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dexhopper · 2 years

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A Theory: Why Hela got more powerful the longer she was on Asgard, as well as Thor having inherited the Odinforce in the MCU, but not from Odin.

(Kinda long post: TLDR at the end in bold)

I've recently responded to a post asking a very simple question; why did Hela get more powerful the longer she was on Asgard in Thor: Ragnarok?

It's not spoken of in the movies much, but Odin's power comes from the Odinforce, which when he dies passes to the next Allfather. Thor got it in the comics, which improved his already existing powers as well as giving him a few other nifty abilities that helped him out, such as teleportation without use of the Bifrost and the power to contain a nuclear missle's explosion. Per the avatar of the Odinforce, the power Thor had to recreate celestial bodies while in possession of it didn't even hold a candle to the Odinforce's true powers.

You may be asking at this point, what's the relation to Hela? In the comics, and the original mythology, she's supposedly the daughter of Loki but in the movie they changed this relation so that she was the only daughter and eldest child of Odin. This made her the true heir to the throne of Asgard and, by extension, the Odinforce. That is why her power is so strongly tied to Asgard once she emerges; Odin's already gone and the inheritance of the Odinforce is taking place throughout her entire appearance.

She got the Odinforce, which holds the power of Odin and his two brothers, and represents the spirit of Asgard as a people, so the more time she spent at the physical location, and the more time that passed since Odin died, the more her powers were boosted by the Odinforce.

A question I received upon this explanation is that if Asgard is gone, then is the Odinforce gone as well?

Well, Eitri says when explaining Stormbreaker in Infinity War that it was designed for the King of Asgard to wield, so it's probably built to channel the Odinforce the same way Mjolnir in the comics channels/contains a primordial storm deity.

My bet is that it went with Thor when Hela was killed in Surtur's rampage, but that he only began to actively channel it after acquiring a focusing device in Stormbreaker. After all, that's what the MCU Mjolnir was, a focusing tool for his innate power.

I was then asked if Odin needed such a device, and if that device was Gungnir, Odin's ornate spear. I think it's implied that Gungnir was Odin's focusing device, and if not, well, Odin did have more time with the power, so maybe his mastery of it made a focusing tool irrelevant and the spear was more decorative after all those thousands of years.

This theory was then questioned by another user pointing out that none of the 'focusing tool' concept is necessary to Odin; that he could use his power without the need of an aid.

To that I answered, that's the point. It's not strictly necessary, but it does help to focus the Odinforce so that someone inexperienced with it, as Thor would be when he inevitably inherited it, wouldn't go overboard and do things they'd regret with their newfound Allfather level powers.

Odin likely came into possession of Gungnir when he was younger, and in a similar position to what he was worried about later with Thor, so he needed a focus while he learned to properly manage the power he'd created with his brothers' sacrifices. It's a precaution, not a necessity.

To sum it all up, Hela was the oldest child of Odin at the time of his death. She began to inherit the source of his power, the Odinforce, and that's why she began to grow more powerful the more time she spent in Asgard. It was the place, as well as the inheritance process moving along, that kept boosting her power. When she died, the Odinforce then passed onto Thor who began channeling it through Stormbreaker.

I also think that Mjolnir being a focus for Thor's innate power served a dual purpose; it got Thor to stop messing shit up, sure, but it also provided valuable training in focusing power through tools that he'd need when inheriting the Odinforce, something Odin himself did not have when learning to manage his own power.

Let me know what you think of this! I don't know how accurate this is, so if you have any thoughts, let me know!

#marvel #mcu fandom #mcu #thor #thor: ragnarok #odin borson #mcu hela #fan theory #avengers: infinity war

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bxcksdoll · 5 years

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Reunion

ENDGAME SPOILERS AHEAD DON’T READ IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE MOVIE!!!

I warned you guys...

Parings: Thor x reader

Summary: Y/N didn’t survive the snap in infinity war but now she’s back and reunited with, her boyfriend, Thor and the other avengers. (Also the reader has magnetic powers)

Warnings: endgame spoilers

A/N: endgame killed me and did my man thor dirty by ruining the whole new development he had in ragnarok like he developed into a true king and they just threw that away so I’m mad and needed to give him some happiness. I had great fun writing this so I hope yall enjoy it.

Walking through the portal from Wakanda to New York, you witnessed the ruin around you. The portal had taken you to the Avengers Compound but, instead of seeing the pristinely modeled building, all you saw around you were ruins of the place you once called home. Either side of you were people and aliens from all around the universe, teaming up to beat Thanos.

