THOR EPIC COLLECTION: INTO THE DARK NEBULA Paperback – March 24, 2020

If one can just get over the discouragement of no longer seeing Jack Kirby, you can clearly see that with mostly Vince Coletta's inks over John Buscema's pencils, the artwork on this group of stories is quite spectacular, and yes, as pointed out already, they did indeed "rehash" several of the older opponents, such as Mangog, Ego and Ulik, however, the storylines are actually different and the interplay of the various supporting members from Asgard really add to the urgency and drama of the various plots. Thor is constantly pitted against overwhelming odds, and looks like he bites the dust several times, but he endures, naturally, and as usual, displays his amazing nobility throughout all of the many ordeals he faces.

There are a lot of issues in these books at almost 500 pages. These allow me to read a lot of great classic books from the 1970's.

Even though Kirby isn't on this run , still a Marvel classic! Buscema and Colleta are great! Great stories , enjoy!

I enjoyed this as a fond memory of my youth...when comic books were affordable...and simpler. Worth the price and time.

Too much repetition of plot. Same kind of story with interchangeable villains

Excellent service and product

Gr8

Book was well packed and in mint condition will use again as price was good

The Lee/Kirby era of Thor, which went out on a grand, cosmic high, was always going to be a tough one to follow, and in volume 6 of the Epics (covering material from 1972 and 1973), we see one of the pitfalls that many subsequent creators fell into.It's not that Gerry Conway's writing is BAD, exactly; it's just that many of his stories seem like reruns of great tales that we've already had - so the Mangog attacks Asgard once again, Odin becomes angered with his son's disobedience once again, Ulik tries to prove his strength against the god of thunder once again... you get the idea. To be fair to Conway, he does spend a good amount of time working on the supporting cast, particularly Sif, Balder and the Warriors Three, and that is always welcome.Of course slightly repetitive plotting doesn't matter quite as much when you have a good artist, and for this run the book had one of the very best (and a personal favourite of mine) in John Buscema. His gorgeous character art and dazzing cosmic vistas allow you to ignore any multitude of sins - every page is a delight, even when Vincent Colleta has produced one of his well-known rush jobs on an issue.Extra features include nine pages of original Buscema art, adding to an already packed volume (22 issues in this one!). Come for the art - this one's a beauty.

Probably not my favourite collection of Thor in epic form but there were still some pretty decent tales in this volume. The epic collection is into the early 70s (when I started collecting them) and there are the usual suspects such as Mangog, Loki etc. Looking forward to the next epic Thor collection

Just read the X-Force epic collection by Liefeld, before I read this one, and it's not that bad. But that doesn't mean this epic collection is that good either. Main problem is that it is horribly dated, both the art (which may give it nostalgic bonus points with some readers), and the stories. I get it, they tried to modernise Thor from a mythological character to a modern superhero. But that modernisation was for the 60s and has not aged well. Solid example of Marvel Age of Comics work. Some may find nostlagic joy from it, and others (like me) will go meh.