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Marvel's New Thor Will Be a Woman

Posted by Soulskill on from the time-to-test-hemsworth's-acting-chops dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Marvel Comics has announced that Thor, the thunder god whose story has been told in comic books, movies, and TV shows since the 1960s, will fall from grace, and no longer be able to wield his hammer Mjolnir. A brand new female character will take up the name Thor and continue the series. Jason Aaron, the series writer, said, "This is not She-Thor. This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is THOR. This is the THOR of the Marvel Universe. But it's unlike any Thor we've ever seen before." Marvel's Wil Moss added, "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!"

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  1. Please, enough. by epyT-R · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Stop using your platforms to push marxist propaganda. It's so blatant when history is so blatantly contradicted for no good reason. The mythos always depicted thor as male. Why is it so terrible to have a dominant male in a protagonist role? It's not misogyny.

  2. Re:Ridiculous! by Yakasha · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Its a fking comic book. THERE IS NO LOGIC TO BE FOUND. There can not be a "CORRECT" answer as to weather or not Thor can be a woman. His argument against is equally as logical as yours against. Its like arguing about the bestest color ever amoungst five year olds.

    ssshhh. Adults are talking.

  3. Re:I am Woman! by flyneye · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe there will be a crossover and she will save pro-gay Archie.

    I bought comics, back when they were cool.
    One pariah, producers of art should make note of is; watch what happens when you mix political statements with art; it fades to obscurity faster than if you'd produced art based on other themes. Examples: WWII Warner Bros. Cartoons, Folk Music, Viet Nam Documentaries, Jane Fondas Career, Pearl Jam, old punk albums, election buttons and the list goes on and on and on. Politics and art are an infamously bad combination.

              Equality between the sexes has been a hot political topic for decades. THORina isn't going anywhere but away.
    You might make note that religion comics aren't generally found double bagged with astronomical collectors prices, either.
    There are just some subjects better left out of escapist art.

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