Your heart ached as you glanced around to search for Thor; you hadn’t been able to see him in, what felt like, years. He had gone back to Asguard for a ‘short trip’ and when he returned to the battle in Wakanda you had hardly said hello before you had turned to dust...

Suddenly, forks of lightning shot down from the clouds above, giving you as signal to where your boyfriend was. You couldn’t see him over the rows of Wakandan’s but felt a burst of pride in your heart when seeing his powers.

“Avengers!” the voice of - one dirty-looking - Captain America shouted. “...assemble.”

The battle had begun, both sides sprinted forward, knocking down and tearing each other apart. You stopped dead in your tracks, ripping metal imbedded in the ground and surged it forward with all your might, forcing some of Thanos’ army down.

“Nice one, girl,” you hear a voice from beside you. You glanced around to see Shuri, a proud smile spread across her face.

“Thanks,” you reply before seeing her expression change to concern. She shoot some sort of energetic waves, from her specially-designed blasters- behind you. The energy waves took down five aliens that were heading straight for you.

“Thanks, again,” you nod before running to your right.

“Hey, Y/N?” comes Tony’s voice from just ahead of you.

“Tony!” you shout, making your way over to him whilst clearing out herds of aliens with ease.

“You’re alive - it’s so great to see you!” he smiled, moving in to embrace you.

You embraced him back, “I hope I haven’t been gone too long, Stark,” you laughed. To your surprise, Tony let you go and stepped back; staring at you with a sad expression.

“You’ve been gone for five years...” he responded, quietly.

Shock hit your stomach like a knife. “W-what?”

“Look out!” you heard Steve’s voice say. Turning around, you saw an enormous, armoured alien coming towards you. Steve flung his shield at the back of its head and attempting to take it down.

You joined in, using your powers to telekineticly force metals bars around the alien’s legs - trapping him. With one final swing of metal, you were able to chop the head off the creature.

“Thanks...” Steve said, breathlessly. “It’s good to have you back.”

“It’s good to be back,” you gleamed, hugging him.

“Is Bucky here?” Steve asked, in a concerned manner.

“Yes, don’t worry about him, Cap. You’ll see him soon enough after we’ve finished this,” you answered, optimistically.

“I hope so, I just wanted to be sure. I saw Sam but not Buck...”

“Hey, Rogers, Y/L/N, there’s no time for chit-chat. Get your asses back into the fight,” Tony ordered, taking flight.

You flew the nearest sharp stick of metal closest to you; grabbing it and making a run towards a crowd of aliens. You swung it into the first creatures head, knocking it into three more creatures and proceeding to impale the others around you.

More and more began to surround you as you sent disfigured scraps of metal flying in every direction. Still, it seemed that your powers weren’t enough to hold the herd off.

Your estimation was that there were 50 of Thanos’ army surrounding you as you continued to fight for your life. You knew that more were coming every second and had to act fast.

In the distance you acknowledged that bigger, more powerful aliens were on their way to attempt to defeat you.

“Well, shit,” you murmured, pausing for breath before crushing some more creatures with, what you thought to be, a large flooring panel.

“If anyone...” you stopped to take another breath, “cares to help me here, I’d much appreciate it.”

A few seconds later, the sky turned even darker and a deafening sound of thunder boomed from above. Straight after, the brightest, most powerful group of lightnight blasts struck the herd around you. The estimated 50 of them fell dead to the floor, no longer anywhere near you.

Then, a large figure dropped to the ground, behind you. Turning, you saw him. The man you had been searching for. Thor.

But, this time, he was different. Your eyes grew wide in shock as you saw a scraggly-haired, bushy-bearded Thor before you. He had gained a lot of weight since you last saw him.

“Y/N, you’re-you’re alive!” he spluttered, charging towards you.

“Hey, big guy,” you smiled, tears in your eyes. As he approached you, Thor grabbed you close to him, sealing your reunion with a tender kiss. The kiss was passionate, longing. You broke free, holding his face in your hands.

“I’ve missed you more than you can ever imagine,” Thor cried, moving his head slightly to kiss your hand. “I failed you, I couldn’t defeat Thanos. I’m sorry.”

“Don’t you say that, sweetie. We are here now and we can finish this. You didn’t fail me. I love you,” you replied, bringing his lips to yours for another tender kiss. “Now, c’mon,” you whispered against his lips, “let’s go win this.”

