Comic Book Review The Mighty Thor #10

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Rating
Published On:2016-08-17
Published by: Marvel
Author:Jason Aaron
Artist:Russell Dauterman
Colorist:Matt Wilson
Letterer:VC's Joe Sabino

Page After Page of Non-Stop Action

Comic book review written on May 30, 2022

In This Issue of

What Else Happens in this Comic?

We have a bunch a of plotlines coming to a close in The Mighty Thor #10. Exterminatrix and Silver Samurai’s attack on Roxxon culminates this issue.  The SHIELD agents confront Lady Thor with more evidence about her secret identity.  Agent Solomon’s mission to find the One Percent pushes her into a rescue of Dario Agger. Agger’s battle of the wills with the Exterminatrix breaks into a physical altercation.

Mighty Thor 10 Page 4
Mighty Thor 10 Page 4

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The Dialogue

The peptalk the Roxxon rep gives to the Berserkers is glorious.  It’s part football pre-game speech mixed with ‘for king and country’.  The Berserkers eat it up and then hulk out. Their speech patterns matching their ferociousness.

Showing Versus Telling

The peptalk the Roxxon rep gives to the Berserkers is glorious.  It’s part football pre-game speech mixed with ‘for king and country’.  The Berserkers eat it up and then hulk out. Their speech patterns matching their ferociousness.

The Vibe

Pick your action adventure movie and you’ve nailed the style of The Mighty Thor #10.  It’s action from cover to cover.

  • Fisticuffs
  • Gun fights
  • Hammer time
  • Car crashes
  • Bull fights

Comic Art Review

In addition to all the other great features of Russell Dauterman’s artwork, focus your attention on all the facial expressions throughout the issue. Agger has a face of pure willful defiance. We can’t see her face, but the body language and eyes show us Exterminatrix’s playfulness.  Roz Solomon has a lot to do this issue, and her face expresses her emotions throughout. It’s in the eyes as her mission is about to fail.  Look at Sir Ivory Honeyshot’s absolute disgust with the Dark Elf.

On the Cover

Cover A is by Russell Dauterman. There’s a neat perspective happening, but Thor’s confrontation with SHIELD isn’t that important. We’ve had better covers. Cover B by Natacha Bustos @NatachaBustos, the artist for MoonGirl and Devil Dinosaur.  It’s really fun, but like last month’s Colossus cover, the art doesn’t relate to the inner story.  It would have been fun to have a C-cover by Natacha where the big balloons were this month’s villains.

World Building

Locations

The issue starts in Alfheim. Check out the trees and the environment. Roxxon’s flying base is impressive in scale and style.  A SHIELD helicarrier is always something important to note.

Who's Who

- Sir Ivory Honeyshot
- Mindless Ones
- Silver Samurai
- Agent Roz Solomon
- Oubliette Midas, Exterminatrix
- Dario Agger
- SHIELD Agents

Big Question

How did she... Spoilers...

Gold is no match for Uru. This I swear.

Lady Thor

Who Will Like

If you are digging the War of the Realms build-up, this is a must have issue as it explains what came before and gives us clues to future events.  Agents of SHIELD should pick up this issue. Agent Roz Solomon and the investigators have significant scenes.  Lady Thor fans should not pass up this issue. Jane and Mjolnir display several new powers (and they are great to see).

I Need More Content like

Find more Natacha Bustos artwork on her Flickr account.

Russell Dauterman’s Tumblr has a lot of behind the scenes and ‘how to’ process art.  This Tumblr page is about The Mighty Thor #10.

Should You Buy This Comic Book?

There are ordinary cliffhangers and then there's the cliffhanger in The Mighty Thor #10. No one could have seen this coming, and I'm at a loss to explain what's happening! Can't wait for next issue.

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