Thor Archive

Guest Blogs: 10 Greatest Thor Stories

October 5, 2014Guest BlogsNo comments

The world of Thor underwent a major shift this past week with the introduction of a brand new female Thor. In celebration of one of Marvel’s flagship heroes, at ComicBook.com I run down the 10 greatest Thor stories of all time. Check them out and let me know if

Guest Blogs: 10 Great Moments from Walt Simonson’s Thor

By Mark Ginocchio

July 29, 2014Guest BlogsNo comments

Without Walt Simonson and his epic writer/artist run on Thor in the mid-1980s, the character probably would have never achieved the popularity to be the subject of multiple successful films. Most consider his interpretation of the character to be the definitive take on Thor in modern pop culture. As

Guest Blogs: 10 What If? Stories That Actually Happened

By Mark Ginocchio

July 23, 2014Guest BlogsNo comments

Marvel’s speculative What If? series, which examined what would happen if certain famous moments in comic book history went in a different direction, has actually served as a source of inspiration for many storylines that have been produced over the past 20 years. For example, one What If? issue

Guest Blogs: Who Else Has Held the Hammer

By Mark Ginocchio

July 17, 2014Guest BlogsNo comments

In the wake of the announcement that Marvel is introduce a new female Thor in October, for ComicBook.com I take a look at 10 other heroes and villains who have either temporarily, or semi-long-term held the might hammer of Mjolnir. The funny thing is, this list could have easily gone

Thor’s Early Identity Crisis on Sequart

By Mark Ginocchio

November 9, 2013Guest BlogsNo comments

My celebration of Thor continues this weekend with a guest post I provided for the Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, aka Sequart.org, about Thor’s “identity crisis” during the first few years of existence. In this article, I examine how the original Journey Into Mystery creative team of Stan Lee,

Spider-Man and the Claremont/Byrne Connection

By Mark Ginocchio

September 24, 2013Blind Spots3 Comments

It’s no secret that I have a lot of Spider-Man “blind spots,” but when it comes to Spidey “B” titles that have been off my radar for the bulk of my reading existence, Marvel Team-Up stands on its own. While I understand that Team-Up is the first official ongoing

New Issues: Avenging Spider-Man #18

By Mark Ginocchio

April 4, 2013B TitlesNo comments

Continuing the trend I first talked about earlier this week, the Avenging Spider-Man series appears to be the series where Marvel’s creative powers have decided to focus almost exclusively on Spider Ock’s internal evolution – specifically vis a vis other Marvel superheroes. In the case of Avenging Spider-Man #18,