Thor is transexual!

[merithyn]

He's a girl, now!



If they wanted to attract more women and girls to superhero comic books, why not create one based around a classic heroine/goddess instead of re-inventing some guy god?

Women who come to mind:

Diana/Artemis - Goddess of the Hunt
Boudica - Legendary female warrior
Freyja - Goddess of War
Cordelia - Legendary War Queen
Grainne - Irish Pirate that bested Queen Elizabeth I
Hervor - Sheildmaiden of the Vikings

Marvel Comics has unveiled big changes for its hammer-wielding Norse superhero Thor - the character will become a woman.

The publisher said it hoped recasting Thor would attract more women and girls to superhero comic books.

New artwork reveals the once strapping and bearded Thunder God now as a buxom blonde, clad in a caped costume.

Thor first appeared in a Marvel adventure in 1962 and has been the star of two blockbuster movies.

New York-based Marvel described the move as "one of the most shocking and exciting changes ever to shake one of the 'big three' of Captain America, Iron Man and Thor.

"No longer is the classic Thunder God able to hold the mighty hammer, Mjolnir, and a brand new female hero will emerge worthy of the name Thor," it said in a news article.

Jason Aaron, writer of the new Thor series, said in a statement: "This is not She-Thor. This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is Thor."

The female Thor is due to appear in her first adventure in October and be illustrated by Russell Dauterman.

[Syt]

Well, let's see how this plays out first, and what the origin of female Thor is.

[Valmy]

Yeah I agree that is stupid.  I don't think this is something anybody wanted.

"This is not She-Thor. This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is Thor."

LOL Lady Thor that is exactly what it is.  This is a retarded gimmick.

[Syt]

I reserve judgment until I see more of this.

Obviously you can play all kinds of "women breaking into a male domain" conflicts with this one (more so than adding a female superhero of which there are many).

[DontSayBanana]

He's a girl, now!



If they wanted to attract more women and girls to superhero comic books, why not create one based around a classic heroine/goddess instead of re-inventing some guy god?

Women who come to mind:

Diana/Artemis - Goddess of the Hunt
Boudica - Legendary female warrior
Freyja - Goddess of War
Cordelia - Legendary War Queen
Grainne - Irish Pirate that bested Queen Elizabeth I
Hervor - Sheildmaiden of the Vikings

I take your point, but there might be issues of copyright confusion with Artemis (heavily featured in Wonder Woman), and Freya(sic) has already been watered down by Marvel to the point of unusability.

Sif, on the other hand, would have been perfect.  Considering the buzz bringing her in to tie Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D together with Thor: The Dark World, I would have thought she would be a shoo-in for exactly what they're trying to do here.

My prediction: taking a page from West Coast Avengers (Scarlet Witch's twins are revealed to be illusions created by Master Pandemonium), this will go on for a few issues before being reverted with the excuse that Loki's trickery was somehow responsible for the gender change.

[Grey Fox]

All the choices provided by Mery are worse.

[Valmy]

All the choices provided by Mery are worse.

Oh so all legendary female characters are just automatically inferior to Thor?  Is that it?

[Grey Fox]

Everyone is inferior to Thor.

but the Avenger universe as enough characters already, however adding more to that group by way of female creep is bad.

[Valmy]

Everyone is inferior to Thor.

Well....I guess I cannot argue with that.

[Josquius]

It does seem weird that thor, an established character beyond comic books, would be the one they would try this with. Surely a female captain America for instance would be far less silly?

Or perhaps that's their thinking, a lot more people know of the real Thor today than when the comic book character was first conceived, they're trying to draw far more of a line between superhero Thor and god Thor?

[Eddie Teach]

They should make Kali the star of a comic book.

[Syt]

The thing is with Thor you have an easy transfer of powers without making up any other reason for the gender bend (curses, poison, retrovirus, nanomachines ...) - whoever is worthy of the powers can lift the hammer (e.g. Donald Blake found the hammer while on a walk in Norway and hiding from invading rock people from space).

So why not a female?

[viper37]

He's a girl, now!



If they wanted to attract more women and girls to superhero comic books, why not create one based around a classic heroine/goddess instead of re-inventing some guy god?

Women who come to mind:

Diana/Artemis - Goddess of the Hunt
Boudica - Legendary female warrior
Freyja - Goddess of War
Cordelia - Legendary War Queen
Grainne - Irish Pirate that bested Queen Elizabeth I
Hervor - Sheildmaiden of the Vikings

Marvel Comics has unveiled big changes for its hammer-wielding Norse superhero Thor - the character will become a woman.

The publisher said it hoped recasting Thor would attract more women and girls to superhero comic books.

New artwork reveals the once strapping and bearded Thunder God now as a buxom blonde, clad in a caped costume.

Thor first appeared in a Marvel adventure in 1962 and has been the star of two blockbuster movies.

New York-based Marvel described the move as "one of the most shocking and exciting changes ever to shake one of the 'big three' of Captain America, Iron Man and Thor.

"No longer is the classic Thunder God able to hold the mighty hammer, Mjolnir, and a brand new female hero will emerge worthy of the name Thor," it said in a news article.

Jason Aaron, writer of the new Thor series, said in a statement: "This is not She-Thor. This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is Thor."

The female Thor is due to appear in her first adventure in October and be illustrated by Russell Dauterman.

this ain't April 1st... :confused:

[viper37]

The thing is with Thor you have an easy transfer of powers without making up any other reason for the gender bend (curses, poison, retrovirus, nanomachines ...) - whoever is worthy of the powers can lift the hammer (e.g. Donald Blake found the hammer while on a walk in Norway and hiding from invading rock people from space).

So why not a female?

Thor could die an horrible death in battle and Lady Sif could pick it up to become the new Thor.

[Eddie Teach]

In the movies it's supposed to be the real Thor, not some random schmuck who happened to find Mjollnir.