What’s Next After ‘The Immortal Thor’? How About ‘The Mortal Thor’

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Spoilers, I guess, but Thor’s dead, dude. OR IS HE?? Because in the final issue of The Immortal Thor from Marvel Comics, Thor died… And then was somehow back. And now Marvel has officially announced what’s next: The Mortal Thor by Al Ewing and Pasqual Ferry.

“Now that IMMORTAL THOR #25 is on the stands for you to read – and please do – we can be a little more open about the exact nature of the second act of the story,” Ewing said via press release. “This was an idea that sprang into being from the original pitch; I wanted to treat Thor as a God, and give him a truly mythological story… but as well as the son of Odin, he’s the son of Gaea. So we find ourselves in winter. Thor is dead, and Sigurd Jarlson walks the earth – without power, without fame, without memory. And yet the fate of Asgard and Midgard rests on this mortal man making the journey to return the magic of the Gods to the Earth. And to get there – to even learn the nature of the quest – he’s going to have to fight.”

Given Ewing recently grounded and revamped Venom after an over-arching cosmic story, it seems he’s doing something similar — albeit with a very different plot — over on Thor. Naturally, the “next” issue comes out next month, so you can continue to follow Thor’s adventures as he seemingly murders people with a regular hammer. And you can get a look at the synopsis, as well as covers and order info for the first three issues, below.

The Mortal Thor #1 hits stores on July 14.

THE LEGEND BEGINS!

The Norse Myths tell of Gods who walked the Earth, doing great deeds for the mortals who believed in them. But Asgard isn’t real, and never was. The Gods never soared in our skies, never stood with our heroes, never fought for kindness or justice. It was all just a story. Nobody’s coming to help us. But somewhere in the city… a man is waking up. A man with a hammer. This is the story of Sigurd Jarlson, the MORTAL THOR!

THOR #1 – 75960621284200111

Written by AL EWING

Art by PASQUAL FERRY
Cover by ALEX ROSS

On Sale 7/14

THOR #2 – 75960621284200211

Written by AL EWING

Art by PASQUAL FERRY
Cover by ALEX ROSS

On Sale 9/24

THOR #3

Written by AL EWING

Art by PASQUAL FERRY
Cover by ALEX ROSS

On Sale 10/29

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