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The War of the Realms (Single Issues)
The War of the Realms #1
Featuring action-packed extras including a Cover Gallery, Script, Inked And Color Pages and Character Designs! THE WORLD AT WAR! Asgard. Alfheim. Heven. Jotunheim. Muspelheim. Niffleheim. Nidavellir. Svartalfheim. Vanaheim. All of the Ten Realms have fallen to Malekith and his army except Midgard. Home to Thor's beloved humans. Home to heroes and gods alike. Now, at last, it burns. And Thor won't even be there to see it. All hell breaks loose in New York City as Malekith and his allies begin their invasion — and the greatest heroes of the Marvel Universe watch as the Earth falls!
165 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 3, 2019
About the author
Jason Aaron
2,390 books1,691 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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April 6, 2019
Now this is how you build up a epic crossover event, this story has been building up for years and everything makes sense, I feel like this is going to be as good and fun as Infinity was, it oozes quality in all departments. The problem here is that Marvel have been shoving so many rushed out, crappy events in our faces, that when a good one finally shows up, the thrill of it its absolutely gone, giving us readers a huge feeling of been there, done that.
May 4, 2019
It's been so long since I tried to read graphic novels again! War Of The Realms is quite a looker, I absolutely love Russel Dauterman's art style. It's so fcking beautiful; I especially like the transition of the action scenes and how it punctuated. I can't actually explain it but it has such a unique flavor with its seamless transition. (Also, Peter Parker and Thori are soooo cute and hilarious here)
April 5, 2019
Ambitious for sure this new series catch my eye. Unfortunately... maybe too ambitious and so many crossovers with series I don't follow to grip me in and worth reading it. I enjoy reading the first but I won,t go on with it!
April 11, 2019
Was pumped up as a massive event. Was it worth the wait? Yeh defs!!
April 4, 2019
Man, this plot has been building up for a LONG time, hasn’t it? And I’ve got to say, so far? It’s held up to all the expectations created from that buildup and wait.
There were a lot of iconic moments in this issue. And better yet? A lot of new team-ups and interactions that I had never actually thought to hope for. A bit ashamed about that one, actually. These moments were the laughs that were very much needed to balance out the rest of the intensity.
And yes, it is intense. The battle we all knew was coming did not waste any time getting started. I was actually a little bit surprised by that, truth be told. I won’t go into details, but I will say I’m looking forward to seeing more of it.
I will also say that Thori was a shining beacon in this issue. He’s so hilarious and adorable, even when he’s killing things. He’s rapidly become my favorite character, so admittedly I may be a little bit biased here.
There were a lot of iconic moments in this issue. And better yet? A lot of new team-ups and interactions that I had never actually thought to hope for. A bit ashamed about that one, actually. These moments were the laughs that were very much needed to balance out the rest of the intensity.
And yes, it is intense. The battle we all knew was coming did not waste any time getting started. I was actually a little bit surprised by that, truth be told. I won’t go into details, but I will say I’m looking forward to seeing more of it.
I will also say that Thori was a shining beacon in this issue. He’s so hilarious and adorable, even when he’s killing things. He’s rapidly become my favorite character, so admittedly I may be a little bit biased here.
April 11, 2019
4.5 stars. With all the hype rolling into this arc I was wondering would it live up to it. It definitely did. The way it started let you know this was gonna get serious with the stakes. I really like how the book bounced around between all the different characters in this showing you their reaction and action towards what was happening. The art in this was top notch. Beautiful. From the wrap around cover to the interior. Even down to the quality of the paper/material used. Oh and I definitely played the theme song they put at the beginning of the issue. Lol! Actually was kinda dope. “You want these hands, Malekith? Believe me, you’re going to get them! Avengers Assemble!!” - Captain America
April 8, 2019
I think I will go back to this series when I finally catch up with at least some of the stories of this crossover but I have to say I really like this comic!
