Category: Thor
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With the release of Thor: Love and Thunder quickly approaching, I'm pleased to share the introduction to my recent book, A Philosopher Reads… Marvel Comics' Thor: If They Be Worthy, for your enjoyment. – — — —- —– —- — — – Who among us has not doubted our worth or worthiness at some point…
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Well that was something! After rewatching Avengers: Infinity War Thursday night, I saw Avengers: Endgame Friday morning by myself—well, me and the hundred other people in the sold-out small theater, but you knew what I meant—and then again with my kids in a much larger (but still sold out) IMAX theater. I grouse a lot…
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Hard to believe this is my first post here in 2015… sad but true… Nonetheless, just a quick post to point your swiping or clicking finger toward several items of potential interest: I have a guest post at The Cultural Gutter, one of my favorite websites, recounting my experiences and impressions reading the entire run…
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Recently it was announced—on "The View," of all places—that the next person found worthy to wield the power of Thor in the Marvel Universe would be a woman, after the current Thor is judged unworthy. (See here for the best write-up I've found, including an interview with writer Jason Aaron and EIC Axel Alonso.) Predictably,…
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If Al Ewing and Lee Garbett's Loki: Agent of Asgard #1 doesn't end up being the best single issue of the year, then we've got a great year ahead of us. Why did I love this book so much? How much time do you have? (Look Ma, I'm writin' a listicle! *sobs*) 1. It's a…
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The 12-part biweekly (semimonthly?) series Fear Itself: The Fearless, which focused on Sin's plan to reclaim the Serpent's Hammers after the end of Fear Itself and Valkyrie's attempts to stop her, came to its conclusion last week. I found the series much more enjoyable than it's predecessor, perhaps because it was not weighed down by…
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Thanks to Mitters' tumblr, I discovered that there are three samples from The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth's Mightiest Thinkers available at Wiley's site for the book: the table of contents, the index (in case you're curious who's included in the book–I'm happy to say most everybody!), and best of all, the first chapter, written by yours…
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If you're like me, a comics fan who desperately needs a dose of romance on this Valentine's Day, then do what I just did: reread (because I sincerely hope you've read it already) Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee's Thor: The Mighty Avenger series (eight issues, collected in two digests, available here and here). Colyn deGraaff chose its…
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I know, I know–no post in over a month. But I've not been excited about comics for a while: the DCU relaunch left me cold, and Fear Itself was largely a disappointment, redeemed only by the fantastic epilogue issues 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3. (Try to explain to the Wiley copy-editors why some comics citations now…
Mark D. White 