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REVIEW; Thundarr the Barbarian
4.1/5.0 Quills
Rating if the Book Were a Movie: PG13
Creative Team
Writer: Jason Aaron
Art: Hewbar Baal
Colors: Jorge Sutil
Letters: Taylor Esposito
Cover: Michael Cho
Editor: Joe Rybandt
Publisher: Dynamite
Ratings
Story: 4.3 Quills
Interior Artwork: 4 Quills
Cover Artwork: 4.3 Quills
Dialogue: 4 Quills
Mechanics: 4 Quills
Editing: 4 Quills
About the Book:
When a runaway planet hurtled between the Earth and the Moon, cracking the moon and causing cosmic destruction of the planet. Mankind’s proud civilizations were destroyed, throwing civilization into a spiral of destruction. Two thousand years later, the planet is nearly unrecognizable, a harsh and savage planet where sorcery and super-science both reign over those who do not understand them.
Now, rising up from their ranks, one man is breaking the bonds that restrained him. With the help of his faithful companions, Ariel and Ookla the Mok, he has dedicated his life – and the power of his mystical blade, the Sunsword – to liberating his world from the forces of evil. He is Thundarr, the Barbarian.
Reviewer’s Notes:
Thunder the Barbarian predates Masters of the Universe. But was ultimately cancelled, nonetheless it was a Saturday morning staple, one I remember watching in rerun form, produced by those attached to Hannah-Barbara. It was like so many cartoons that had a different take on things.
This book continues the same magical essence that the cartoon had, but maybe with more options that can be portrayed since it is not restricted by tv guidelines. While the book starts off with a bang it goes right into the action of the character, only to give a little bit of backstory at the end of the main story arc. It shows the titular hero doing what hero’s do, saving lives.
Only with in this story Thundarr infiltrated a sale of sorts where humans were sold as labor to help the mutants find ancient artifacts from what is being called “old earth” which pretty much means before the destruction. The thing with the story is you do not find out until the end what they need the item for, also the villains of the book do state that Thundarr has stopped them a lot. But does not really state how long he has been around.
Overall the book is a good read if you are a Thundarr fan, and as I dive into further issues I hope more backstory is explained, but in the meantime my interest has at least peaked into continuing. Since it does jump right into the action I recommend any fan of Thundarr reading the first issue!
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