The Mortal Thor #11 – The World Tolerates Monsters!

Reborn devoid of his divinity, Thor has found himself in a world as Sigurd Jarlson, a Norwegian immigrant and construction worker just trying to survive. Now, in a world where the very memory of Asgard is gone and the Norse gods are nothing more than fairytales, Sigurd has been forced to defend his neighborhood from criminals and sleazy corporate overlords. This defense of his community and his innate heroism have put him on a collision course with Dario Agger.

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Creative Team

Writer: Al Ewing
Artist: Jesús Saíz
Color Artist: Matt Milla
Letterer: Joe Sabino
Cover Artist: Alex Ross

Writing

This may be the best issue of The Mortal Thor yet. Al Ewing continues to write a compelling story that sees Sigurd maintain so many of Thor’s qualities while being a unique and fresh take on the character. The last issue set up the confrontation in this issue, and it paid off in such a satisfying way. Ewing’s writing for Thor always feels like something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue come to life.

Thor always feels like a fresh version of the character under Ewing’s watch, but still maintains enough of the classical attachments to make it special for long-time Thor readers. Readers picking up The Mortal Thor #11 will see classic hallmarks of Thor, like a hammer, but still a fresh and unique idea. This issue feels like so much of that buildup is finally coming home, with more still to be shown behind the curtain.

Art

Jesús Saíz takes over for Pasqual Ferry on this issue and is immediately up to the challenge. Saíz manages to capture the parts of the art that Ferry brought to the story to make it so distinct while still imparting his own style into the series. I thought the scenes that played out in the panels in this issue were beautifully drawn.

Matt Milla continues to do an amazing job on colors. With the setting of The Mortal Thor #11, Milla didn’t have a lot of opportunities to change up color palette but when he did, it was done beautifully. Joe Sabino made this issue easy to follow with all of the interaction between Sigurd and Dario

Final Thoughts

The Mortal Thor #11 hits all of the best things about this series. It’s powerful, familiar, new, and in some ways wholesome. This entire creative team crafted an amazing issue, and I can’t wait to see where it goes from here.

Overall Grade: 9.5 / 10

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