Times change, and with it, so do the things around us. Comic books are no exception, with characters regularly taking a 24 issue trip to Club Dead before returning. Over in the panels of Thor comics, a change is on the way as the God Of Thunder cocks up and finds his power and heroic identity transferred to a mortal woman. And this new Thor might be headed to Disney Infinity 2.0.
Speaking to Polygon, executive producer John Vignocchi explained that the current Thor in the upcoming Disney Infinity: Marvel Superheroes was based on the Avengers Assemble animated counterpart, but that change wasn’t exactly out of the question. “Infinity being a platform that evolves over time, that certainly doesn’t rule out the possibility of creating a new version of Thor. Should there be a demand, we’d love to do that,” Vignocchi said explaining that Disney Infinity’s roster consisted of a 45% female line-up.
We want to stay contemporary with how they’re representing their most popular characters. In the realm of Marvel you have characters evolving and changing constantly. Our intention is to evolve the game over time too.You will definitely see characters represented on the platform in multiple ways beyond just a costume change.
If you’re still wondering what I’m going on about with this new female Thor, here’s the scoop. Marvel announced that a new Thor series would kick off in October starring a new incarnation of the Thunder Goddess. “THOR is the latest in the ever-growing and long list of female-centric titles that continues to invite new readers into the Marvel Universe. THOR will be the 8th title to feature a lead female protagonist and aims to speak directly to an audience that long was not the target for super hero comic books in America: women and girls.”
Writer Jason Aaron also had a more direct quote regarding the switch:
This is not She-Thor. 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.
Which means that Thor’s hammer Mjolnir has found someone else worthy enough to lift, so rest at ease guys, Chris Hemsworth will not need to make some serious cuts in the method acting department. If you haven’t read the latest Thor comics, you’re missing out on a cosmic adventure that spans timelines and punches gods in the face.
Aaron has been writing that series, so I’m more than happy to give his new series a chance and see if lightning can indeed strike the same magic twice.
Last Updated: January 4, 2017
Kensei Seraph
July 16, 2014 at 08:10
Guess what I was reading about 20 minutes ago.
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 08:19
Thor?
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 08:37
When is he going to tell us? The suspense is killing me.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 08:20
Cosmo?
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 08:39
I too think Cosmo, he likes the sparkles
Spaffy
July 16, 2014 at 08:34
The Oprah Magazine?
R1ker
July 16, 2014 at 08:11
And whats next – Wonder Woman change to Wonder Dude?
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 08:14
Don’t be silly. Wonder Woman is part of DC comics and they do things different
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/green-lantern-goes-gay.jpg
R1ker
July 16, 2014 at 08:14
LOL XD thanks for bringing that up
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 08:22
Euw gross! Is he Mexican?
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 08:27
Nope
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 08:31
Then it’s okay, carry on.
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 08:35
Lacist!
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 08:11
When asking Disney if there is now enough Infinity characters…
http://d3dsacqprgcsqh.cloudfront.net/photo/a6wvZD2_460sa_v1.gif
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 08:36
I love this gif!
Sovereign
July 16, 2014 at 08:11
The whole thing is ridiculous.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 08:16
Serious cuts? Maybe just a Nip/Tuck tee hee.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 08:20
I felt a great disturbance in the fanboydom, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in horror as their jimmies were Thorly rustled. I believe something wondrous has happened.
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 08:38
So their butthurt is making them Thor?
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 08:39
Yes, but they’re trying to keep it Loki.
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 08:41
Odin wanna mention it, but their Midgard is the source of hurt
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 08:43
lulz
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 08:39
HAHAHAHA
Sageville
July 16, 2014 at 09:40
LOLLY!
jillkennedy
July 16, 2014 at 08:33
Thor’s brother Vidar – the Silent God – seems to be handling the news very well:
http://mankabros.com/blogs/vidar/2014/07/15/my-brother-thor-is-now-my-sister/
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 08:46
See, I read this, no image source!
Kensei Seraph
July 16, 2014 at 08:48
http://31.media.tumblr.com/4fcd062daf2eb967d62d9bc7f038b626/tumblr_n8senp2JmT1rvya9ro1_500.png
http://31.media.tumblr.com/77fc4f9a74b5209ed377b1bac1cbd2db/tumblr_n8senp2JmT1rvya9ro2_500.png
Matthew Holliday
July 16, 2014 at 09:26
because we didnt have enough frontline female superheroes already.
Ms Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Wasp, black widow, jean grey, invisible woman, rogue, spider woman etc etc etc.
there are already nearly 100 of them already.
Its like when they realised that gay people were a thing, and forced gay superheros on everyone.
dont make more, make better.
Johan Fourie
July 16, 2014 at 10:39
As one person said on Marvel’s page regarding this change to Thor – Political correctness is the greatest plague of the 21st century. