Noted comic fan (and fan of comic book shirts) Phil “C.M. Punk” Brooks and with “Chew” artist Rob Guillory will be one of a number of creative teams working on “Thor Annual” #1, due from Marvel in February. Brooks, a former WWE champion and frequent Talking Dead panelist, has been a lifelong comics fan, and would frequently yell “It’s Clobberin’ Time!” before entering the wrestling ring. In an interview with Marvel.com, Brooks reveals that his story is focused on a younger Thor.
So the idea was, let’s do a story about young Thor as kind of a brash, bratty teenager who’s like, “I’m totally worthy of this hammer. My dad’s full of [expletive]. I don’t know why I’m not ‘worthy’ of the hammer. Look at all this cool stuff I did.” And it’s more or less like a drinking story. He’s gonna be sitting around with a few choice characters from the Marvel Universe, and they’re all gonna be drinking, and Thor’s gonna basically be complaining about essentially why his dad won’t give him the keys to the car.
Also of interest is the fact that Guillory has never worked for Marvel before (on interiors at least), and with “Chew” beginning to wind down, this could be a sign of things to come for the incredibly talented artist. The annual also boasts a cover by Rafael Albuquerque, seen above.
Marvel also teased more “first time Marvel creators” being attached to the annual, so stay tuned for any new announcements.
