Well, I knew it did SOMETHING but even I didn't expect that...

[blue_bolt]

Remember a couple weeks back when we wondered about that wound Thor got during the battle with the World Eaters inside the World Tree?
Well, it turned out to make a world of difference.





Apparently that new God of Thunder? He's the result of the wound - and sadly, no it's not like Thor's corpse gave birth to a new God (though he might be a New God given all the Kirby dots). Basically the wound replaced Thor with Tanarus so that Thor didn't die, instead he's neither dead nor actually ever existed. I guess Loki's a bit pissed about his attempt to stop Thor's death being one of those literal deals - Thor didn't die. It looks like Tanarus is going to be what pushes Loki back over the edge of madness. Sigh, and it was going so well...

For those of you that still read Bleach post-Aizen, it's sort of Tsukishima's ability to insert himself into your past. Tanarus did everything Thor did except HE DIDN'T DIE when he "beat the Serpent" which he didn't actually do but only Loki remembers. And he is getting very very annoyed.



Here's the preview link my scanner's out, I'll post when scans if get a chance.

Comments

[thanekos]

Tanarus! Whom Kevin Masterson still doesn't really like!

Tanarus! Whose Dark Avengers knockoff is blond and blue-eyed, for some reason..

[biod]

Does this mean Thor is in some alternate reality where Tauranus should have resided if their existences hadn't switched fabric?

[drexer]

I have to admit, this does seem to have potential for a nice story instead of another death/rebirth crap-cycle.

Gonna have to wait and see how this evolves.

[korilian]

I'm going to hold out hope that Loki isn't going to backslide quite yet, since the new queens seem to have taken an interest in him in JIM.

[notactuallyauser]

I'm liking this. I'd like it even more if Bendis and Fraction had exchanged notes and the Avengers titles weren't having people talk about Thor and clones of Thor in the same month this is coming out.

[Probably these will end up being reconcilable if you squint at it in the right way, most things do, but it would be more, erm, epic if it was Tanarus who had quit the Avengers in the wake of Fear Itself, rather than Thor being unavailable due to deadness. Mind, it'd also be very confusing for people not following The Mighty Thor, so maybe it's for the best.]

[terrykun]

Hm. Interesting.

Except the Bright Ladies seemed to speak of him like they already knew him, and weren't impressed or happy about his arrival.

[turtlefu]

Great, so we're losing Kid Loki. I am so goddam sick of these comics sometimes. Yes, let's make Loki evil again! It's not like he was doing anything interesting and evil!Loki isn't played out, boring, overdone, and COMPLETELY POINTLESS.

Damn!

[steverodgers5]

I was kinda hoping Captain America would be holding onto Thor's Hammer for a while. And thus might be the only person to remember the real Thor.

It would have been a nice reversal of the time the real Thor came a calling into the Heroes Reborn Universe. And was the only one who could remember all of his history with Cap and the Avengers in the 616 universe.

I guess Thor's gonna have to do the same thing again, in his inevitable return around the time of the Avenger's movie release.

[vitruvian23]

He didn't get it in that battle, but afterwards when sorta spelunking in the roots of the World Tree for the Worldseed, where some insect-like antibodies or defenders gave him the wound.

[schala_kid]

Wait did you get the comic earlier? Or do you work in the industry or something? Mighty Thor #8 doesn't come out until November 23rd!

Still this sounds interesting, and it also explains why the Demogorge is going to eat Thor.

[hero_of_lallor]

But where did Donald come from in Fear Itself 7.2?