by Jacob Hall July 15, 2014 12:00 PM....




In news that will probably baffle comic book
fans and normal people alike, it was revealed
that Thor (yes, the Avenger) is no longer
worthy of his title and will be replaced by a
woman in an upcoming comic storyline.
Yes, you are allowed to unleash a collective
“What?!” right about now.
The announcement came, of all places, on ‘The
View’ and as you’d expect, the hosts seemed
to do everything in their power to not dwell on
the subject (they apparently quickly changed
the subject to Airbus tickets ). So before we go
any further, we can all agree that Marvel
shouldn’t let ‘The View’ announce major
comic book news, right?
“
.@Marvel announces that Thor is no
longer worthy of Mjolnir, and now a
woman will be wielding the mighty Uru
Hammer! #TheView
— The View (@theviewtv) July 15, 2014
Although specific details are scarce at the
moment, here’s what we do know (and what
we can assume):
The new series will apparently be called
‘Thor’ (contrary to early reports that it would
be called ‘Lady Thor’). The series will be
written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Russell
Dauterman. What we don’t know is how (or if)
this will affect Aaron’s current (and truly
exceptional) ‘Thor: God of Thunder’ series.
The series will supposedly come about
because Thor makes some kind of colossal
error and finds himself unworthy of wielding
Mjolnir. As ‘The View’ co-host Whoopi
Goldberg puts it:
“
It’s a huge day in the Marvel Universe.
Thor, the God of Thunder, he messed up,
and he’s no longer worthy to hold that
damn hammer of his. For the first time in
history, that hammer is being held by a
woman. That’s right. Thor is a woman!
So who, exactly, is this new Thor? One
educated guess is that she’s Angela, a former
‘Spawn’ character who recently arrived in the
Marvel universe thanks to a legal battle over
who owned the rights to use her (the only
thing weirder than comic book storylines is
the stories behind them). Fans have wondered
how she would be integrated into the
complicated Marvel mythos, especially since
she was recently retconned into being Thor
and Loki’s long-lost sister. Once you cut
through all of the nonsense, it makes perfect
sense that she’d be the star of a ‘Lady Thor’
series.
However, Goldberg mentions that Lady Thor
models herself after the hero after being saved
by him and Angela is not a character who
needs saving. Not to mention the fact that
Marvel has found plenty of recent success in
creating truly human and down-to-earth
characters stuck in extraordinary situations. A
new character picking up the hammer is right
up their alley.
In any case, this is no impostor. As Marvel
editor Will Moss puts it :
“
The inscription on Thor’s hammer reads
‘Whosoever holds this hammer, if HE be
worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.’
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!
There are plenty of other female Asgardian
warriors in the pages of Marvel comics,
including Sif, Frigga, Valkyrie and Thor’s three
warrior daughters who were introduced in
flashforwards to thousands of years in the
future (comic books!), a full-on female Thor is
completely new. We’ll update this post as we
learn more, but it looks like a major
cornerstone of the Marvel universe is in for a
pretty massive shake-up...
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@philfearon, how have you been?

See this thread: www.nairaland.com/1814672/thor-now-officially-woman-marvel