You stepped back from him and he sighed from the loss of contact. “Stay safe,” Thor ordered, seriously.

“I’ll stay safe if you do,” you replied.

“Deal,” was his final word before he flew to the sky.

Making your way over to another herd, you were faced with a group of taller, more muscular aliens. You stopped, suddenly, glancing around for traces of metal. None of it was in sight; you stepped back, forcing your powers to search while the giants stepped towards you.

Finally, you felt a source below the brickwork and painfully dragged the material up into view. You sent the pieces flying at them, however they skilfully dodged them.

From behind you, a figure came flying towards them. Sam Wilson. He shot misiles towards them as you continued to send every scrap of metal you could find towards their huge frames.

With non-stop amounts of effort, you and Sam took the group of them down.

“Thanks, dude!” you shouted up at him.

“Anytime, girl,” he replied, flying off.

Time passed and the group of you were still fighting Thanos’ army with all your might. Suddenly, you heard a scream come from your left.

You looked over to see Thanos above Thor. He had your boyfriend pinned down, forcing Stormbreaker slowly into his chest. Your heart sunk down to your stomach. You sprinted with every last bit of energy in you, over to him.

The sound of thunder surged through the sky as you breathlessly ran across the battlefield. Suddenly, Thanos was hit aside by mjolnir. Continuing running, whilst fighting off more aliens, you felt extremely confused as to how Thor could wield mjolnir as he tried to keep Stormbreaked from splitting his chest open.

Moments later, mjolnir flew past both Thanos and Thor and into the hands of Steve Rogers. Feeling extremely out of breath, you still managed to gasp. Steve proceeded with mjolnir by smashing it into Thanos; fighting him which gave you a perfect opportunity to help Thor.

“I knew it!” Thor shouted just before you fell on your knees before him. You were passing the infinity gauntlet between each other - keeping it away from Thanos.

“Thor!” you cried. He saw the heartbroken reaction on your face and pretended to not be hurt.

“Y/N, you shouldn’t be this close to Thanos...” he grabbed your hand tightly. “Come on-” he tried to stand up but winced in pain.

“Thor, we had a deal to both stay safe,” you shook your head.

“I know, my love, and I’m sorry but I am safe now that I’m with you.” You helped him up, your eyes fixed on the fresh cut in his chest.

“Let’s get you away from here,” you murmured, helping him away from the fight between Steve and Thanos.

When you were in a safe-ish area you turned to him and ordered, “don’t go near Thanos again, Thor. I mean it. Stay safe.” He nodded in agreement and you kissed his cheek before running off to join the battle again.

Now, the avengers were passing around the infinity gauntlet; keeping it out of Thanos’ reach. Peter had it and passed it over to a woman with short blonde hair that you’d never seen before.

Peter warned that she wouldn’t be able to pass through the army alone. But she had help. You and all of the other female heroes worked together; fighting off Thanos’ tireless army.

The fight seemed endless but you were strong. You still had power and strength left in you. You fought with all your might while the woman flew through the army.

You weren’t able to see past all the creatures so you couldn’t witness what was going on. Even more time past and you were still pushing on - fighting endlessly. Thor had joined in moments later; helping to fight with you, side by side.

Suddenly the beings around you started to fade. Started turning to dust. You and Thor glanced around at the extinction of Thanos’ army.

“Did we win?” you asked, hopefully.

“Yes. We won,” Thor answered, unbelievingly.

You let out a sigh of relief, throwing your arms around his neck and nuzzling your face into his chest. He placed his arms around your waist, squeezing tight.

“Thank the gods you’re back,” he murmured into your hair.

“Yes, I’m back and I’m going nowhere,” you promised, hugging him tighter. “Thor,” you said, concern laced in your words.

“Yes?” he asked as you moved back a little, staring into his eyes.

“A lot has changed since I last saw you. I swear that back in Wakanda your hair was...shorter and I don’t remember one of your eyes being brown,” now you were addressing the elephant in the room, “and...what happened to your weight?” you asked, worriedly.

Thor broke eye contact, as if embarrassed.

“I, um-” he faltered. “When I was, um, in Asguard a lot happened...I met new people, my father died and I found out Loki was still alive-”

“What?! Loki’s still alive!” you interrupted.

Thor’s eyes began to gloss over with tears.

