>Sigurd Jarlson has love, friendship and a human soul. The man called Blake has none of these...but he has the one thing his enemy doesn't. Donald Blake knows exactly who and what he is...and he's ready to tell Sigurd everything.>Somewhere in the city, a man with a hammer is learning the truth...
Bump if you're reading.
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>>154484163>>154484168>>154484176>>154484180Oh shit
>>154484122Sick cover for a terrible comic
>>154484122Amazing cover
>>154484136I still don’t like what they did to Donald Blake, it was a simple story about Thor learning humility being forced to earth as a cripple and now he’s some sort of evil god of lies? Did they ever write a family for Donald Blake? I know he’s just the discarded remnants of Stan lees idea to rip off Superman but I feel like Blake was used for like 5 years forgotten for 30 then turned evil by a recent edge lord
>>154484487Funny enough, this story seems to address your very problem.
So where exactly do we go after this?Will it be back to the status quo from before All-Father Thor with Odin back alive and Mjonir having its Worthiness enchantment again?
>>154484487Yeah, they really fucked him over, to be honest. I don't think Donald actually did anything to deserve his really awful fate.
>>154484145I like this retcon, because OF COURSE the Serpent was lying.
So Jormungandr used Blake's dreamscape to escape death and be birthed anew? And due to the Cates run events, Thor's death hard reset both Thor and Blake? Is that how I understand it?
>>154484145>>154484139Thank you EwingI knew I could trust you with Donald Blake and his actual personality.
>>154484163Now that's a good twistI honestly didn't see it coming
>>154484624Going by the solicit for Thor #801 Thor is dead and in Hel. Donald/Sigurd is going to Hel to bring him back.
So Blake has been dead or his soul at least since he was a head trapped in the dream realm and everything since was the world snake puppet in his body?
>>154485057Jormungandr's been parading in his soul/body during Cates run, touched by his resentment to Thor.
So if Jormungandr was posing as Blake since Cates run, what happened to the symbiote?>https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Serpent_(Symbiote)_(Earth-616)
>>154485352It wasn't an actual symbiote was it? It was like the Snake's venom mixed with symbiote matter and hell magic promethium metalI assume it's the black goop that's been coming out his eyes >>154484150
>>154485352>So if Jormungandr was posing as Blake since Cates run, what happened to the symbiote?Its not that simple. It was Blake combined with Jormungandr, he was fully Donald Blake until the moment Thor reincarnated Donald into his own body. That said, I thought all the symbiote matter was mixed into Hellnir and Thor used it for sending Don's soul back to earth
>>154484681Jormungandr hitched a ride onto Donald Blake slowly filling himself into Don. Thor's death did not do anything but after Thor's death since Don's mortal soul still was there, he reincarnated that into Thor's own body to create Sigurd Jarlson. What remains of Blake is in Jarlson but Jarlson is his own person, the body of Donald Blake was destroyed in this issue so what's left of him is Jormungandr with Donald's memories
>>154485057Donald Blake didn't "die" until Thor reincarnated his soul. After the soul was gone, all that remained was Jormungandr and his body, and the body is gone too now
>>154484487>>154484569>>154484643I think Ewing will eventually just merge both souls into a "full Thor" or something. Blake was always intended to be Thor's extension so when Thor comes back, he'd be both Thor and Donald Blake (or in this life Sigurd Jarlson)
WHO DO YOU HOPE ARE THE NEXT CREATIVE TEAM ON THOR?Writer> Geoff Johns> Ron MarzArtist> Ivan Reis> Liam Sharp
>>154486364As long as its not Klein or Cates, and someone who does understand Thor
>>154484126bump
>>154484176well you don't see that every day
>>154484139>hollowed outSo what TOBA was planning to do to Banner and Hulk then in Immortal Hulk
>>154486439Nic Klein was a decent artist for Thor
>>154484163So Thor basically reincarnated Donald at the end of Immortal Thor?
