Marvel has released the variant cover to the upcoming The Mighty Thor #1 from artist Walt Simonson. Take the jump for the full image, and a breakdown of the action.
THE MIGHTY THOR #1 (FEB110544)
THE MIGHTY THOR #1 SIMONSON VARIANT (FEB110547)
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant Cover by TRAVIS CHAREST
Variant Cover by WALTER SIMONSON
Blank Variant Cover also available
Thor Movie Variant also available
When Asgard is threatened by an intergalactic peril, the superstar creative team of Matt Fraction and Olivier Coipel, must take Thor to the edges of the Marvel Universe to save his homeland from the likes of Galactus. It’s the World Eater vs. Asgard in the explosive opening arc that’s great for new readers and will redefine what it means to be the Odinson! When the survival of Asgard rests on the shoulders of Thor, can he fight back the forces of the power cosmic? Discover the answers you seek as Fraction and Coipel pull out all the stops in The Mighty Thor #1.
The $3.99 issue arrives April 27, 2011.
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This hits a soft spot for me. I first started reading comics in the early 80s with Simonson’s run on Thor. That 3+ year run still remains as one of my favorite runs of any comic book title I’ve read.
This variant cover is making me feel rather nostalgic… :-)
That takes me back to the “Curse of Hela” and the invasion of Hell by the warriors of Valhalla where The Executioner made his final, heroic “face turn”. One of the best “Thor” arcs ever, IMO.
Excellent point!
Still there are so many high points and, for me looking back at the entire run, it’s so hard to choose – the ending, for example – where Thor breaks Loki’s arm with Mjolnir as a way of saying, “Next time it’ll be worse!” or the Midgard Serpent impersonating Fin Fang Foom, and so many others …Sigh!
Those were such great days to be a comic book reader!