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Marvels new Thor is a Woman

Thor is now a woman
Published July 15, 2014FoxNews.com

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Thor’s not a guy anymore.

Thor’s a gal.

Marvel Comics announced that their male hero of yore was no longer worthy to hold the mighty hammer Mjölnir.

(Bear with us.)

"The inscription on Thor’s hammer reads ‘Whosoever holds this hammer, if HE be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.’ Well it’s time to update that inscription," said Marvel editor Wil Moss in a statement. "The new Thor continues Marvel’s proud tradition of strong female characters like Captain Marvel, Storm, Black Widow and more. And this new Thor isn’t a temporary female substitute – she’s now the one and only Thor, and she is worthy!"

Wait, there’s more.

"This is not She-Thor. This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is THOR,” said writer Jason Aaron. “This is the THOR of the Marvel Universe. But it’s unlike any Thor we’ve ever seen before."

Thor will be Marvel’s eighth comic featuring a female in its leading role, which the publisher says “aims to speak directly to an audience that long was not the target for Super Hero comic books in America: women and girls.”

So watch your back, Captain America.


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I'd follow woman Thor into battle.

Marvels new Thor is a Woman

I'm also surprised by the move from a strictly commercial standpoint, since Marvel Studios is currently minting money making movies featuring Thor, as played by the deliciously ubermale Chris Hemsworth. And usually when that happens, the comics try to align with the movies, at least on major elements of the character.

As much as it pains me to say it because Storm is easily one of my favorite comic book characters ever.

Same here. Long ago I admitted in this very forum that I have a Storm action figure as a goddess icon. Yes, it's true!

And I agree with your analysis. Marvel has essentially said as much; current (male) Thor manipulates weather through mystical means and can generate whatever weather effects he wants without much effort; we can assume female Thor will do the same. Storm, on the other hand, works her mojo by mentally manipulating atmospheric energy patterns--working within the natural system, in other words--and this takes concentration on her part and limits her to generating weather effects that can naturally occur on the planet.

So Thor would win. But Storm is way cooler. She can pick a lock with her teeth, after all.

I'm also surprised by the move from a strictly commercial standpoint, since Marvel Studios is currently minting money making movies featuring Thor, as played by the deliciously ubermale Chris Hemsworth. And usually when that happens, the comics try to align with the movies, at least on major elements of the character.

 
Have they been? Like I said I'm not familiar with the comic book world, but from what I understand the story lines they've been pulling from for MCU have plot lines that have already happened, and are not currently running in the stories. (I took a peek at the Thor article and under Ultimate Marvel it seems to be talking about a story of Norman Osborne trying to invade Asgard with Dark Avengers.)

As someone who got into the movies without being into the comics, I wasn't really concerned on the connection between the two, because I KNEW it was an adaptation? And I think a lot of people coming from that direction might feel the same way (where they ended up now is a different story). I do get the concern over comic book fans coming to the movies from that kind of background.

Have they been?

For example, Captain America was "killed" as the culmination of the "Civil War" crossover, but they sure as shit made sure he was back by the time the first Cap movie was hitting theaters. Same for Spider-Man.

Which will leave this female character as...what? A leftover? An also-ran? That ultimately isn't going to help secure a stronger position for female characters in the Marvel Universe.

I've pointed this out elsewhere, but... Beta Ray Bill got along just fine for years and years and unless he got tossed in Annihilation or something is still out there. It's not like there isn't precedent.

I mean, yes, what I really want Marvel to do is release a Black Widow movie and a bunch of awesome new female characters who get the same support the male ones do (and stop fucking up Speedball, while we're dreaming) but to undercut what they do try by saying it's not enough is frustrating too. Could they do more? Yes, absolutely. But I want to see what they do with her before I bitch about it.

This might actually be the thing that gets me into comics. That, and Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel.

Kamala Khan is awesome and everything should be reading Ms Marvel.