We're going to try and avoid any major spoilers, but the plan is go through the issue (more or less) page by page anyway, so if things get too hot for you, it should be easy to duck out.
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TIM: Loki’s positioning here mirrors Bruce Banner’s arrival in Infinity War, which itself was a reference to Silver Surfer’s similar entrance in Infinity Gauntlet. Clearly, the best way to start an epic Marvel crossover is to drop a character with a warning out of space.pic.twitter.com/iHePEwM5Jh
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TIM: Dauterman’s design for the Dark Elves is heavily indebted to their look in Thor: The Dark World, one of the few good things about that film. The expressionless faces also resemble the Hellfire Club’s guards, which featured in the X-Men: Schism event Aaron wrote back in 2011.pic.twitter.com/BbWj0Jy31y
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Multiple Hammer Thor is totally my jam, because it’s basically the same idea as Iron Man 3's House Party Protocol. Which in turn means that… yes, these are basically trick arrows. I LOVE TRICK ARROWS!pic.twitter.com/lGVBkWnsZY
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It feels a little like Odinson is biting Jane!Thor’s style here, with all the loop-de-loop flying hammers.pic.twitter.com/sSiFc2pnPZ
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TIM: So far, the clear thematic core of War of the Realms seems to be ‘always listen to your dog’.pic.twitter.com/SptWETNcUc
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This page acts as subtle foreshadowing for careful readers. The quote marks around “brother” can be read in that Hiddleston mocking tone… or as a tease for the coming reveal. If you find yourself asking why the heck Loki is licking a knife? GOOD QUESTION, TURN THE PAGE.pic.twitter.com/PeA7eL0ioI
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TIM: Dauterman once again deploying some unique panel structure. The arrow-shaped panels offer a close-up of the action they are pointing to, while also lining up nicely with the angle of the Frost Giants’ spears.pic.twitter.com/iE7ah7KiJJ
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TIM: Putting Spider-Man out of focus is really smart here. It tells you to pay attention to the rooftop in the background, rather than just assuming those speech balloons are New Yorkers yelling at Spidey as he swings overhead.pic.twitter.com/g5QKjlK8lH
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Dauterman’s Spider-Man never stands the same way twice. There's not a single neutral feet-planted pose here, and it gives Spidey this twitchy energy. It also helps establish him as out of place alongside Asgardians – note how he pops in at the bottom corner of the page.pic.twitter.com/npqNTbwJD2
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I love this page of incredibly purple narration. Tim’s written about how Aaron switches between first- and third-person narration in his run (http://timplusalex.com/comics/march-to-asgard-2-war-of-the-realms-jason-aaron-thor-god-of-thunder-original-sin-jane-foster …) and this is very much the latter, bringing that same mythic storybook quality to the sequence.pic.twitter.com/Wy12A6fF79
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This page works to link up the disparate areas of Marvel New York, each with their own localised characters, stories and genres. This Punisher panel really breaks down those barriers, as one genre intrudes on another.pic.twitter.com/llNXaOOWAE
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TIM: As the magic of the other Nine Realms starts to intrude on to Midgard, the panels of everyday New York become detached from the page and tip like dominoes.pic.twitter.com/m9f8FqOIUp
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TIM: The final domino falls (note the blank corners signifying this double-page-size panel is also askew) and New York erupts into a rainbow of Matt Wilson pyrotechnics. When you want to blow shit up on the comics page, there’s no one better.pic.twitter.com/7E2QboH69e
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TIM: (Minor spoilers if you’ve avoided promo for War of the Realms) The “open your eyes” line feels so directed towards Daredevil that it has to be foreshadowing for what’s going to happen to him during this event.pic.twitter.com/l38Fnyaa5P
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This panel does a great job of selling the premise of this entire event – the clashing of mundanity and epic scale, an incursion of things that shouldn’t be here. Plus, the frosting-up of the windows is an A+ detail.pic.twitter.com/jeHfgTUOwD
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TIM: The background of this panel features both Thori terrifying a Dark Elf into submission, and one of my favourite minor tropes: a fantasy creature getting absolutely blatted by a car.pic.twitter.com/o5GTZqx8AD
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Asgardians misunderstanding heroes’ names and turning them into fantasy titles is a hoary old trope (cf. “Man of Spiders”, in this very same issue) but for some reason I love this one. CAPTAIN OF AMERICA.pic.twitter.com/v8XSiwmkXI
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The one dud note in the issue for me was some of the dialogue given to Daredevil and Dr Strange. The glib quippiness is dialled up to Spidey/Iron Man levels – presumably to contrast with the Asgardians, but it means Midgard's heroes don't feel distinct from *one another*.pic.twitter.com/tXjvIMPneA
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Cap’s voice, though, stays distinctive. Steve Rogers is one of very few characters who could deliver this kind of line while looking completely unfazed.pic.twitter.com/B7hhmaOLzq
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As already established, Dauterman is the master of tilted action panels. But where do you go from there, when you need to sell an especially powerful impact? HULK SMASH PANEL BORDERS, natch.pic.twitter.com/YMYSjWzkPg
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Our villains enter. “Lords of Midgard” is a callback to the title of a 2016 Mighty Thor arc, but I’m intrigued by the choice to put it in a logo font. Does that mean it’s their official Team Name? Should we be expecting a Lords of Midgard spin-off book?pic.twitter.com/tj2RX7U7WO
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TIM: Ulik has been working alongside Malekith’s ally Dario Agger since back in Thor: God of Thunder #21, and every time he shows up, I am reminded how much I love his extremely Kirby/Fourth World design. It’s those knuckle dusters that raise it to perfection.pic.twitter.com/kmv27ipkHw
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TIM: I will never get tired of villain monologues being interrupted by a swift shield to the face.pic.twitter.com/0idCmX4KzK
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...And that's as far as we're going, so as not to spoil the end of the issue. Thanks for reading this
#oneweekonecomic thread, and remember to check out@trivia_lad's March to Asgard blog series as he continues to work his way through Thor: http://timplusalex.com/tag/the-march-to-asgard/ …pic.twitter.com/N6KQnme9yG
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