Thor: God Of Thunder #5 Review

It feels like an absolute eternity since #4 of this series was in our hands. In fact it felt so long ago that I was really grateful for the summary page at the start of this issue, as without it I really do think I may have been a bit lost. Regardless of that, Jason Aaron continues his God butcherer story line in this issue; in which we learn a tad more about the motives of the butcherer, as well as what exactly happened the first time he and Thor met.

It is funny because the next issue of this series advertises the fact that it will be covering the origins of the God butcherer; but it is in this issue where we get a glimpse into why he wants to kill of every God in existence  The first few pages of this book cover this, and set up the rest of the book really nicely. It is clear that he is annoyed at the Gods for deserting him, and he seems to want people to understand why he doesn't think Gods are worth anything. It seems to be an opinion that he wants everyone to share, and this issue does a good job at piquing my interest for the origin story next time around.

As I mentioned in the introduction, this issue also shows what happens the first time these two met. It was interesting to see how their first encounter ended, and it was also interesting to see just how much of a bad taste it left in Thors' mouth. The overly confident young Asgardian was nowhere to be seen, as he seemed quite shook up by the events that took place.
We also saw the current encounter between the two of them; which led directly to what we saw at the end of the last issue. This also led on perfectly to what I was sure was going to be a final encounter in the next issue...until I saw it was an origin story next issue. I am not complaining about the origin story by the way, it just shows how good a job this issue did at building up the next epic battle in this story.

I have loved the art throughout this series, however I felt that in this issue it was a bit hit and miss. Some of the panels, especially close ups of faces, were just tremendous. However, other panels which were busy. seemed to be quite confusing. This is really odd as in other issues these busy panels have really come to life and looked just awesome. It is only really a minor concern as it wasn't like that throughout the book, and I do think that it will just be a one off.

Once again, this series has really impressed me with this issue. I am really looking forward to the next one and finding out more about the big bad guy. After each issue in this series I have felt really satisfied after reading it and this particular issue is no different. You know when you have it in your hands that you are going to get a good read out of it; which is quite a testament to it considering it is only 5 issues in. Lets hope it can keep it up, which I have no doubt that it will do.

Rating: 8.3 / 10

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