CAN YOU HUG YOUR DAD IF YOU CALL IT A FULL NELSON? (or There’s No Better Father’s Day Gift Than Asgardian Love) When a combination writer/artist decides to take a break from one or both duties on a title, the fill-in work sometimes is a disaster, but in certain cases is a pleasant surprise. Following the Casket of Ancient Winters story arc (Thor #350-354), Walt Simonson relinquished his artistic duties for a spell and let the God of Thunder recover from his recent adventures before rushing off to the next crisis.
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A Comical Battle of Egos(or “an I for an I”) “And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest heroes and heroines found themselves united against a common threat. On that day, the Avengers were born – and when that threat proved too much for the Avengers, they called upon the Lion of Olympus to save the day. Heed the call, then – for now, and forever, Hercules stands triumphant!” A year after Marvel pulled off “Assistant Editor’s Month” to great acclaim, a fill-in creative team took the reigns of The Mighty Thor after 19 consecutive months where Walt Simonson basically ran the whole show. The Mighty Thor #356 sold for 65¢ in June 1985 just as The Incredible Hulk faced certain death during his exile at The Crossroads, Rocket Raccoon and Iceman were in the midst of their respective limited series, and Sasquatch faced off against Sasquatch in the pages of Alpha Flight.
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Greetings, Comic Impact fans and followers! It’s Wednesday and you all know what that means, right? You don’t? Well let me tell you! Every Wednesday here at the Comic Impact website, we do this little podcast that we like to refer to as the “Pick of the Week Podcast.” I have a hard time believing that you’ve never heard of it, we’ve done over 200 of these amazing shows. And each and every one of these wonderful shows is a gem that would be a terrible tragedy to miss.
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Guess what everyone! Not only is it time for a new POW, Pick Of the Week podcast, but last week was Simon’s birthday! Hooray for the birthday boy! What an amazing, special occasion. So, of course Simon had to lord it over everyone and maliciously steal Ian’s pick! Wotta’ prick! This week, Simon picked The Mighty Thor #2 by Matt Fraction and Olivier Copiel. If there’s one thing Simon likes, it’s French people. You better listen to this week’s podcast if you know what’s good for you! Where else will you hear Ken channel the spirit of Don Knotts? Plus, find out why Ian, if Simon hadn’t so cruelly stolen his pick, wouldn’t have picked any DC book this week regardless of how good it may have been.
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