Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz’s Mighty Thor – Danger Room –

It’s hard to put on the shoes of a Walt Simonson who gave it all in his Thor collection, one of many examples of series that went from despair to mass phenomenon in the 1980s. daring or swamp thing† When Simonson left the series in August 1987, he did so by covering all of his stories and leaving the floor to his successor, Tom DeFalco, who was appointed editor-in-chief shortly after he agreed to write the Vikinggod series. Jim Schutter. He now has to put up with not only putting himself in the shoes of one of the most iconic writers of the ’80s, but also a charismatic editor who has raised the quality level of the publisher.

It should be noted that Shooter was very reluctant to allow the same person to fill more than one position at the publishing house. He also completely forbade the author from editing the series he wrote and was strongly opposed to having an editor write it for other editors. However, he wrote serials like himself. Avengers or maxi series Secret WarsLittle could be taught in this respect. DeFalco himself, editor of Secret WarsHe stopped editing the Spiderman series to start writing screenplays in 1984. amazing spider man Ron Frenz, the person with whom he will eventually become one of his most stable collaborators† A few years later, publisher Jim Owsley (now Christopher Priest) fired them for delivery delays and began writing the series himself. The authors argued that Owsley caused these delays.

Whatever the case, DeFalco continued to organize franchise lines such as: Masters of the Universe. Ewoks, Droids or thunder catsThe ability of these characters to deal with their parent company was one of the factors that influenced his appointment as editor-in-chief. A few months before this event, DeFalco and Frenz made an offer to publisher Ralph Macchio. daringhowever the publisher suggested they make some problems: Thor it eventually became 74 issues and an annual issue† Both writers thought they were more gifted with the most mundane heroes, that the cosmic wasn’t their thing, but Macchio eventually convinced them otherwise.

A story where the first two songs are full, on the one hand the Enchantress remembers her experience in Secret Wars, on the other hand, the appearance of a futuristic version and fascination DeFalco and Frenz, who signed on to co-wrote the comics in Thor’s 26th century, but when they had established themselves as a stable creative team, began removing the character. They honored their claims of being more earthly characters and allowed Thor to return to Earth, where Walt Simonson, who was more inclined to mythological stories, took him.† Let’s not forget that Simonson removed Donald Blake’s personality and Thor decided to take on Sigurd Jarlson’s secret identity by wearing a tail and wearing glasses. If it worked for Superman…

However, Simonson got this to be forgotten, and it was DeFalco and Frenz who got the idea that Thor was a human role, but somehow it’s akin to the dichotomy with Donald Blake. For this, they created the architect Eric Masterson (they could not avoid the name of Scandinavian origin), with whom Thor had to unite to save his life, exchanging the classic cane with the slam to the ground. It’s interesting to note that While Donald Blake was a work of Odin to teach his son humility, Materson was a real person with his life and problems., it was a custody battle for her eldest son, a conspiracy that drove almost the entire scene. On this occasion, they introduced a few secondary characters from the Masterson environment, while Thor interacted with the Avengers, Spiderman, Captain America, Hulk, Doctor Strange, the new Ghost Rider, Excalibur, Quasar, Silver Wake, Daredevil Imperial Guard. He witnessed the emergence of Juggernaut and Doctor Doom or the New Warriors. But The DeFalco-Frenz couple did not neglect the most cosmic aspect of the characterNot forgetting the Game of Thrones of Asgard, which has been kingless since Odin died on Simonson’s scene, which shows him the machinations of the Egyptian god Seth, the Celestials, the High Evolutionist, Annihilus or Mephisto. He also found Hercules as an adventure partner… and a roommate.

From issue 402. stories about asgard, Although the drawing is not the work of Frenz, but by authors such as Tom Morgan, Mike Mignola, Ron Lim, Gary Hartle or Pat Oliffe, it is common in the Lee and Kirby phase. Initially, they started with the idea of ​​telling stories about the youth of the gods or the secondary characters of the series, but soon the supplement told a story that ran parallel to the main plot and merged with it at certain moments. Thor’s disappearance prompted Eric Masterson to stop being the Thunderer’s alter ego and become a helmeted Thor with a beard and mask. That didn’t stop at some point making a Sif tic who transforms into Dark Sif in a suit that doesn’t leave much to the imagination because yes, this scene just couldn’t have been taken out of the ’90s and we have vignettes with Thor’s firearms. These songs are nothing short of boring with ever-changing situations, characters, and ideas that we’ve replicated over the years.

The idea was DeFalco and Frenz’s, not JM Straczynski’s, as Thor was out of place because his two great friends, Tony Stark and Steve Rogers, were arguing during the War of Armor. Jason Aaron really enjoyed seeing several Thors fight hand-to-hand, but DeFalco and Frenz had already done that. We can give credit to Matt Fraction, where Captain America got back Thor’s hammer. horror incarnatebut that’s already done by DeFalco and Frenz†

Probably the chart aspect is the most controversial as of now. Ron Frenz stood out as an artist, particularly imitating writers like John Buscema or Jack Kirby.† In fact, his intervention in this series begins as a convincing clone of one of Thor’s iconic artists, Buscema, to impersonate Jack Kirby from 402; Joe Sinnott’s ink contributed to highlighting that this stylistic choice was not accidental. In the following pieces, Frenz oscillates between the two styles, creating some very curious Frankensteins based on the documents he uses for inspiration, reaching the extreme of using Urok, a monster Mignola created for several episodes. Tales of Asgard, could not give his own style and protected Mignola. In favor of Frenz it must be said that although he is an imitation of other writers, he manages to imitate them with commendable strength and energy.

As the law dictates, DeFalco and Frenz left the collected toys by repairing the classic Thor’s head and Eric Masterson playing the role of Thunderstrike. successor mighty Thor it was a Jim Starlin who could only last two songs and that his partner Ron Marz barely made ten completely forgotten songs. Thunderstrike starred in their own title for 24 songs where DeFalco and Frenz brought back every villain and supporting cast they had. mighty Thor† The spirit of the series is everyone’s versions cruel and rude Which devastated Marvel in the early ’90s, and thanks to the generous copyright policy that DeFalco established as editor-in-chief, who pays well to all the makers of War Machine, USAgent, Venom, or the spooky Ghost Rider.† DeFalco and Frenz killed their characters in the last issue of the collection, while the five editors who replaced DeFalco were interim. As they all do, they may have thought he’d return sooner or later, but aside from a few zombie appearances in Busiek and Pérez’s Avengers and a very recent appearance in the new Doctor Strange collection starring Clea, nothing else has been done. Recently, his son Kevin got his father’s name and bun, and in 2011 he starred in the DeFalco-Frenz couple’s number five miniseries.

All this delightful phase of Thor was recently compiled by Panini in three volumes of his Marvel Heroes collection.Solo Thunderstrike adventures were not edited by the Forum until the 1990s.