The buzz behind the THOR movie is so great you might forget it was just five years ago or so that there was no monthly Thor comic book! The Thor series had come to an end and, even as Marvel’s Civil War ramped up, the only Thor we were given was nothing but a Reed Richards’ Thor-clone. Now, half a decade later, the Thor monthly has become Journey Into Mystery (as it was originally called), we are a little more than a week away from Thor gracing movie theater screens everywhere. Thor himself is an integral part of Marvel’s Fear Itself event and today marks the launch of a new ongoing series called The Mighty Thor.

I would imagine those Thor fans who missed their God of Thunder when he was gone must absolutely love every second of it. And though I count myself among those excited about Thor’s prominence in the Marvel Universe, it was not always so. Marvel has always been known for the human qualities their powerful heroes exuded. Somehow, Thor never interested me. He lacked the everyman appeal of Spider-Man, the pure goodness of Captain America, the darkness in the Hulk, or the grittiness of Daredevil. If I wanted to read about gods I would pick up a DC Comic and read about Superman.

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