Original Sin — lean event checkpoint
Jason Aaron · Mike Deodato Jr. · Jim Cheung
Story era 10 · The Heroic Age and the Incursions
Original Sin supplies the break between Thor’s God of Thunder years and the unworthy Thor and Jane Foster stories within Aaron’s run.
Setup & reading order
- After Thor: God of Thunder (2012) #25 in Aaron Thor Omnibus Vol. 1Before Thor (2014) #1 in Aaron Thor Omnibus Vol. 1
Read the Point One Watcher story and Original Sin #0–8, then return to the Aaron omnibus.
Optional context & path
Useful background and earlier stops: Thor by Jason Aaron · Loki: Agent of Asgard by Al Ewing.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 4 sources
Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.
The books
Original Sin
Book 1 of 1 · The Heroic Age and the Incursions
The Watcher’s murder reveals the secret that costs Thor his worthiness, between Thor: God of Thunder #25 and Thor (2014) #1.
See reading checkpoints9781302966249Owned copy#1#0–8From Point One it takes only the Watcher story; Avengers vs. X-Men uses a different segment of the same issue. Original Sin #5.1–5.5 is collected in Loki: Agent of Asgard instead.
Edition sources
Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.
Duplication across this project
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.
Things to know
- The murder mystery has a mixed reception, while its consequences directly affect Thor’s story.
- The Tenth Realm is already in the Loki collection; this core event volume contains different issues.