I am somewhat ashamed to admit that much of my knowledge of Norse mythology has come from popular culture within the last decade or so – thanks to Jason Aaron’s wonderful Thor run I did a little reading in and around it to see where the inspiration came from, but if I’m really honest, I don’t find Norse mythology, or the viking period, all that captivating. Perhaps because the writings from that time period just aren’t as varied or as colourful as, say, the Roman era. I suppose you have to a certain kind of person to consider the likes of Tacitus and Pliny to be colourful, but…well, I guess I’m that kind of person!

It was inevitable this was never going to reach the heights of Odyssey for me, but I didn’t expect much else.