“Well...” he began. “He was alive...only...he’s dead now. Thanos killed him before he killed everyone else.” You exchanged a sorry look with Thor, giving his shoulder a light squeeze. “I also found out that I had a sister but she was going to kill us all so...I had to kill her,” Thor nervously chuckled, “and she took out my eye - which is why I have this glass one.”

“Oh, Thor, baby, I’m so sorry all of that happened to you and that I wasn’t there to be with you. You lost so much...”

“Yes. That’s why I’ve changed so much,” he laughed. “I may have drowned my sorrows in liquor and food for the past 5 years but now I have you back,” he suddenly looked serious, held his hand against your cheek. “And I will never, ever let you go again.”

“I love you so much, Thor Odinson,” tears fell down your face as your leaned forward to kiss him gently. He returned the kiss, pressing you tightly against him.

Being back in Thor’s arms was all you ever wanted. You were elated, grateful and you were sure you’d never leave his side again.

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kanerboo · 5 years

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a love letter to the marvel ladies

i just watched endgame for the second time and, just like the first time, i came away from the cinema utterly in love with all the marvel ladies, so much so that i just had to write this post and get the thoughts off my chest.

lots of endgame spoilers in here - if you do not want to be spoiled, do not click into the cut!

hope: she may not have had a big role, but what matters is that she was there in the end, battling for the fate of earth, fighting alongside scott. when scott needed to get to his van, she was by his side in a flash, and when they shrunk to get through the battlefield, she took his hand, SHE led the way through the battle to their van. i remember in iron man 1 pepper said to tony “you couldn’t tie your shoelaces without me” and you know what, that’s kinda how i feel about scott and hope too. (i love them dflkjfdlf)

mantis: she didn’t have a big role either, but reminder that she and she alone held thanos still with her powers in infinity war, buying the others almost enough time to get the gauntlet off him. she doesn’t SEEM like she does much, maybe, but she’s proven she can put a celestial and a titan wielding the power of the infinity stones to sleep. i wish she had had a bigger part in endgame, but it’s okay - i get the constraints of combining so many characters into one battle, and like i said, she’s already proven herself.

okoye: fhdjlkdf i love her so much, such an amazing brave fighter, the best lieutenant anyone could ever ask for, loyal to her country and her king, willing to throw down and kill the man she was in love with to protect her country. she was right there by t’challa in the final battle, hacking down thanos’ armies like they were paper, and you wouldn’t expect her to be anywhere else.

shuri: shuri is a thinker, not a fighter. but she fought for her country against killmonger, she did her best to help and save vision in the battle of wakanda, she returned from dust to fight in the final battle against thanos alongside her brother, with her vibranium weapons of her own design. pure genius and pure bravery in one sassy package.

natasha: thinking about nat fucking hurts my heart, oh my god. for five years she was working her ass off, on high alert constantly for any threats to earth, real or imagined. she was so tired and she just kept going, because this was all that was even keeping her going. she didn’t have to sacrifice herself because clint was going to, he was so determined he should be the one to do it, but she did it anyway, because she recognised clint had a family to go back to. she did too - she had her found family - except she wanted to do this for them, to bring those of her family who weren’t there anymore back, to ensure that clint’s family wouldn’t have to come back and live without him. the avengers would never have gotten the soul stone, never have carried out their plan without her sacrifice. and while on one hand i recognise that fact, i’m also fucking torn up about it. nat deserved so much better than that death on an alien planet. she should have come home.

gamora: i love gamora - she’s so kickass and so badass, all of the time. thanos trained her to become the deadliest woman in the galaxy, and she not only lived up to her name but had a hand in bringing him down. her death scene in infinity war was just as hard for me to watch as nat’s was. now i just want her to be found and reunited with the guardians in gotg3, back with her family and her sister.

nebula: i am honestly so, so glad they gave nebula the redemptive arc that they did, because damn, she more than redeemed herself in this. she’s been tortured and broken and taken apart so many times, she’s been through so much pain and fear, and she found it in herself to break free from thanos’ control and her need to please him all the time, to do something good and to save the universe. she helped tony and kept him alive as long as she could when they were adrift in space, she led the avengers to the garden to confront thanos, and she killed her own past self, both literally and figuratively, to save the world.

valkyrie: i fucking love valkyrie so much oh my god she’s so sassy and so badass and so strong. when she appeared on her winged horse aragorn at the head of the battle charge i literally squealed. i also looooved the moment when she flew right up to a chitauri leviathan and tore through its entire flank with dragonfang. my girl brought down a leviathan all on her own and i am PROUD. the true queen of asgard.