>>154486585He was decent but the stories he's attached to are ass, and he's attached to another ass story with PKJ's "Hulk" run. Maybe he'll be a good fit for Thor but bad stories have kind of ruined his art for me. It is a me problem though. I want to see someone new too, as long as they don't try to copy the shitty Aaron run
>>154486606Yeah, he reincarnated Donald into what seems to be his own body
>>154484180>Mortal ThorHe said the thing!
>>154484122This book has been a real surpise treat for me, one of the best marvel books running at the moment
>>154486756Ewing generally doesn't disappoint
>>154484212Wonder if Beta Ray Bill is going to show up?
Just give me Ewing on a Sentry book. Please Marvel.
>>154486872he's going to be a big part of Queen in black so maybe
>>154484126Bump
>>154484180So, issue 800 is going to Sigard killing the wyrm?I guess you could say this was foreshadowed by his name since it's the Norse version of Sigmund
>>154484180
>>154487447Would have been hilarious if he stayed that size with the massive mouth
>>154484487Anon this entire story is trying to fix Blake after Fraction and Cates tried to ruin him
>>154484487I've always felt the same, so it's quite nice to see Ewing likely felt similarly and is actually doing something about it.There has finally been justice for Donald Blake in our times.
>>154487802I mean Donald Blake is dead now, his soul has been given a new life. And whatever was left of him apart from the soul was shed away by the snake he ate
>>154488413Sigurld is Donald reincarnated, the narrative explicitly points it out. Everything heroic and kind that Sigurld has done is something Donald would have done. With the caveat that he hasn't learned humility yet - like Donald did thanks to the injury he lived with.
At this rate just give a Aquaman Thor crossover under Ewing and Adams and let it be about Ancient Gods and Titans.
>>154484212I WISH FOR A PAIR OF GIRLS' PANTIES!
>>154488459Yeah it is Donald Blake's reincarnation, but reincarnations are not the same people
>>154484122NeatI really need to catch up on this series.
>>154484163Oooooooh that’s actually a lot more cooler and made that scene of Donald being a full on serpent monster more clearer
>>154488459What exactly is humility supposed to mean in this case? Sigurd doesn't seem to revel in his strength.
>>154489436Potato, potatoeThor will neither be the same person when he's eventually reborn. If you read Agent of Asgard you know Ewing really loves "ego death" and using Jungian psychology concepts on his stories. The Loki we see in this story isn't the same Loki from Agent of Asgard, neither the Loki from Cates stories. Marvel characters (and particularly, gods) are creatures of narrative, defined more by the stories told around them than any sense of individual identity.
>>154489786Yeah that's why I find it bittersweet. Original Blake's been discarded essentially after the stuff he had to endure, he got a new life but his old life was quite literally shed in this issue.
>>154489736He went after the Sons of the Serpent out of the damaged pride that they were taking Thor's name in vain. He could have reasoned that they were dangerous, but still wait until they were an actual threat to him instead of going whack a mole with their heads immediately afterwards. Odin explicitly calls it out.
>>154489844You are confusing the new nazi biker gang with the Sons of the Serpent. Those are two different groups, and the Bikers did say they were going to kill everyone involved with Sigurd(he didn't hear that last part though)
>>154484176>>154484180That's fucking sick actually
>>154484150Of course the best Riddler in years is in a Thor comic
>>154489882Regardless him not hearing the last part is what points out to him lacking humility At that point he was just dealing revenge instead of acting to protect others
mortal covers this one looks AIThe Mortal Thor #12 Dave Rapoza VariantThe Mortal Thor #12 David Nakayama Color Block Blue VariantThe Mortal Thor #12 Maria Wolf VariantThe Mortal Thor #12 McFarlane Toys Marvel Rivals VariantThe Mortal Thor #12 1:50 David Nakayama Color Block Blue Virgin Variant>A FINAL TALE OF... ASGARD? Wreathed in sorrow, chained by his mother's schemes, Magni accepted the weight of the throne of Asgard. As the forces of doom and death gathered about him, could he escape his destiny... or would his fall bring on a new Ragnarok? This is the story of the SON OF THOR... and the fate of a Golden Realm.LEGACY #799
>>154486929no anon if Ewing wrote Sentry it would be Solarus
>>154484122Okay it's been a year now, can we get back to Thor stories starring Thor again?
