Thor by Walter Simonson volume 4

Thor by Walter Simonson, Vol. 4 by Walter Simonson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Thor by Walter Simonson, Volume 4 contains issues 364-369 and 371-374 of Simonson's mighty run on Thor.

In this volume, Thor gets turned into a frog, battles trolls, hags, Kurse, Loki, Hela, Justice Peace, Zaniac, and the Marauders, and grows a beard. He also gets afflicted with a curse that gives him brittle bones but that won't really come into play until volume 5.

I'm conflicted on this collection. On one hand, Simonson continues to infuse Thor with the Norse myths of his youth. On the other hand, he only drew six issues of this volume. Also, instead of being sprawling epics like the previous three volumes, this one is mostly one or two issue storylines. I like Balder on the throne of Asgard as much as the next guy but there was a lack of Thor in too much of the book.

Sal Buscema's art is good but I was hoping for Simonson art throughout. Simonson doesn't phone it in on the writing, though. Even though the storylines aren't spectacular, he still knows how to put the words in the right order. Frog Thor is one of my favorite comic storylines ever and I also quite liked Thor mingling with his co-worker's vast brood of kids.

While this has been my least favorite volume of Thor by Walter Simonson so far, it's still good Thor. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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