In 893, Iceland Thor is feasting at the expense of local Viking, having shot a cold giant who terrorized local villagers. A girl broke into the Long House to announce that there is a strange corpse in the sea near the shore. Thor goes there, fished the corpse and discovered i is that of a god. Today, on a distant planet named Indigar, a girl prays Thor the god of thunder to come and trigger rain on their parched planet. Thor responds to his call and answer his vow, after which he asks indigenous to discover why they do not have their own gods. Several millennia in the future, Thor is the last living god of Asgard, sat on the throne that was once his father's. He gets up and launches headlong into a final battle against a horde of monsters black as ebony body.
Whenever Aaron took over a series of superheroes (Ghost Rider, Weapon X, Incredible Hulk or Wolverine & the X-Men), he has at heart to present a different view. Here the basic principle is to follow Thor in 3 eras, fighting against the same opponent. In these episodes, Aaron took the party to limit the interaction with normal human beings to the party taking place in 893, and a short scene with another Avenger (no mention or appearance of Donald Blake). The story is focused on the different versions of the character of Thor, the more so that the reader has access to his thoughts through text cells. This stream of thoughts is a bit disappointing since it serves more to expose plot elements that bring out the personality of Thor.
From episode to episode, the reader is pleased to discover that Aaron has several interesting ideas, starting with the fact that Thor awareness of belonging to a pantheon of gods, among others. Although it appears as a skilled fighter, Thor shown some gumption even to the information in an unusual library. Aaaron course incorporates a form of time travel which it is not possible to say whether it belongs to the family of those who give trouble to the head by generating unmanageable paradoxes or not. But at the end of the 5 episodes, the reader emerges still with the impression that he has not spent much. It is true that the choice of Marvel editor foster divisions in 5 episodes of 20 pages is imposed on the writer (to maintain the attention of monthly readers, publish books more regularly, thus increasing the number of business). But it is also true that Aaron gives the impression to stretch the stories of each of the 3 times to keep 5 episodes (especially taking place in 893). Finally, readers attended the same actions of the enemy in the 3 periods, without learning much about his motives. It also chooses a narrative not always clever, especially for episode 2 consists of a long air battle between Thor and Gorr, during which the reader follows the thoughts of Thor, disconnected from the current action.
For this kind of device works, the designer must be able to stage an inventive combat, logic, choreographed. First disappointment: for this episode, Esad Ribic does not draw any background, leaving Ive Svorcina care to fill them with some interesting evocations of clouds. Second disappointment: for 6 pages Thor makes big useless reels with his sword, and Gorr breaststroke air with his arms for a show with a very low level of interest. Yet the reader could expect great things from Ribic has already illustrated the adventures of Thor Rob Rodi Blood Brothers for a majestic result. But here the designs are friendly, some boxes are beautiful, but we do not find the incredible majesty of "Blood Brothers" (even for the episode set colors by Dean White).
This first volume of Thor honors Jason Aaron's will offer a personal approach to the character, but leaves on his end because of its brevity and its relative lack of substance both in the scenario as designs.