>>154491686Two more issues
>>154484150>Looks like Riddler>Start making riddlesKek
>>154484201Someone remind me how Odin is back. As far as I can recall he's just...back. No explanation, just Odin shit.
>>154484487If Donald Blake has a soul, and that soul was crafted by Odin himself, then shouldn't he be considered another brother to Thor? Who cares if he doesn't have a "mom"? It's God shit.
>>154485057Sigurd Jarlson is Donald Blake reincarnated as a human man, not Thor Odinson.The actual, real Thor is in the afterlife. Sigurd had a dream where the real Thor talked to him. Probably the end of this run has Blake/Jarlson being accepted as Thor's brother. Or getting merged with him again.
>>154485352This is the "cracks" Jormungandr mentioned. The details aren't that important.
>>154484163Ewing coming in and cleaning everything up yet again.
>>154484122Why are there two Thors?
>>154484201>>154484204>>154484212>there's now an invisible giga snake hovering over New York
So obviously they're going to resurrect Thor by merging his soul with Sigurd/Donald's so I'm curious what that means going forwardWill he be back to having a mortal identity again that he changes back into when separated from Mjolnir too long
>>154492784He was stuck in Valhalla, but he managed to escape and can never go back now
>>154484180>Encircler beneath of every landThis is a similar description to the dragon of the moon, which Ewing used to trap Hermes perpetually on a loop "encircling" one of Groot's vowels. I wonder if he's trying to make both of them related. The earth serpent and the dragon of the moon. Honestly the fact that no one had thought of that before is funny.
>>154492997they're re running fear itself again
>>154493681I mean what else does the Moon do but orbit the Earth. Or in other words Encircle it
>>154489077Wrong dragon, fren.
shit art
>>154493263>but he managed to escapeHow?
>>154492997Sigurd is a foreigner, so he's got that double vision.
>>154496938I mean he has a shit ton of cosmic knowledge from The Well. Odin is a tricky motherfucker.
>>154496938he literally built the place, and was able to just walk out
>>154484212This issue did not go how I expected at all
>>154497746What did you expect?
>>154484126boop
>>154492997Blake is also kind of a Thor, so there's 3 Thors
>>154484176This is such a good page
>>154496938He can just walk out lol, I think its stated he just walked out
>>154484126bump.
>>154486626>shitty Aaron runHorrible take
>>154498127Something simple like >Sigurd fights and beats Donald>next issue is real final test>Thor comes back
>>154500710Blake's been the focus since he asked "What did you do to my soul". Him being beaten in one issue does not work
So apparently, the Marvel wikia pretty much consider Sigurd to be Donald Blake.
>>154501104this is the same kind of person who thinks storytimes are done because RCO is dead
>>154501120the storytimes probably did stay up longer than usual due to RCO not being accessible right now
>>154501104Marvel wikia is stupid at times, does the talk page even have discussion about this shit? Higher level editors there seem dumb
>>154501192Yeah, that's what I thought. They spell it out that Sigurd is a reincarnation of Donald, not the same person.
>>154501214>character spells something out>fags: "o--oh that might not be the case!">Blake is a magical construct moldedBlake literally was a fucking god and thats why Thor reincarnated the human soul.
I think Ewing is trying to reboot the classic human secret identity
>>154501249I think he's trying to fix the mess Cates and Aaron made. His Odin actually talks like Odin
>>154484126bimp
>>154484126I don't get it.
>>154484222Thanks, OP. Good to go back to Asgard next issue.
EWINGGGGGGG!!!!! GIVE ME THE IMMORTAL SENTRY AND MY SOUL IS YOURS!!!
>>154484222Visual metaphor for Jormungandr taking over Dario's role as the villain?
>>154496470Yes
