Marvel is Gender-bending Thor!

[Tev]

Well, sort of. It turns out an upcoming story of indeterminate length has the Thor we know and love screwing up badly and becoming unworthy to wield his hammer, so a lovely lady picks it up and gets to be Thor for a while.

Marvel Comics announced a huge change to one of its iconic heroes, Thor, on Tuesday's episode of "The View." The hammer-wielding god of thunder will now be a woman in the comic series.

“It's a huge day in the Marvel Universe,” Whoopi Goldberg said on the show. “Thor, the God of Thunder, he messed up, and he's no longer worthy to hold that damn hammer of his. For the first time in history, that hammer is being held by a woman. That's right. Thor is a woman!"

Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby created Thor in 1962, and he was originally sent to Earth by his father Odin to learn about humility. According to artwork shown on "The View," the female character will be blonde. As noted by Newsarama, fans expect to find out more about the female Thor leading up to Comic-Con.

She looks awesome:

[Bells]

I dunno what the story is, so i can't comment on that. Clearly a push to marketing or whatever, don't really care that much...

Her design though... stupid.

That photo you posted it's fine. The OTHER one that is going around? The full body profile shot... it's just fucking dumb.

I'm not even going to touch the argument that the ''boob armor'' makes no sense. It's comics... i get it... but it just looks badly composed and busy. She looks like a weird mash of Half Wonder Woman half Hawkgirl with a metal mask that goes down to the chest level... really didn't enjoy it...

[Tev]

I can't find that other picture you mention. It seems lost in a sea of cosplay and fan-art.

EDIT: Unless you mean this one...


But it doesn't seem all that busy, or too far off from Marvel's normal stylings.

[Kim]

Her outfit looks fine, and she looks cool and this is the first time I've actually been even slightly interested in reading Marvel comics stuff. And yeah that outfit isn't busy at all.

[Amake]

I will say Thor is one of the toughest superhumans in the Marvel universe, and a steel bra might just be molded for maximal comfort* as it would be entirely superfluous as armor. Of course there's always excuses for when you want to draw cheesecake, and that time is always when the mainstream comic books involve women characters. . .

*Recall an article by a woman with breasts that gave her back problems, who said if she could have any mutant power she'd want Magneto's power.

[Azisien]

I am now amending my request for GF's future cosplay... and done.

[MuMu]

Loki is suing

[pochercoaster]

I don't mind her design. She looks like the female counterpart to Thor, which, well, she is. The boob armor is kind of annoying but it could be worse. (It's kind of weird how that outfit looks modest compared most other female characters in comics, video games, etc.) Aesthetically, it doesn't really look busy. It doesn't grab me as something particularly creative or inventive but it's not hideous, either.

Anyways, it's cool to get more women in comics, assuming they don't screw up her character. It'd be nice to get more non-white characters, though.

[Bells]

Really? The Doghnut shoulder pads that do nothing, the Cone helmet that is all like '' my face doesn't matter because i'm a stronger warrior'' but then is met ''But look at my silver plated shiny boobs!" and the sleeve in one arm but not the other, and the slight midriff but not really with the skirt and the greek sandals straps that go over the black onesie and UGH...

Plus, i'm really not a big fan of boob armor, because it's the most impractical dumb type of armor you could want in your chest! what you want a convex surface across the chest so that any blow to it gets naturally derailed to the sides. With boob armor when you get hit there, you have a nasty chance of any blunt momentum to be shifted to the center of your chest. Plus, what goddamn Blacksmith is going to be making the same piece of armor twice to fit females AND males? One size fits all!! It's super dumb! But again... comic books... fine.

Now the only possible redeeming value is seeing how they do the transfer of power... that will make it or break it for me.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Bells.
The "donut shoulder pads" are what the cape attaches to.

Also, having a metal gauntlet over the wrist she swings the hammer around might restrict movement. It's the same logic behind knights having asymmetrically designed gauntlets, one of which needed greater range of movement while the other needed better protection in case it was used to deflect something.