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Asgard—Where once dwelt the Gods
Vanaheim—Home of the Vanir, wise Gods of old
Heven—the realm of Angels
Alfheim—Realm of the Light Elves
Jotunheim—Here be Giants
Midgard—The realm of Mortals. A.K.A. Earth
Nidavellir—Land of the Dwarves
Muspelheim—Where fire was born
Svartalfheim—The Dark Faerie realm
Niffleheim—The frozen underworld
These are the Ten Realms in the Marvel universe when it comes to Thor.
The God of Thunder is, of course, Asgardian and the rightful heir to the throne. But these ten realms aren’t what they used to be.
Gone are the days of peace and instead, war has taken over the realms as the Dark Elf, Malekikth is on the rampage. Taking kingdoms and kicking butts. And guess who’s on his side?
Thor’s rotten to the core half-brother Loki. Duh. Who did you think it would be in a Thor led book?
Thor realizes this because he ends up in the land of the frost giants, where Loki’s real father is king. To me the ultimate moment in the book came when Loki’s giant size father popped his puny son in his mouth and finished the deal.
We can only hope that’s the true end of Loki, but this being a comic book column and all, I would bet we’ll see the lying, cheating, manipulating half-brother again at some point.
The series features the Avengers, including She-Hulk, a mostly drunk Wolverine in a cowboy hat and Captain Marvel.
Anyway, the series is a crossover series with this, the main series, having six issues. There is also a three issue Journey Into Mystery set, along with a three issue War Scrolls set, a three issue Punisher series and three from the Uncanny X-Men as well. Plus, you have the usual cross over issues such as Avengers #18, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #43 and Thor #12, amongst others.
So far I’ve read the first two in the main series, first Punisher, first Journey Into Mystery and first War Scrolls and I’m hooked. I like the Thor character because I’m a bit into the whole Nordic/Viking thing and Thor is really a more modern take on the Vikings of old.
The only downside to this is I can’t figure out Thor’s talking dog, Thori. First off, who names their dog after themselves and sticks a vowel on the end? Second, the dog can TALK so why make it just state the obvious? Luckily we only saw Thori in issue #1 and only for a little while.
Even with Thori, I give this whole series a serious five purple goatees out of five.
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