Thor 8

A perfectly satisfactory twist ending! I successfully managed to avoid the minefield of Internet spoilers regarding Thor’s secret identity, not to mention the following conversation with my husband the night prior:

“And you get to find out who Ms. Thor is.”
“Yes!  Did you see that on the Internet or something?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know who Thor is?”
“Yes!  You don’t want me to tell you, do you?”
“No, of course not! ……………Is it Roz Solomon???
“Who?”
“Well, that answers that!”

I’m glad I kept it a surprise, though I admit to some hasty skimming in my mad dash toward the last-page reveal. And the comedy bit with Roz Solomon flying in and yelling at Thor while Odinson stood by with jaw agape was pure delight. So from here on, now that Thor’s no longer a big question mark, I really hope we can ditch boring ol’ He-Thor altogether and keep the focus of this series on the title character please. While I can appreciate his wandering around all shirtless and bearded, his character has not actually been improved by the constant moping over his unworthiness, and I don’t know why he is still hanging around taking up as much of the spotlight as he is. Meanwhile, my god, the Russell Dauterman art remains simply breathtaking – I can only offer my thanks to whoever decided to extricate him from the Teen Cyclops series, since his talents were clearly just being wasted.