10 Best Comic Runs Of All Time
4. Mighty Thor: Walter Simonson
When it comes to the definitive Thor run in comics, Walter Simonson's seminal run on the Mighty Thor is undisputed. Beyond being a beloved Thor story, Simonson's run transcends almost any other comic run in history.
Acting as both writer and primary artist - with numerous issues being drawn by Sal Buscema - Simonson created a vision for Thor that showed masterful storytelling by working with what had been established before him by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Borrowing elements from Norse mythology and blending it with the comics, Simonson took the Mighty Thor to new heights.
Simonson takes bold steps that alter Thor's universe from the removal of the Donald Blake persona, to the arrival of Ragnarok, and the introduction to another character that is worthy enough to lift Mjolnir. Simonson deconstructs Thor and the world around him, all while getting to the essence of what has made the character so endearing. The run vacillates between gigantic, world ending stories to smaller ones that involve despair and mourning. As a side note, Thor also gets turned into a frog at one point, and it's hilarious.
The combination of Simonson's prose and his art are what make this run stand out, and his expertise in bringing the two together makes the comic emotionally satisfying. Simonson's Thor stories stay with you in a way that is seldom matched.