The New Thor Will Be A Female! MUST READ!

[Jack Sparrow 160]

This is simply wrong,

 

One look at the current roster of headlining superheroes coming out of Marvel Studios would make anyone curious as to where the females are and where the diversity is. With the films based on source material from decades ago where the typical lead was a white male, there were less lead characters of different genders and race. We even touched on the topic last week when discussing how and when the comic book movie genre will get its top tier female heroes right and before in addressing diversity in comic books in response to Fox casting a black actor as the Fantastic Four’s Human Torch. So, how does Marvel address this? By changing things up.

 

Yesterday we learned that Disney-owned Marvel would be taking to Disney-owned ABC series The View to announce an all-new “title” and while there was a glimmer of hope for a movie or TV announcement given the target demographic, the timing was odd with Marvel Studios set to unveil the latest on the film side next week at San Diego Comic-Con. Instead, as many suspected, Marvel announced something comic related, something “thunderous.” And it was. The new title is a new Thor, a female Thor.

 

That’s right. For the first time ever, a female hero will wield the power of the mighty Mjolnir. It’s  new character and readers will earn where she came from and how her history ties into Asgard and the rest of the Marvel Universe this October with the re-launch of Thor: God of Thunder, written by Jason Aaron (Thor: God of Thunder, Original Sin) with art from Russell Dauterman (Cyclops). Marvel editor Wil Moss:

 

“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. 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!”

 

The gender change of Thor has already stirred a mixed debate online. Series Jason Aaron writer explains that this new Thor “is not She-Thor.” He continues, “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.”

 

The news comes just a week after Marvel officially announced a new Captain America coming this fall, a new character other than Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes who will wield the iconic star-spangled shield as Rogers loses the effects of the super soldier serum that kept him young and strong. The timing is interesting given that The Avengers: Age of Ultron releases next summer bringing the original incarnations of these characters back to the big screen.

 

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[Sora96 17,256]

There was a female Thor in the '90s....

[Jack Sparrow 160]

There was a female Thor in the '90s....

Though they said they'll be sticking with this female Thor. Not like in the 90's

[Firaga 5,947]

So I wonder how many angry female fans were needed to make this happen. My guess is: barely.

 

On another note: I wonder how'll this affect the movie franchise. FemThor in Avengers 2 maybe? It wouldn't be the first time they completely cast a completely different person to play a character in that series. *coughBannercough*

[twilight_roxas 326]

Lightning?

[Think Pink 1,967]

So I wonder how many angry female fans were needed to make this happen. My guess is: barely.

 

On another note: I wonder how'll this affect the movie franchise. FemThor in Avengers 2 maybe? It wouldn't be the first time they completely cast a completely different person to play a character in that series. *coughBannercough*

They've stated that Thor will be male in the movies and female in the comics, so nothing will change in the movies. I'm curious as to why the OP didn't mention that there's also going to be a black Captain America? But anyway they won't change anything in the movies, this is all just for the comics.

 

Personally I'm super excited! It's about time they add some more female and minority heroes to the world, and I think Thor and Captain America are great places to start. I'm a massive Cap fan so that news excites me a little more than the new Thor, but they're both awesome. There are a lot of butthurt people complaining already but I think we should just ignore the people who want to stay in their little male fantasy world and enjoy the comics anyway.

[Forever 3,550]

(Facepalm) No offense, but aren't there plenty of unique Marvel females already? Why can't the male heroes stay male and the female heroes stay female? How come whenever a male superhero is created, there always has to be a female version of him created? And if you notice, it's never the other way around. You don't see Male fans protesting for male Storm, or male Rouge, do you?