLED) or, more likely, it is NOT popular enough to warrant a reprint and all the people who didn't buy it because they were "waiting for the trade" never read it at all. But 'Thor: The Mighty Avenger' gets an experimental treatment that's a sort of compromise between the two. The cancelled series has been reprinted in a vastly reduced size, on inferior paper stock, with irrelevant extra material, marketed to children. The result looks terrible. The text is tiny, the art is marred. It's a slap in the face.
It's bad enough that Marvel would cancel one of their only books worth reading, but to reprint it in this way is just insulting. Do yourself a favor: read this whole run, and read it in its original format! It's great. But don't bother with this trade.
Usually in instances like this, either the book was just popular enough to warrant a TPB collection (which is nice but still doesn't make up for the fact that IT GOT CANCELLED) or, more likely, it is NOT popular enough to warrant a reprint and all the people who didn't buy it because they were "waiting for the trade" never read it at all. But 'Thor: The Mighty Avenger' gets an experimental treatment that's a sort of compromise between the two. The cancelled series has been reprinted in a vastly reduced size, on inferior paper stock, with irrelevant extra material, marketed to children. The result looks terrible. The text is tiny, the art is marred. It's a slap in the face.
It's bad enough that Marvel would cancel one of their only books worth reading, but to reprint it in this way is just insulting. Do yourself a favor: read this whole run, and read it in its original format! It's great. But don't bother with this trade.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Charming
Premise: This book collects the first four issues of the most recent all-ages Thor series, along with a reprint of Thor's first appearance from 1962. Jane Foster is a historian. Read more
Published 1 month ago by BlueFairy
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Thor
This is an incredible retelling of Thor's story, and his relationship with Jane Foster -- and I loved every minute of it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Amalia T
2.0 out of 5 stars
what it says on the tin
In the wake of the growing Marvel movie franchise, there seems to be a resurgence of interest in Marvel classics like Thor, and of course, this has lead to new productions of these... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Aiden
5.0 out of 5 stars
Overheard in a meeting of Marvel's suits: "What?! A fun, all-ages Thor...
Guess what? Fun superhero comics are back, thanks to creative team Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee. Read more
Published 10 months ago by H. Bala
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Thor Mighty Enough for the Whole Family!
An all-ages Thor tale set outside the regular Marvel continuum, for what it is, the lighthearted "Thor: The Mighty Avenger" is enjoyable from beginning to end. Read more
Published 11 months ago by BK
5.0 out of 5 stars
More comics should look like this.
While I am sure Marvel produced this run to tie-in with the Thor movie and sell some copy off the movie's popularity, this story can stand on it's own with the best Marvel has ever... Read more
Published 19 months ago by hippiemama
5.0 out of 5 stars
An amazing comic series that took me by surprise
Recently, I've been getting into Thor as a comic book character. I always liked the premise, characters, and fantastical focus of Thor, but never really read much of his stuff. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Relytia
5.0 out of 5 stars
A kid-friendly superhero book with exactly the right tone
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Published 24 months ago by DJ Joe Sixpack
5.0 out of 5 stars
All-Ages Comic (In the Best Sense)
"All-ages comic" is generally a euphemism for "kiddie book", but Marvel Comics has been doing a pretty good job lately of putting out all-ages friendly stuff that can appeal to... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Russell L. Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars
THOR! NAMOR! CAPTAIN BRITAIN! AND SOME OF THE MOST PERFECT STORIES...
I know, I know, the most perfect stories ever? This book, with its writing and art, is so fun, and so charming. It's like Thor for the Friends audience. Read more
Published on March 4, 2011 by J. Krueger
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