Thor #438

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• 7.0
  

  Demarcoa

  Oct 20, 2026

  A pretty creative start to this story arc. I do like the futuristic intro even if I feel it doesn't do much to distinguish itself from 2099. Some of the writing hit strangely to me, like the way Dargo was recklessly storing his Thor stick just because the real Thor might show up someday, or how Eric had trouble fighting a woman because she was attractive to him. Glazing authority figures the way Future Thor randomly does felt silly, too.
  
  Art's okay. It's covering some very human moments in Eric's life when we go to the present day and does a pretty good job but I feel holds back how emotional these scaenes could have been. It is still interesting to have a divorced protagonist, I wish we explored that stuff a little more but a lot of this era just pays lip service to Masterson's life with these occassional hospital visits to see Susan. It gets repetitive after a while. Speaking of, some of Ron Frenz's art is very spectacular, but after reading a bunch of these comics I'm starting to see patterns and there's definitely a lot more investment in making some panels look better than others. It's not the end of the world or anything but it is something I noticed happens pretty consistently with Frenz and not other artists.
  
  Still, I like how Eric is being challenged over his role as a parent given that he is rarely around for anything other than Thor anymore. It's interesting to see his life steadily ruined by all of this. So, overall, not perfect, but lots of interesting ideas here and definitely a comic that inspires something out of me. Back-up story was good too but I found the art a little hard to follow and Sif looked very strange at times. more

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