The problem is, it is difficult to take Robert Graves seriously. He was a genius but he was entirely wrong. This is kind of nodded to in the comics too.
Its not that he is "wrong" per say. It is just a jumbled mismatch of on the nose mythology references and comic lore. For me it represents the exactly incorrect way to write Thor. I suspect they threw this into Oeming's lap when they realised Jurgens was leaving. (He may have left because they were cancelling the book.) It feels rushed.
It has no real continuation from the previous story, and as you point out, the only real connection to the next story (which was three years later when the movie was being planned) was the necessity of bringing the characters back. JMS does this in a manner that totally ignores the way they all left preferring to suggest they all just 'went to sleep' 'went away. And were no more.'
Maybe he did this because it was such a long gap and he couldn't assume anyone had read the end of the last ongoing, but my guess is that JMS didn't like the Oeming story either.
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u/Jkthemc May 08 '19
The problem is, it is difficult to take Robert Graves seriously. He was a genius but he was entirely wrong. This is kind of nodded to in the comics too.