pepper: like shuri, pepper is not a fighter. and like she says herself, “trying to get tony to stop has been one of the greatest failures of her life”. but when it came down to it, she encouraged tony to do what he had to - help the avengers with the time heist. she knew what was at stake - she knew tony could die, she knew he might lose her and/or morgan if things went wrong, but she let him do the right thing over the selfish thing. and she was right there at the final battle in the rescue suit, knowing full well that if anything happened to both tony and her, morgan would be orphaned - but she was fighting to save the universe for her daughter. pepper always knew what the important things were. and at the end, she made sure to tell tony that it was okay, that he could rest, that she and morgan would be fine. and then she was left to raise morgan on her own, but by god, i bet she did a fine ass job.

carol: I ADORE HER she makes me drool with how incredibly strong she is. her first scene in endgame literally has her carrying tony’s ship, on her back, through deep space and back to earth. when she reappears for the final battle she rips through thanos’ entire ship and destroys it like nothing. she held thanos back and prevents him from using the gauntlet when thor himself couldn’t do it with both mjolnir and stormbreaker, and she did that with a smirk on her face. I LOVE HER.

wanda: MY GIRL WANDA IS STRONG AF, holy shit. i’ve always thought her power was linked to the reality stone in some way, given the whole ~colour of it and the fact that she can warp reality and also how damn strong she is - but legit she’s as powerful as an infinity stone. when she looks up at thanos with her eyes glowing red and then proceeds to almost tear him apart - that was one of the best scenes for me. i have no doubt she could and would have killed him singlehandedly, if he hadn’t ordered his armies to rain fire. that in itself is a testament to the strength of her powers - thanos literally had to sacrifice his own troops and shoot upon them just to free himself from her.

also that unforgettable scene where peter is clutching the gauntlet, watching the armies of thanos charging towards him, and all the ladies line up in front of him to protect him - i may have squealed out loud in the cinema. i’m not even ashamed. THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR. WE STAN STRONG WOMEN.

#avengers #avengers endgame #endgame spoilers #marvel ladies #wanda maximoff #scarlet witch #natasha romanoff #black widow #carol danvers #captain marvel #pepper potts #valkyrie #nebula #gamora #okoye #shuri #hope van dyne #mantis #I LOVE THEM ALL

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aion-rsa · 7 years

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15 Characters Who Have Wielded Thor’s Hammer

Comics writers love to take the most distinctive aspect of a comic book character and try to reverse it. Captain America has an unbreakable shield? Break it! The Juggernaut is unstoppable? Stop him! Hulk is the strongest one there is? Find someone stronger! In keeping with that approach, writers over the years have constantly played with the idea that only Thor was “worthy” enough to lift his hammer, Mjolnir, by suggesting that perhaps other characters are worthy, as well.

RELATED: 15 Characters Who Wielded Captain America’s Shield

The famous “Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor” quote has had a few loopholes in it over the years, like how the rule only pertains to people versus artificial beings. And, of course, if you are deemed “worthy” of the hammer, you can lift it. Here, then, is a list of 15 characters who have lifted Thor’s hammer. We are sticking mostly to the “they’re worthy” category, but there are a few wild cards in there (but no “lifting it in zero gravity” or “riding it as it returns to Thor” silliness).

ODIN

Besides being one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe (the amount of “Thor” stories that essentially revolve around “Just wait until Odin shows up and solves everything instantly!” are staggering), Odin is also the person who actually had Mjolnir made for Thor, so it’s not at all surprising that he can lift it. On top of this, he is the one who cast the “worthy” spell upon the hammer in the first place.

More recently, however, Mjolnir has adapted. It has not only changed its inscription (the gender-based pronoun changed from “he” to “she”), but also its determination of “worthy” has changed, and the AllFather has discovered that he himself can no longer can lift the hammer. This does not please him. Honestly, though, as you’ll see in an upcoming entry, Odin does so many slimy things that it’s unsurprising to learn that he might not be deemed “worthy” anymore.

HULK

One of the things that Marvel Comics was most famous for was something that “Superman” editor Mort Weisinger had previously established: letting fans feel as though that they had a say in how the comic books turned out. Weisinger would let young fans come up with ideas and he would have his writers adapt those ideas into stories. The reason Marvel was famous for it is because Stan Lee took the same approach, only Lee took it to a whole other level. He would work the fans’ ideas into the stories themselves, like the famed “Journey Into Mystery” #112 (by Lee, Jack Kirby and Chic Stone), in which Thor himself waded into a fan argument over who was more powerful – Thor or Hulk?

