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It’s been a long time since I picked up a comic book.  As a kid, I used to read them all the time.  “Thor” was a favorite, being one of the few Marvel characters that didn’t seem like just one more guy in a super-suit.

Anyhow, I came across the new “Thor” while browsing magazines the other day, and the artwork alone induced me to buy it.  My first thought was, “Holy @#$%, a comic book costs that much these days?”

And then…advertisements.  I know, I’ve been living under a rock, but I didn’t expect ads for Old Spice and Saturn in a comic book that just cost me four bucks to start with. 

Price aside, I had no complaints. The paper quality and artwork has come a long way. 

To my further surprise, the story was actually decent.  This was “Thor #3″ and apparently it’s a new series, as Marvel previously killed off Thor in some prior issue.

A bit of internet research got me caught up on all the back story.  Let me say, as an aspiring and perspiring author, it drives me nuts that comic book writers can get away with murder and not miss a sale.  Thor’s Marvel character biography will only make sense to you if you’ve:  1) followed the stories since their inception  2) taken drugs.

Thor, over the years, has been turned into a frog, has turned into a woman, has killed his brother twice, has been killed himself twice, has been impersonated by an alien, and has done everything short of being split into an atom.

But, here he is, fresh from the void, with a new look, and a brooding, pensive attitude that seems to be the persona trend these days.  (But I suppose being dead can make a guy cranky.)

I wonder what it takes to get on board as a comic book writer.  With that kind of leeway, I could really wreck havoc. Like… Next issue: Thor discovers a long-lost cousin.  Bahahaha.