Marvel recently announced that Thor’s hammer is going to handed over to a female character. This new character is taking over mantle of the Thor leaving everyone’s favorite Asgardian Avenger, Thor Odinson A.K.A. Donald Blake will be left unarmed. So what is to come of the old Thor?
Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief, Axel Alonso, recently spoke with Time about the new Thor:
“She wields the hammer because Thor can’t. This is different because for reasons we can’t disclose quite yet, Thor is unable to pick up the hammer. There are a number of women in Thor’s life, and we’re going to tease out for quite awhile the identity of who this woman is. But one of the women in Thor’s life picks up the hammer. She is in fact worthy. And she becomes Thor.”
He went on to add that our old Thor will not disappear from the Marvel Universe:
“There’s only one Thor in the Marvel Universe. The character we know as Thor will not refer to himself as Thor anymore.”
Thor Editor Wil Moss also chimed in, adding:
“The male Thor--he’s still going to be around. He’s still a character.”
Moss was little bit more tight-lipped about how the new Thor will fit into the Marvel Universe:
“We can’t give away all the story details now obviously, but once the story is out there, it becomes clear why there’s a new female Thor. It’s not about filling a certain quota. It’s about providing a shot in the arm to the Thor titles definitely, but it’s something that’s a natural part of where this story and the Thor title is going.”
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