This led to the reveal of a secret fight that took place in-between pages of the “Avengers” fight against Namor and Hulk in “Avengers” #3. Thor asked Odin to remove the enchantment on Mjolnir for five minutes so that Thor could determine who really was stronger – him or Hulk. So even the characters were obsessed with “Who’s stronger?”! While the hammer’s enchantment was off, Hulk was able to lift Mjolnir.

RED NORVELL

No comic book character can quite capture the levels of 1950s/1960s Superman when it comes to a character acting like a total jerk to their so-called friends, all part of elaborate plans ostensibly to protect their friends. However, Odin is probably the character who comes the closest to Superman in terms of seemingly cruel, elaborate schemes designed with “good” intentions at the heart of them.

Perhaps his cruelest scheme was when Odin discovered a prophecy that said “Thor was going to die.” So in “Thor” #276 (by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Tom Palmer), an American camera man (let into Asgard by Loki as part of a film crew doing a documentary about the magical land) was given a belt of strength by Loki and special gloves allowing him to lift Mjolnir so that he could woo Thor’s girlfriend, Sif, as the new Thor. As it turned out, Loki’s plot was secretly Odin’s plot. Since Odin knew “Thor” would die, he planned on it being a “Thor” other than his son. That’s exactly what happened, as the Midgard Serpent showed up and killed Red. Odin later resurrected him as a reward for being such a good little pawn.

ZEUS

When it comes to the pantheon of the gods in the Marvel Universe, it tends to be pretty confusing when you’re trying to figure out which ones are the most powerful. Still, at least in the general sense, the head of the Greek pantheon, Zeus, has mostly been seen as being in the basic vicinity of Odin when it comes to power levels.

This was demonstrated well in “Thor Annual” #8 (by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Tony DeZuniga), where Thor and Loki both lost their memories and ended up participating in the actual Trojan War (Loki, of course, was the one who came up with the idea for the Trojan Horse). After regaining his memory, Thor and Zeus battle and Thor is shocked when Zeus was able to grab Mjolnir in mid-air, preventing it from returning to Thor’s hands! Well, at first, at least, as ultimately even Zeus could not keep it from returning to Thor. Still, just by showing that he could grab it and hold it, Zeus demonstrated that he was a very powerful being.

AIR-WALKER

In “Thor” #305 (by Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, Keith Pollard and Chic Stone), one of the most interesting loopholes surrounding Mjolnir was introduced. While the hammer’s inscription does not explicitly say so, we learn in this issue (which was co-written by Mark Gruenwald, who was famous for his interest in comic book minutia like this) that the “Worthiness” clause only applies to beings that are made of flesh and blood.

This is discovered with Air-Walker, who had been killed shortly after becoming Galactus’ herald only for Galactus to then remove his soul and place it into an android body so that Air-Walker could continue to serve the mighty devourer of worlds. Air-Walker was loose on Earth and had befriended a young boy, causing havoc while entertaining the young child. When Thor confronted him and threw his hammer at him, Air-Walker shocked everyone when he was able to grab it and continue holding onto it! Ultimately, he could not keep it from returning to Thor, but it firmly established that artificial beings like androids could lift Thor’s hammer (which makes it surprising that Vision had never wielded it in the comic universe, especially since he has in the movies. Come on, Mark Waid, get on that!).

BETA RAY BILL

When he took over as the writer and artist on “Thor” with “Thor” #337, Walter Simonson wanted to make a big splash, so he decided that he wanted to have someone new revealed as “worthy” of Thor’s hammer even with the enchantment still on it. He also thought it would be interesting if the new wielder was someone who didn’t look like he would be worthy (the old “don’t judge a book by its cover” axiom).

Therefore, he introduced a bizarre-looking alien named Beta Ray Bill, who was traversing the universe with his people as they tried to find a new home for their race. Bill was in the lead craft in their space fleet. He ended up coming too close to Earth, so S.H.I.E.L.D. attacked. Bill had to respond and, while fighting with Thor, he picked up the god’s hammer (after it had turned back into a walking stick following the 60-second enchantment period where Thor had to touch his hammer or turn back into Donald Blake) and turned into a Thor-ized version of himself. Odin then made Thor and Beta Ray Bill fight for the right to use the hammer. They pretty much tied each other, so Odin made Bill his own hammer, Stormbreaker, which is basically just as powerful as Mjolnir.

