tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post4590131431783497024..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: To Rise Again!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-12723939403927441422014-05-26T09:07:55.133-04:002014-05-26T09:07:55.133-04:00We are in accord there! And, I think, as are the ...We are in accord there! And, I think, as are the writers. Without actually going back and conducting a rift-vortex count, I think Thor only ever uses that option when innocents are in danger. Nuclear overloads, unstoppable Destroyer with Avenger captives, titan Hulks...in fact, my memory suddenly offers perhaps the perfect example. When fighting Durok the Demolisher, (who made the Destroyer seem a bit soft) Thor used the hammer vortex and banished a huge segment of a New Orleans Mardi Gras crowd. Now that they were gone from underfoot and safe, he returned to fight the Demolisher. When it could have been vice versa.Murrayhttp://www.murraylindsay.ca/author_site.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-12648510355871151682014-05-26T07:26:56.732-04:002014-05-26T07:26:56.732-04:00Murray, I think Busiek's "quick fix"...Murray, I think Busiek's "quick fix" was laudable, but Thor often initiates these vortexes so casually and on the spur of the moment that they seem more the result of whim than alignment. :) I'd like to think, instead, that Thor, being a warrior of Asgard, prefers to choose might-vs.-might and flex his own battle skills before attempting other options such as storms or dimensional vortexes.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-71129461377419688952014-05-26T01:00:35.003-04:002014-05-26T01:00:35.003-04:00I agree with you. Thank goodness writers never re...I agree with you. Thank goodness writers never really overused the Send Things Away Power. Still, one can't help but wonder why he did not use such a power in some of his more desperate fights.<br /><br />Then, Kurt Busiek in Avengers (v3) #40 answered it wonderfully. Captain America asks Thor if he can send a titan Hulk-creature to another dimension before it stomps southeastern Europe. Thor replies:<br /><br />"The rifts my hammer creates depend on many factors. From the cycle of the seasons to the alignment of the stars...but I shall try."<br /><br />Sounds thoroughly mythological and perfectly plausible and instantly answers the dozen times when Thor really could have used that power and didn't.Murrayhttp://www.murraylindsay.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-48541360002152617052014-03-18T16:55:49.386-04:002014-03-18T16:55:49.386-04:00This was the time when my comic book reading was h...This was the time when my comic book reading was hitting E and hitting it hard. I have the entire pocket run, the four part WW3 story line and when the Heroes Returned, I was right there for FF, IM, Cap, and the Avengers. Which for those who remember, I was not a big Cap fan. I even have all the Journey Into Mystery Lost Gods. But by time Thor came out, I was done. <br /><br />Ooh, but CF, almost thou persuadest me. The art looks enticing.<br /><br />Every time I think I'm out.....they pull me back in.<br /><br />The Prowler (wondering if they still buy plasma).<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com