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WHY THEY KILL LOKI IN THE FIRST ISSUE?!
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July 12, 2019
I have no idea what's going on with Thor book since Jane Foster's arc ended. When did he get a golden hammer?
First issue shows that this is gonna be more action pack event and alot of Norse stuff. Looking forward to the next issue. Specially looking forward to see Punisher trying to kill a giant.
First issue shows that this is gonna be more action pack event and alot of Norse stuff. Looking forward to the next issue. Specially looking forward to see Punisher trying to kill a giant.
August 23, 2023
This was a story years in the making. It can be said that a Walt Simonson drawn piece of marketing art for a story arc that never came to pass was the genesis of it. However, a much more recent origin of War of the Realms came from the events of Thor: God of Thunder, Vol. 3: The Accursed, an arc that set up Simonson creation Malekith as the biggest bad Thor would have to face for the rest of Aaron's run.
This was a hyped event, and as the main book, it is lushly wrapped in an Art Adams cover with gorgeously drawn Russell Dauterman interiors, so that Aaron could spin a modern epic of a war that engulfed all the realms that were attached to the World Tree.
I guess it could be said that the first issue gave indications that it could live up to the hype.
This was a hyped event, and as the main book, it is lushly wrapped in an Art Adams cover with gorgeously drawn Russell Dauterman interiors, so that Aaron could spin a modern epic of a war that engulfed all the realms that were attached to the World Tree.
I guess it could be said that the first issue gave indications that it could live up to the hype.
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June 20, 2019Read #1-5 and damn these crossover events are tiresome. There's not only this, the main "War of the realms" comic there's 20 tie-ins in May alone. Luckily I'm not interested in most of them, but still...
There are some cool scenes especially in vol 4 (Freyja!!! Jane! Daredevil!? (surprisingly enough)) etc but I prefer character growth to battles and as such, these battle series are pretty pointless.
There are some cool scenes especially in vol 4 (Freyja!!! Jane! Daredevil!? (surprisingly enough)) etc but I prefer character growth to battles and as such, these battle series are pretty pointless.
September 22, 2019
Το πρώτο τεύχος του WotR ξεκινά πολύ δυναμικά. Σχεδόν κατευθείαν στο ψητό και την εισβολή του Malekith στη Γη. Ακόμα δεν ξεκίνησε η ιστορία και έχουν αρχίσει οι πρώτοι θάνατοι. Το line-up των ηρώων είναι πολύ πλούσιο και η δράση είναι καταιγιστική απ' τη μέση και μετά! Από άποψη artwork είναι σε πολύ καλά επίπεδα. Είναι πολύ υποσχόμενο για τη συνέχεια, βέβαια με τόσα tie-ins και ανοιχτά μέτωπα μπορεί εύκολα να ξεφύγει, αλλά ελπίζω ότι δε θα συμβεί αυτό.
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May 5, 2019
Chapter 1-The Last Realm Standing
May 11, 2019
All out chaos!
Usually I avoid crossovers but I do have a weakness for sword and sorcery stuff. So far this does not disappoint.
Usually I avoid crossovers but I do have a weakness for sword and sorcery stuff. So far this does not disappoint.
June 9, 2019
Was fun!
July 2, 2019
Ugggggggg...the 3rd rate, 30 Rock banter is old bro
August 3, 2019
This was so much better the second reading. I don’t know why, but I very much enjoyed this. I’m laughing at the Spider-Man jokes, and I’m able to blow off some of the inconsistencies of things like Captain America doing the Avengers Assemble thing instead of Black Panther, etc. I’m also just a bit more bothered by Loki’s death.
All in all, this was great fun.
All in all, this was great fun.
July 24, 2020
63/100
April 10, 2019
Quite new to this whole universe, but felt right at home. It’s extraordinary how so many different voices and personalities come across so clearly established. Both intense and hilarious, a perfectly choreographed dance that manages to avoid foolishness. Curious to see how this develops!
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