Thor by Donny Cates Vol 1: The Devourer
King by author Donny Cates and artist Nic Klein. Picking
up several months after The
War Of The Realms and the realms are finally at peace. Thor is now
King of Asgard and not enjoying his time as king. Thor thinks his days of being
a hero are behind him and is going to spend the rest of his life getting fat
while sitting on a throne waiting for his death. Loki is king of the Jotunheimr
and Lady Sif is now guardian of the Bifrost. Everyone is trying to get used to
their new responsibilities and their new roles.
Thor’s boredom is shattered when Galactus, The
Devourer of Worlds, falls out of the sky landing in Asgard. Because of his gigantic
size, his crash landing crushes buildings killing many Asgardians. A severely
injured Galactus has come for Thor’s aid to stop The Black Winter. While
Galactus eats planets to live, The Black Winter is a cosmic entity that wants
to consume everything. The Black Winter is far worse than Galactus and Thor
will have to help to stop it.
Thor must embrace his role as a king and stopping
trying to handle everything alone. Thor has always preferred to work by himself
or as part of a small team and before the arrival of Galactus he was struggling
with that idea. Now, the need of the many forces him to leave the Kingdom behind,
delegate things, and go off with Galactus to face the threat that could destroy
them all.
Full of action, character development, future plot
line hints, and incredible art. Thor by Donny Cates Vol 1: The Devourer
King is a good read. The book marks the start of a new writer, a new
direction for Thor, and a new vision for the character that means he has new
powers and a new costume. Much has changed and this is a good starting point
for anyone looking to read Thor.
While the book is tied into Jason Aaron’s multiyear
run of writing Thor, one does not need to read those books before starting
here. This is a fresh start and one that looks intriguing based on the events that
fill this first volume.
Thor by Donny
Cates Vol 1: The Devourer King
Donny Cates
https://www.marvel.com/comics/creators/12712/donny_cates
Artist Nic Klein
https://www.marvel.com/comics/creators/4989/nic_klein
Marvel
November 2020
ISBN: 978-1302920869
Paperback (also
available in eBook format)
144 Pages
My reading copy came from the Downtown Branch of the
Dallas Public Library System.
Scott A. Tipple ©2021
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