Literally Graphic reviewed The Goddess of Thunder by Jason Aaron
Review of 'The Goddess of Thunder' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
A fun LIGHT read, I couldn't help but feel like Aaron was once again filling out some sort of checklist for what makes a good comic book. That is, I wasn't exactly sure what was so deep/important/interesting/suspenseful about not telling us who this lady is, but Aaron did it - because that's what a good comic book writer might do. Where did this chick even come from? She seems to have randomly stumbled across the hammer, picked it up on some sort of whim and is now just a personality voide speaking bastardized "old speak" while thinking Spiderman style jibes and some how managing to do some good despite all of her self doubt.
I mean, this buff nordic beauty is certainly more empowered and less demonzed then any of the women I've met so far in Scalped, but that actually might prove worse for Aaron IMHO. Although this is …
A fun LIGHT read, I couldn't help but feel like Aaron was once again filling out some sort of checklist for what makes a good comic book. That is, I wasn't exactly sure what was so deep/important/interesting/suspenseful about not telling us who this lady is, but Aaron did it - because that's what a good comic book writer might do. Where did this chick even come from? She seems to have randomly stumbled across the hammer, picked it up on some sort of whim and is now just a personality voide speaking bastardized "old speak" while thinking Spiderman style jibes and some how managing to do some good despite all of her self doubt.
I mean, this buff nordic beauty is certainly more empowered and less demonzed then any of the women I've met so far in Scalped, but that actually might prove worse for Aaron IMHO. Although this is certainly a later title, so maybe he's developing?
That said, I did really appreciate that Odin's temper tantrum was mostly portrayed as a bad thing. Even if the female villain at the end was completely unbelievable and thick as a doorstop! Not to mention the fact that Goddess Thor sexually assaults sulking Thor to make a point about how she's not secretly his mother... And the fact that he thought she might be his ex trying to get back at him? Let's just say Thor did not come off very well in this comic.
I also learned some interesting facts about Marvel and body hair though. In an early full page frame I was a bit annoyed by the fact that the Goddess apparently shaves her arm pits. Not to say there's anything wrong with that, but I seriously doubt an ancient deity would really have time for that sort of thing. But apparently, besides a splattering of rugged looking chest hair, original Thor didn't have any pit hair either. Again, slightly unbelievable, and kind of hilarious to think about. Apparently Marvel might just have something against pit hair, but at least they seem to be playing it out equally at the moment.
Not the worst read in the world, and I hope you do get the impression that I was generally entertained, the art in this volume was pretty nice. Certainly dragged down by what was ultimately not a very well written story, but that's not its fault.