tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597330685028834268.post6146395815933719689..comments2023-04-11T07:38:19.055-04:00Comments on BC Refugees Blog: Books I Read: Thorvalanche!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597330685028834268.post-60417270946260209612011-04-11T16:38:39.196-04:002011-04-11T16:38:39.196-04:00Wow, I was familiar with your "Star Trek"...Wow, I was familiar with your "Star Trek" work but it never would have occurred to me that you had been connected with the shop. Small world!<br /><br />(Allyn's blog is at allyngibson.net, by the way.)Jeff Metznerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14999238508906021766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597330685028834268.post-7234135088769827542011-04-11T15:20:05.907-04:002011-04-11T15:20:05.907-04:00Jeff left a comment on my blog the other day. I i...Jeff left a comment on my blog the other day. I investigated the link, and... well...<br /><br />Ten years ago, I'd buy comics at the BC Sports Collectibles in Downingtown. I was the manager of the EB up at Exton Square for a couple of years, until I transferred with the company to Raleigh.<br /><br />Then I bounced back north, and got a job working in the comics industry. (Look in a copy of <i>Previews</i>. You should find my name.)Allyn Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003708414795601298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597330685028834268.post-18548708939490742432011-04-10T10:48:34.652-04:002011-04-10T10:48:34.652-04:00Hey, it's great to hear from some new folks to...Hey, it's great to hear from some new folks to the website. Allyn, thanks for the comments and please come back again.pghheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489405735995561809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597330685028834268.post-84612050219640338522011-04-09T23:10:10.999-04:002011-04-09T23:10:10.999-04:00Yes! I loved "Thor & the Warriors Four&qu...Yes! I loved "Thor & the Warriors Four". I read it a while ago, so I didn't think to include it here, so thank you for bringing it up. <br /><br />I've got a copy of the Simonson Omnibus on order, but it's not here yet. (Speaking of the "Visionaries" series, don't buy the Byrne FF ones if you're into that because an omnibus of that is coming too.)Jeff Metznerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14999238508906021766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597330685028834268.post-17480569450382427062011-04-09T21:10:19.165-04:002011-04-09T21:10:19.165-04:00Thor and the Warriors Four is a recent release tha...<i>Thor and the Warriors Four</i> is a recent release that's absolutely fantastic. The four kids of Power Pack, when they realize that their grandmother is dying, decide that the best thing to do is to go to Asgard to get one of Idunn's Golden Apples, since they keep the Norse Gods alive. Then, all sorts of wild hijinks happen. Basically, everything you want to have happen in a Thor comic book — Loki and the Enchantress scheming, Frog Thor, Beta-Ray Bill, the Midgard Serpent, and Ragnarok itself — happens. Yes, it's for the younger set, but it's a ton of fun, and someone who's read and loved <i>Thor: The Mighty Avenger</i> would be right at home with this.<br /><br />I read <i>Worldengine</i> about a year ago, as part of <i>Thor Visionaries: Mike Deodato</i>, which collects <i>Worldengine</i>, plus a couple of other issues before the "Heroes Reborn" stuff. "Worldengine" has some interesting ideas, but like a lot of Ellis' work, it's a slow burn for three parts, and then the fourth part wraps it all up too quickly and conveniently. I've always suspected that the English detective was intended by Ellis to be a new human avatar for Thor, much like Jake Olsen was a few years later, but when "Heroes Reborn" was decided upon, Ellis knew he wouldn't be able to finish his story so he scuttled the character and whatever plans he had.<br /><br />And no mention of Thor can be complete without notice of the <i>Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus</i>. Even though I have the five <i>Visionaries</i> volumes, I'm seriously tempted to drop the coin on this beauty.Allyn Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003708414795601298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597330685028834268.post-63232219501700805132011-04-04T23:12:19.597-04:002011-04-04T23:12:19.597-04:00"Tis a massive task thou hast endeavored migh..."Tis a massive task thou hast endeavored mightily to complete! Many a candle must have burned down to the wick as you pored over and perused these voluminous volumes! Yea, verily, thee hast pulled it off" . . . . Volstagg a.k.a. Volstaag<br />Nice work on a real glut of Thor offerings, Jeff. I appreciate your doing the homework for the rest of us and noting where the better reads are. I want to check out those Langridge THOR: THE MIGHTY AVENGER and ULTIMATE COMICS THOR. As a younger reader I owned a copy of 1965's THOR ANNUAL #1 and loved that classic Lee/Kirby Thor vs Hercules story. I must have read it a dozen times. Don't know if it would hold up today - alas, my copy is long gone. I have the GODSTORM tale in single issues - - but I can't even remember what the story is about or if I ever read it. (Busiek usually leaves me with a memory of his work, so I'm thinking I stock-piled it and should dig it out and read now.) I love JMS Thor stories and have most of these in the single volumes, except for the last one. Wow - - and I thought that there are an ungodly amount of Thor single issue titles on the comic shop stands right now - - watch out for the bookstore collections.pghheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489405735995561809noreply@blogger.com