DARGO

Following the rather new tradition of opening one’s “Thor” run by introducing another character worthy of wielding Mjolnir, Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz began their run with issue #384 (with Brett Breeding inking Frenz), a story set in the future, where a powerful corporation ruled America and the small resistance forces were being pounded into submission by trolls hired by the corporation (as part of a deal between the head of the corporation and a mysterious benefactor who was secretly Loki). The rebels worship Thor and carry his famous hammer stuck in a piece of concrete. During one devastating attack by the trolls, young Dargo Ktor searched for a weapon and grabbed for the hammer, suddenly seeing himself transformed into into Thor.

He helped save his people and stop the trolls. However, his greatest success was the fact that the hammer was clearly not meant to be in the future. Loki had brought it here to screw with Thor, so Dargo Ktor’s most impressive act of heroism was to send the hammer back in time to return to its rightful owner, Thor himself. Later, the hammer returned, letting Dargo have many more adventures as Thor (once even alongside Beta Ray Bill and Eric Masterson as a so-called “Thor Corps”).

STEVE ROGERS

During the late 1980s, Iron Man had discovered that his armor technology was being used by villains, so he decided he had to eliminate everything out there that used it in order to ensure that no one could reverse-engineer the tech and use it for evil. However, the armored guards at the supervillain prison known as the Vault used his technology, so he had to shut them down too, which caused a problem when there was an escape attempt. Steve Rogers, then known as The Captain, showed up to stop the escape and ended up confronting Iron Man over his actions. Iron Man defeated him and left to continue his mission.

But when Thor met the Captain in “Thor” #390 (by Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz and Brett Breeding), he was not sure who was right in the argument. After all, the Captain had his title of Captain America stripped from him during this era, so maybe he was at fault? Any doubts Thor had were allayed when they were attacked by the deadly Seth’s troops. When Thor was separated from his hammer, the Captain picked it up and used it to beat up some of the thugs before returning it to Thor. Seeing the Captain’s worthiness proven in front of his own eyes let Thor know that he had no reason to doubt his friend anymore.

ERIC MASTERSON

Early in their run, Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz introduced architect Eric Masterson, a single father whose life was saved by Thor via merging their essences together. This allowed the book to return to an approximation of the Don Blake/Thor split, with Eric Masterson having the same walking stick that he would strike to transform into Thor.

Eventually, in “Thor” #432 (by DeFalco, Frenz and Joe Sinnott), Thor was banished over his decision to kill Loki. Eric Masterson now had his body back to himself. Or so he thought anyway, for when he struck the walking stick in anger over the unfairness of Thor’s banishment, he found himself transformed into Thor once again. Only now, he was in control of Thor’s body! Now it was Eric’s mind in a copy of Thor’s body. He then took over as Thor while the real Thor was missing, serving with distinction. When Thor returned, Odin gave Eric an enchanted mace and Eric continued to fight crime in his Thor-like body as Thunderstrike. He sadly gave his life fighting the evil Seth.

WONDER WOMAN

In 1996, DC Comics and Marvel blew fans minds by having a crossover event where the heroes from the DC Universe were pit against the heroes of the Marvel Universe, with fans voting in to determine who would win the various fights (leading to some bizarre results, like Lobo, who had gone toe-to-toe with Superman, losing to Wolverine, who was once defeated by the Wasp). Wonder Woman was matched up with Storm while Thor was matched up with Captain Marvel (although the Thor/Captain Marvel outcome was not determined by fan vote).

Thor defeated Captain Marvel through the use of his hammer to keep the magic lightning from hitting Billy Batson and turning him into Captain Marvel. However, the victory was marred by Thor’s hammer moving from one world to the other, where Wonder Woman discovered it. She was deemed worthy and was transformed into a Thor-ized version of herself. However, she decided that it was unsporting to use her new powers against Storm, so she discarded the hammer and then promptly was defeated by Storm.

SUPERMAN

A number of years later, DC and Marvel met up again (for what would turn out to be pretty much their final meeting for the foreseeable future), in “JLA/Avengers” by Kurt Busiek and George Perez. After first battling against each other and then seeing time itself fluctuate to the point where they believed that they had known each other and had been having team-ups for years, the Justice League and the Avengers ended up having to team up to take down the mad god known as Krona.

