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james_desantis 's review for:
Thanos, Volume 1: Thanos Returns
by Jeff Lemire
Well shit on a stick and call me rick (not a real expression) this was...good?
Listen. I love Jeff Lemire. As I'm creating my own comic I take a lot of inspiration from the man. He is actually writing one of my favorite comics of the entire year (Royal City) and I'll always give his stuff a chance even if it turns out I hate it (looking at you Teen Titan Earth 1). So he decided let's do a series about the Mad Titan. The big ass purple dude you've been seeing at the end credits of avengers for like 7 years now. Is it good though?
Well Thanos actually starts off with a interesting (if not odd) idea of the mad Titan going around murdering people as usual only to find out in the very first issue that he's sick. Very very sick. We talking like cancer in the lungs, brain, and bones sick. The creature of destruction goes on a mission to find a cure. While that big asshole does that a couple of other assholes including Thawn (his son) and a few other C-List characters decide to team up and take the big ass purple badass down. Will they succeed? Well that would be a spoiler. But is it good? Let's see...
Good: Thanos. I know, give me a moment, I couldn't believe it myself. The Mad Titan always came off as try-hard evil big bad final level boss at the end of the game type dude. However, he's a shit-talking, murdering machine, wild fucking asshole who has some really sick burns. In other words he's got the strength but he's also got the smack talk, oh and his skills at fighting are terrifying. I also enjoyed the ending as it sets up a ton of cool things this series could do.
Bad: The group get together with his son and their mission is kind of boring. I know it needs to be there to give us the other side of things. I mean we can't hope for Thanos to win he's a fucking asshole afterall. But their stuff seemed kind of boring in comparison.
Overall whenever Thanos is on a panel this series really shines. From the savage point of view to a creature desperate to live it's pretty great. While the other side of the story suffers Jeff Lamire writes a very very compelling Thanos. I'll be reading more of this for sure! A 3.5 out of 5.
Listen. I love Jeff Lemire. As I'm creating my own comic I take a lot of inspiration from the man. He is actually writing one of my favorite comics of the entire year (Royal City) and I'll always give his stuff a chance even if it turns out I hate it (looking at you Teen Titan Earth 1). So he decided let's do a series about the Mad Titan. The big ass purple dude you've been seeing at the end credits of avengers for like 7 years now. Is it good though?
Well Thanos actually starts off with a interesting (if not odd) idea of the mad Titan going around murdering people as usual only to find out in the very first issue that he's sick. Very very sick. We talking like cancer in the lungs, brain, and bones sick. The creature of destruction goes on a mission to find a cure. While that big asshole does that a couple of other assholes including Thawn (his son) and a few other C-List characters decide to team up and take the big ass purple badass down. Will they succeed? Well that would be a spoiler. But is it good? Let's see...
Good: Thanos. I know, give me a moment, I couldn't believe it myself. The Mad Titan always came off as try-hard evil big bad final level boss at the end of the game type dude. However, he's a shit-talking, murdering machine, wild fucking asshole who has some really sick burns. In other words he's got the strength but he's also got the smack talk, oh and his skills at fighting are terrifying. I also enjoyed the ending as it sets up a ton of cool things this series could do.
Bad: The group get together with his son and their mission is kind of boring. I know it needs to be there to give us the other side of things. I mean we can't hope for Thanos to win he's a fucking asshole afterall. But their stuff seemed kind of boring in comparison.
Overall whenever Thanos is on a panel this series really shines. From the savage point of view to a creature desperate to live it's pretty great. While the other side of the story suffers Jeff Lamire writes a very very compelling Thanos. I'll be reading more of this for sure! A 3.5 out of 5.