- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Marvel Comics; illustrated edition edition (April 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0785111751
- ISBN-13: 978-0785111757
- Product Dimensions: 26 x 16.9 x 0.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 254 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,021,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Thy Son Of Odin Gets Thee Arse Kicked,
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This review is from: Thor: Vikings (Paperback)
Ennis keeps it straight and simple. No need to know all the intricate details about Thor's continuity. No need to buy all the Thor back issues by Walt Simonson to make heads or tails of the story. No need to buy a bloody Marvel Encyclopaedia hardcover to get background info on Asgard, Don Blake and the Thunder God's supporting cast. And screw Beta-Ray Bill's horse face already! All you know need to know is that Thor is going to get thy mighty ass kicked by zombie Vikings who live for the sole purpose of raping & pillaging. The plot has the same effect of cranking up the classic Sex Pistols' album, Never Mind The Bollocks, at a party filled with virgin teenagers who adorn their walls with posters of Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias & Britney Spears. The dialogue is maniacally hilarious while the characters make Hannibal Lector look like a girl scout. If you are easily offended, faint of heart and believe that the bland, gutless writing style of a Geoff Johns is what will save the industry, then I suggest you crawl back into your parents' basement and await the next issue of Superman. The industry needs more talent like Ennis to shake its creative status quo. Enough of catering to the weak, feeble minded geekazoids already! Glenn Fabry's painted artwork is always stellar but I have never been awe struck by his pencilling style. The interior pages of Daredevil: The Target & The Authority: Kev lack the intensity of his Preacher and Hellblazer covers. I expected to be disappointed by Fabry's pencilled renderings again but this time around, I am pleasantly surprised by the realistically portrayed details and background work within the interior pages of the comic. What is also a vast improvement on Fabry's behalf is his storytelling skills. The panel designs make for a clear and concise flow of the script while the cinematic angles are dynamic enough to give Ennis' script the solid visual that it deserves. Paul Monts' coloring cannot be overlooked. His skills and hues brings a rich texture and depth to the final art work. Thor: Vikings is a breath of fresh air from the diarrhoea type plot lines that have been constantly regurgitated in the character's ongoing series for the past 15 years. Finally, a different approach has been taken to tell a Thor story. One where the name of the game is to actually entertain the audience with a healthy dose of over the top action. After all, Marvel Comics' Thor is a super-hero character ... not a soap opera one!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ultra violent vision of Thor from the great Garth Ennis,
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This review is from: Thor: Vikings (Paperback)
Collecting the five issue mini-series by our favorite mad Irishmen scribe Garth Ennis (Punisher, Preacher); Thor: Vikings finds the classic Marvel hero defending modern day New York City from an immortal clan of blood thirsty vikings. The storyline and presentation is pure Ennis style mayhem: loads of bloody violence combined with an outrageous sense of dark humor; a combination which made his works on The Punisher, Fury, and Preacher so sucessful. The art by Preacher cover artist Glenn Fabry is more than solid artwork, though Darick Robertson (who did the art for Ennis' Fury and the recent Punisher: Born) would have been a better choice to illustrate all the bloody carnage. While Thor: Vikings is a great read to be sure, it doesn't strike the same gold as Ennis' previous works, but it doesn't try to either. All in all, fans of the great Garth Ennis should check this out.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
less gore and more story please..,
By Vernon Clark Mayo "Fastest gun, comic god" (Allen Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thor: Vikings (Paperback)
Ok i love gore and action but i need more than just that, here we have five issues collected (the whole mini series) and Ennis just tries to pack as much gore as he can, the problem with Ennis..he can't handle too much freedom, he is like a kid in a candy store, he tries to see how far he can go and forgets to add anything important like a good story into the mix.buy the Jerguns or Simonson Thor trades, money well spent for stories with high adventure and a story as well.
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