THOR: HEROES RETURN OMNIBUS (Thor: Heroes Return, 1) - Hardcover

Jurgens, Dan; Defalco, Tom; DeMatteis, J.M.; Mackie, Howard; Busiek, Kurt; Casy, Joe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1302908138 ISBN 13: 9781302908133

Publisher: Marvel Universe, 2017

Synopsis

A hero returns - and an epic saga begins! Dan Jurgens ushers in one of the greatest eras of Thor - and it begins with the truly blockbuster art of John Romita Jr.! The Thunder God walks the Earth once more, but his new lease on life comes with new enemies - and a new mortal alter ego! Will Thor's comeback be cut short by Dark Gods, the Destroyer and Doctor Doom? Then, on the Eighth Day, the unstoppable Juggernaut will be just the beginning for Thor, Iron Man and Spider-Man! The heavy hitters keep on coming - like Mangog and Thanos! But if Thor is busy saving Midgard, who's protecting Asgard?

COLLECTING: THOR (1998) 1-35, ROUGH CUT; SILVER SURFER/THOR ANNUAL 1998; THOR ANNUAL 1999-2000; PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN (1999) 2, 11; IRON MAN (1998) 21 (B STORY), 22; JUGGERNAUT: THE EIGHTH DAY

Written by DAN JURGENS, TOM DEFALCO, J.M. DEMATTEIS, HOWARD MACKIE, KURT BUSIEK, ROGER STERN & JOE CASEY

Penciled by JOHN ROMITA JR., JOHN BUSCEMA, MIKE MCKONE, LEE WEEKS, MICHAEL RYAN, ERIK LARSEN, ANDY KUBERT, STUART IMMONEN, RAMON BERNADO, DAN JURGENS,JERRY ORDWAY, SEAN CHEN, TERRY SHOEMAKER & MORE

Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR. & KLAUS JANSON

About this title

Review:

"Dan Jurgens' run on Thor, in my opinion, is ... on par with Lee and Kirby. Nowadays, runs on comics last only 6 to 12 issues in most cases. Jurgens' run lasted over 70. In this series we see a new human counterpart, the death of Odin, and eventually Thor taking over and ruling earth. And the build up is very epic. This should be on every comic lover's shelf. It truly deserves a omnibus treatment." -- Mark Allen Iee

"Truly epic and recommended ... the art is inspired and the writing is brilliant. You won't be let down." -- Steven W. Rhoden

"You know it's going to be a fun story when they pull out one of the big guns of the Marvel rogues' gallery -- in this case, it's Thanos. The long, sprawling story nicely builds to a climactic showdown and a satisfying conclusion that ties things up neatly while still leaving a nice addendum to tease at future stories." -- Joshua Bertram

"A straight-forward Thor run. Veteran scribe Jurgens puts him through his paces against a treasure trove of rogues and Asgardian intrigue." -- Peter Marinari

"Usually a never-changing artist assignment on a book spells trouble for the scripter and maybe the title as well. With Jurgens on Thor, it didn't matter. He seemed able to perfectly describe what he wanted and evoke the best images from the artist, no matter whom he was working with. Jurgens also put his own personal stamp on the title, and set his work apart from but equal to the best stories from Lee and Simonson." -- Michael Clarke

"This initial volume contains the first 35 issues of Dan Jurgens' lengthy Thor run as well as several Annuals and tie-in issues from other series like Spider-Man and Iron Man." -- The Omnibus Collector

About this edition

• Publisher: Marvel Universe
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1302908138
• ISBN 13: 9781302908133
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1232
• Illustrator: Romita John, Buscema John, McKone Mike, Weeks Lee, Kubert Andy