In the final battle, every Avenger and Justice Leaguer fought against Krona, but they each fell one after another. As their ranks began to thin down, Thor made the decision to let Superman (who had earlier been entrusted with Captain America’s shield, as Cap had taken on more of a coordinating general’s role) use his hammer. The trick here, though, is that Thor had Odin remove the “worthiness” enchantment first, so we’ll never know for sure whether Superman would have been able to lift the hammer if the enchantment had still been on the hammer.

AWESOME ANDROID

Following in the “artificial beings can lift the hammer” vein is the Awesome Android. The Awesome Android was formed by the Mad Thinker based on a mixture between Mister Fantastic’s unstable molecules and an ape, so the large being was malleable enough to mimic the powers of superheroes and be super strong. It served as the Thinker’s main enforcer over the years, as they fought against pretty much every superhero in the Marvel Universe at one point or another.

Over time, though, the Mad Thinker upgraded the Awesome Android so that it could absorb not just power from other beings, but also abilities like musical talent. All of these changes led to the Android gaining sentience. After almost stealing Mjolnir from Thor, Thor convinced him that he had absorbed Thor’s “Worthiness.” Therefore, it split from the Mad Thinker and got itself emancipated and declared a male, along with a new name, Awesome Andy (this was all detailed in “She-Hulk” #14 by Dan Slott, Rick Burchett and Cliff Rathburn). It went to go work for a law firm, but ultimately decided to give up its sentience and return to the Thinker after sentient life did not work out for it.

STORM

In a famous crossover between the New Mutants and the X-Men (by Chris Claremont and Art Adams), the New Mutants and Storm ended up on Asgard, where the mutants all ended up adapting to life in Asgard in various ways. Storm, meanwhile, was seduced by Loki into believing that she could take over from Thor. Loki created an approximation of Mjolnir (dubbed Stormcaster) and gave it to her (who, at the time, had lost her weather-controlling powers, so the hammer allowed to mimic her weather abilities). This turned her into a Thor-ized version of herself. She eventually broke free of Loki’s control and abandoned the faux Mjolnir.

However, that left open the question as to whether she actually would have been worthy of the hammer otherwise. The issue was brought up again in “X-Men: To Serve and Protect” #3, in a story by Marc Guggenheim, Eric Koda and Danny Miki, where Thor gave Stormcaster back to Storm and she was transformed once again into her Loki-controlled Thor-ized self. However, she then picked up Mjolnir and used it to destroy Stormcaster. She did so, though, while Thor was also holding on to the hammer, so it avoided the question of whether she could have lifted it without Thor being in contact with the Mjolnir.

LOKI

When it comes to Mjolnir, Asgardians have a weird relationship with the hammer. Loki, for instance, has managed to handle the hammer a number of times over the years through various pieces of mischief. However, one of the only times that he flat out wielded it came under very peculiar circumstances.

During a fight alongside the Avengers against Red Skull (who had merged himself with the brain of Professor X to make himself a powerful telepath), Magneto angrily murdered the Skull. However, that only unleashed the powerful psionic energy being known as Red Onslaught. Red Onslaught attacked the collected heroes with special Sentinels designed to defeat any superhero, so Magneto then went and recruited a bunch of supervillains to stop those Sentinels, as they were not designed to defeat villains.

Scarlet Witch and Doctor Doom then cast an “inversion” spell to make the Professor X part of Red Skull’s brain take control. The spell worked, but it also turned all the heroes present into villains and all the villains into heroes. While under the control of the spell, Loki was suddenly worthy enough to wield Mjolnir in “Loki: Agent of Asgard” #9 (by Al Ewing and Lee Garbett). When the spell ended, though, so too did Loki’s worthiness.

JANE FOSTER

Jane Foster was the longtime love interest of both Don Blake and Thor. Thor once was even willing to renounce his godhood for her (and Odin was once willing to turn Jane Foster into a god, as well, but she ended up failing a “godhood test”). Over the years, they split from each other but remained close friends. When Asgard became sort of docked to Earth (in Oklahoma), Jane became the main liaison between Midgard (Earth) and Asgard. This is a role that she continued to maintain even after Asgard returned to its former state.

However, when the original Thor was revealed to be no longer worthy of Mjolnir (why, we still don’t know), the hammer was stuck on the moon. Its transcription then changed to “if she be worthy,” just in time for Jane Foster to pick the hammer up and be transformed into the new Thor. She maintains the hammer to this day, with Mjolnir adapting itself in new ways to serve her.

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