Starring: David Blair
Daniel Thorn
Written by Robert Rodi
Art by Esad Ribic
From Marvel Studios
By Darryll “YTC” Carter
Hey there Clashers, YTC here with another daily review. This time around, it is the motion comic from Marvel Studios, Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers. The morning after St. Patty’s we here at CBC woke up from a night of drinking and festivities to eat a well needed heap of Chinese food. But we had no film to watch with our feast. After flipping through Netflix for a spell we came across TL:BB. The four issue motion comic was sure to be an awesome spectacle of Thor’s might and thunder cast down upon the treacherous, trickster, Loki. Right?
Wrong. TL:BB was anything, but that. The series played out solely from the point of view of the trickster god himself and painted him in a sympathetic light. This work of art and great writing managed to turn three hardened comic book geeks, against the hero, against Thor. The story paved a tale of Loki’s neglect as a child; the hours of bullying at the hands of Thor and his friends, a stepmother who treated him like second rate trash and a kingdom that would not let him transcend beyond the roots of his blood. All of these created the perfect storm to turn Loki into the villain that he was.
The best part about the story is that, Loki realizes this. He is surprisingly self reflective. The whole series he goes back and forth, over and over his emotions and thoughts in his head; hoping to make some rational sense of what seems to be his fate and destiny. Sadly despite all the great build up and the finely crafted story. Loki fails to rectify the plan he has already set in motion and the series is on an ungratifying and unfortunate end. The only fail of this series is the end. You know, a lot like Mass Effect 3.
4/5 stars
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