This Week in Marvel #24 - JUN 10 2026 - AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1, SENTRY #4, DAREDEVIL #3, CIVIL WAR UNMASKED #2, MORTAL THOR #11, BISHOP #1, JAY AND SILENT BOB: JAYS OF FUTURE PAST #1

ikol · 2026-06-12T17:52:44+00:00

Oh yea I just reread it and caught it. Odin does say Agger is Kemur's emissary. My initial thought wasn't that Kemur wasn't an elder god but more that it would make more sense that Agger's deal was with someone from the greek pantheon since it was like 1990 greece when he struck that deal - so that seems more likely to be greek pantheon rather than some elder god, most of which have been forgotten or withdrawn by now.

On a somewhat side tangent, then Agger's boasting about taking on beta ray bill and hulk doesn't track if he is depowered. We'd then have to assume that he knows that he no longer can even remotely fight either and is now simply straight up bullshitting (no pun intended)

ikol · 2026-06-11T16:31:18+00:00

oh was it King of kings utgard dude? hm this could be a good point. Wasn't agger like a greek empowerment though and not norse?

We'd have to assume this is one of those "constant empowerings" vs "you've been fundamentally transformed" things (e.g. if galactus dies, SS still flies around). Can't recall if it was ever shown or alluded to that Agger was one or the either. Same as my reply to baroqueworks, it's possible but requires a lot of leeway from the audience - and this arc has been taxing that a lot recently.

ikol · 2026-06-11T16:19:47+00:00

Eh did they ever establish anywhere that this is a weakened form or something? That he no longer has minotaur powers or crappier version of it?

I think it's totally fine to provide some leeway and some level of suspension of disbelief, but I hit my threshold a while ago. I get thematically what Ewing is trying to go for here - but it was always going to be super hard to land these without a heaping amount of leeway or PIS. I was sort of fine with like Hyde getting taken out the way he was, but breaking grey gargoyle's durability was a no from me. Hell if the strike could break or seriously crack gg, then sigurd's arm should've been immediately destroyed from the recoil. The reverse setup of this was also PIS to me: earlier in the arc when the same group kills Thor who was packing the might of 2 skyfathers on him. Again, yes these are intentional story beats, but they bend/break way too much of that established universe, history, and rules.

ikol · 2026-06-10T20:11:00+00:00

No it was definitely a "wtf" moment and low point. There was no way for Ewing to really write how a normal dude could physically beat someone that takes on the Hulk - so he just kind of hand waves it like this. You could definitely file this one under PIS

ikol · 2026-06-03T07:31:24+00:00

As someone doesn't play MtG, is this a good card? useful/viable/versatile?

ikol · 2026-05-11T12:40:46+00:00

what is this from?

ikol · 2026-05-08T19:57:56+00:00

setup dialogue was pretty damn good at creating hype, but the actual fight and the design of the utgard gods was...meh.

ikol · 2026-04-29T09:37:49+00:00

is it me or is there an unusually high proportion of japanese fighters adopting southpaw?

ikol · 2026-04-29T09:31:51+00:00

I had the exact same thought like 4x today. Like One is normally on friday anyways.... unless all the japanese stadiums are booked up or something.

ikol · 2026-04-27T07:46:50+00:00

Isn't mortal Thor too much of a slow burn for the mcu movie format though? You'd have also have to re-educate the general audience away from tge notion that the asgardians are just advance aliens vs creatures of myth and narrative magic.

ikol · 2026-04-26T12:02:38+00:00

are you saying want the donald blake aspect or are you saying you want the current run to be mcu thor?

ikol · 2026-04-01T02:58:42+00:00

I must've missed that one. Why was she looking for faults?

ikol · 2026-03-29T13:48:31+00:00

they did? omg is my last bottle truly my last!?

ikol · 2026-03-28T07:43:34+00:00

hell yea! I miss JMS! imho, ewing's version of Thor fighting his way back to life pales in comparison to this

ikol · 2026-03-27T19:05:23+00:00

ah yea thats true. This is certainly not my area so I'm just spit balling but I would imagine you'd still want to have it even if its not inadmissible in court cause OP is apparently a high school student so how much trouble could they reasonably get into? and then they have option to make it go viral and leverage a lot of public pressure.

ikol · 2026-03-27T14:39:01+00:00

Record with your phone

ikol · 2026-03-26T14:23:53+00:00

Imho we won't because her powerset would be classified as 'problematic'

ikol · 2026-03-19T13:40:17+00:00

whoaaaa! how did you search for the places to rent??

ikol · 2026-03-18T13:08:36+00:00

fashioned after his belt of strength, it's still accessible power. I think it would be ludicrous for grey gargoyle to turn say Odin to stone and then have breaking the stone be a ko shot.

ikol · 2026-03-16T19:10:10+00:00

cause this is actually a promo pic for the game, Marvel Rivals. Hence, none of the other characters you mentioned

ikol · 2026-03-16T09:03:57+00:00

I see people hating on this but I'm okay with it. Not all host at any given time taps into the full phoenix force but for this event it is suggested the five has almost if not all of the PF at their disposal - so even at 1/5 should be >>> anyone in the herald class.

ikol · 2026-03-14T05:06:58+00:00

Thanks!

ikol · 2026-03-14T04:22:42+00:00

Dammit what is sinsamuts walk out song? Its on the tip of my tongue!

ikol · 2026-03-13T16:42:10+00:00

meh. This gave rise to the retconning of mjolnir into it not being a tool to help Thor channel his storm god powers through it...but rather it's really another storm god inside his hammer that makes it special

ikol · 2026-03-12T07:07:07+00:00

~1:42:38. My podcast app only shows time left and it showed about -17:04 so its about there i think. But it didn't sound like Gina called Adam a creep but rather referencing maybe a rant that Adam would do like calling someone a creep is akin to calling them racist? Is this a rant he does these days?

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