The All-New, All-Different Thor

[colonel_green.insanejournal.com]

Three scans from Incredible Hercules #132.

As seen in the preview, Hera's goons are after our heroes, and Athena splits off to fight them.  Herc and Zeus head on to rendezvous with the Mighty Avengers, but run into Balder (dressed in his Simonson costume) and some pursuing Dark Elves.  Herc and Zeus defeat them, and Balder recruits him for a new mission:  there's trouble in the realm of the Dark Elves.  Herc guesses that Malekith the Accursed is behind it.




They give him Thor's costume (strangely, given later twists, his modern one; maybe Thor's on TV more) and a fake hammer, but Herc crunches it dismissively, and goes to Jersey to get his adamantine mace out of storage (he's got a ton of stuff stashed in a rented unit under his "Vic Tegler" identity), which they magick to make look like Mjolnir.

And off they go...



Brown is a great fit for this book (the roster of upcoming artists is really good, after the somewhat lower quality stuff on #127-128).

Comments

[kagome654.insanejournal.com]

Little Zeus is disturbingly cute.

[phoenixmessiah.insanejournal.com]

Hercules = Hot Papi with kid.

Even if it's his father rejuvenated, but eh technicalities >.> I have to start getting some trades of this book.

[sherkahn.insanejournal.com]

Ok, they managed to keep the annoying brat factor in while giving Amadeus a chance to grow beyond it. I like it! Much smyting shall be had shortly!

[sherkahn.insanejournal.com]

This will definitely merit a Real Men of Genius.

[alexlucard.insanejournal.com]

Hopefully it'll be the "Attempting to rohypnol Galacutus" bit from bob Layton's mini.

[(Anonymous)]

Father son bonding is always fun. What's next? You two go to the strip club?

[bariman1987.insanejournal.com]

Strip club? Nah. They'll sneak into a harem somewhere, that would be far more fun.

[mullon.insanejournal.com]

So what, they swapped out one kid for another? Why would they do that? Why don't they have both kids, or no kids, or keep the original one?

[colonel_green.insanejournal.com]

Cho's off having his own adventure for the next three months.

[kosaginolegion.insanejournal.com]

Perchance they art printing this screed somewhere?

[colonel_green.insanejournal.com]

Next issue it starts. The series is shipping twice a month for three months, alternating between "The Replacement Thor" (#132, 134, 136) and "The Secret Origin of Amadeus Cho" (#133, 135, 137).

[kosaginolegion.insanejournal.com]

Wilt be watching, eagerly, that I might learn of Cho's past and his future. (Hopefully.)

[proteus_lives.insanejournal.com]

That is a hot, evil Elf Queen. Herc has a new date with destiny!

[colonel_green.insanejournal.com]

"The only thing standing between the Nine Worlds and utter desolation is my boundless ability to satisfy a woman."

[comicoz.insanejournal.com]

I love the "Hellooooooo"

I live in horror that someday this series will stop being the best thing published.

[stig.insanejournal.com]

Oh, the irony. He actually looks more like the mythological Thpr than the Marvel Thor does.

[nymphgalatea.insanejournal.com]

De-aged Zeus is adorable, and the art is so awesome! I'm going to miss Amadeus, but this looks hilarious.

[halloweenjack.insanejournal.com]

Once you've had a dark elf queen...

[salad_barbarian.insanejournal.com]

She incinerates you and dumps your ashes into the darkest pit she can find?

[lieut_kettch.insanejournal.com]

...she cuts out your living heart in offering to Lolth?

[chocochuy.insanejournal.com]

The horns on Balder's helmet look like the characters of the "Spy vs. Spy" stories

Glad to see that Hercules has not been completely tainted by the political horror that is surrounding most of the Marvel Universe

[volksjager.insanejournal.com]

Antlers are SO sexy.

[surlytmpl.insanejournal.com]

Elf Queen: "Me sooo horny!"

[(Anonymous)]

She definitely has a nice rack.

( can't believe nobody's made that joke yet.)

[cygna_hime.insanejournal.com]

You know you're in trouble when it's up to Hercules to be the responsible one.

(*cracks up* *so much*)

[ashtoreth.insanejournal.com]

I'm willing to bet those runes said, "DANGER DO NOT OPEN."

Also, I'm betting that that Dark Elf Queen is in civil war with Malekith.

[magus_69.insanejournal.com]

"And this? Is not the hammer mace."