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THOR #612

Thor goes to Hell! In the aftermath of SIEGE, heavy metal horror and adventure! Fan-favorite writer Kieron Gillen continues his bestselling and critically acclaimed THOR run, reteamed with Doug Braithwaite. A lingering menace created by fiendish Loki as an afterthought returns to wreak havoc on the Asgardians! Can Thor and his unlikely allies defeat this devastating force of destruction?! Or in their weakened state after the battles of Siege, will this new, ancient enemy prove too strong?

WRITER: KIERON GILLEN
PENCILS: Doug Braithwaite
INKS: PASQUAL FERRY
COLORED BY: MATTHEW DALE HOLLINGSWORTH
LETTERED BY: NEUROTIC CARTOONIST, INC
COVER BY: Mico Suayan

Price: $3.99
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  1. Huh. Now why is Braithwaite back when Elson did the last issue?

    Not that I’m complaining. Still this trade is gonna look weird when these two mix it up. 

  2. This is the last issue before Fraction, right?  Re-numbering time I say.

  3. @KickAss: No Gillen has one more issue after this.

  4. @ KickAss: Why re-number it?  I always felt that titles that have been around forever, like Thor, should keep those big numbers as badges of honor, not dump them and start over every time a new arc starts up.

  5. Actually, my bad apparently. Gillen isn’t done until September. So he’s got 2 issues to go!

  6. Everone knows you wait until you are halfway between "landmark" issues before you renumber. That way you get the renumbering bump and then a similar interval later you return to the original numbering and get another, similar bump. If you renumber every 12 issues even the rube-i-est among us will see it for the marketing ploy that it is. I expect a Thor renumbering will happen when a new team comes on around issue #653.

  7. Renumbered or not this book has been great ever since jms relaunched it

  8. question: has a book returned to original numbering only to be subsequently canceled and then started up once again at number 1?

    unless someone can answer yes to that, it seems to me that they’ve learned their lesson.

  9. Who cares if a new #1 is a marketing ploy?  That’s what entertainment is sold on, marketing!  It needs a marketing ploy like that to clear the path for Matt Fraction is what I’m saying.  Thor needs to re-capture it’s glory.  I’m just afraid they’re going to lose readers due to this run.  If they re-number it, people might give Fraction’s run a chance. 

    (Not that Fraction is my fav writer.  I just think this comic needs to be repositioned, yes, marketing wise.)

  10. I’m only buying this book cause Gillen’s writing it. When he’s gone I’m gone too. And I can’t fucking wait for Generation Hope in November:

    http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27392

  11. I think all of the SDCC stuff and the movie next year is going to give the title MORE than enough opportunities for marketing & attention.  I just don’t think that a long running book should re-number  (like X-men did recently) because it’s a lie, it’s not the first book, it’s just the first book of a new run/arc/whatever.  If marvel want’s to change the title or something, or start up a new Thor book then great, start that at #1 but leave the numbering alone for a book that’s been around for decades.

  12. Im pissed this book went from 2.99 to 3.99, then when Gillen came on it went back down to 2.99 and now it’s back up to 3.99. What the fuck?

  13. This was better then the last issue, but still ‘okay’ overall. I want my battle in Hell but Gillen won’t deliver! His take on Mephisto was pretty good though.

    3/5

  14. The fucking pencils on this book! So nice. i wish i could see the uncolored pages, the colors are nice, but work like this makes me wish black and white books were just as prevalent as color.

  15. Gillen is writing the shit out of this book and it’s actually making me sad that Fraction is taking it over.

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