This collection of Thor comics includes Thor #7-12 and the giant-sized #600. My daughter brought it home from the library, but quickly lost interest. Thor being one of my favorites when I was young, I picked it up to read before we have to return it. I see why my 9 year old daughter didn't get into it the way she did some of the collections of the first Thor comics. The story was a bit hard to follow, especially if you were not “up” with the current story lines. While I enjoyed it for old times sake, it was not my favorite Thor story. My favorite part was the short exchange and tribute to the fallen Captain America. The art work throughout was great, but you could tell when illustrators changed. There definitely was a couple of different styles in this volume. If you are a Thor fan, this is one to have in your compete collection. It kind of goes away from what made the beginning of JMS' run so perfect (mainly the idea of Gods living in normal society) and instead goes deeper into the mythology of Asgard, Odin, and many of the nine realms.Also, Loki's main plot, while ultimately paying off, relies on our heroes being dumber then bags of rocks. Loki steals the show but mainly because Thor and especially Balder, are stupid. This is not exactly GREAT storytelling.The art is first rate which aids the storytelling and, as usual, JMS asks big questions, be it human or God. It'll be sad to see this run end as it influenced so much of Kenneth Branagh's amazing film.
What do You think about Thor, Vol. 2 (2009)?
I no longer know what's going on but it's still fun to read.
—dira
I loved it, Loki as Sif was amazing, all around fun read.
—heyred1972
Stronger than Volume One, but still slightly uneven.
—Jag1002
