CM Punk making comic writing debut with ‘Thor Annual’ #1

CM Punk seems like a solid dude. Hard worker, great on the mic, huge comic book fan. And he ain’t wrestled since like, the middle of the year? Retired. Or something. It makes sense that the guy has got to do something. So why not make it funny book pennin’?

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If you’re a fan of the King of Sports, professional wrestling, then you may have wondered what CM Punk has been up to since he left the WWE the day after last January’s Royal Rumble. Punk, occasionally known outside the ring as Phil Brooks, has been quiet about his plans for the future, but this week it was announced that he’ll be writing a story for February’s Thor Annual #1, with art by Chew‘s Rob Guillory, who will also be making his debut at Marvel.

Punk, probably best known for cementing his place in grappling history with the longest WWE Championship reign of the modern era at 434 days (giving him the sixth-longest reign in the company’s fifty-year history), is also an avid comic book reader, and previously wrote the introduction for the Avengers vs. X-Men hardcover. As revealed by an interview with Marvel.com, his story will focus on a young Thor in the time before he was worthy to wield Mjolnir.

“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.”

Honestly, and this isn’t usually my style (so much as I’m aware of myself), but Punk writing it is curious enough alone to have me checking out the title. I’m really hoping it is good, as someone who appreciates the dude and wishes him future success.