It's so strange getting to know of Absorbing Man's origin as he's so interwoven in the stories I've read since my early teens. He's taken on countless Heroes, leader of the Wrecking Crew supervillain team and he's Titania's bae. I've never actually given much thought to his background much until now and oh boy, oh boy, was I not disappointed!
The characterisation of Loki is of course very on point in that they're always into their scheming ways and this is nothing no less in bringing Thor down. Loki would have been able to get away with it if wasn't for those meddling ummm... Thor!
I love that there's thought to Thor's method as he wrestles with the Absorbing Man as he thinks of his techniques rather than a straight-out duke-fest. It's wonderfully illustrated as he takes to using his powers to inadvertently deals with his obstacles. The supporting characters seem to be taking more of a forefront with Hobbs wanting the scoop (ya can't just leave it out and come looking for trouble!) and Jane (gone are the days when she is the damsel in distress).
Okay, time for Absorbing Man! There are great visuals to their abilities in that they become the material of whatever they touch (given the name - duh). I love that they just jump straight into the action after being given powers from Loki without questioning it. Two snaps to a supervillain who has ambitions! They actually have more realistic goals of becoming mayor of sorts rather than the detrimental need to take over the world.
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It provided a huge character leaps for existing and new characters rather than to take them down a root of... here's a new character - fight!
True Believers: The Criminally Insane - Absorbing Man #1 (originally printed as Journey into Mystery volume 1 #114)
Stan Lee - writer
Jack Kirby - artist
Chic Stone - inker
Sam Rosen - letterer
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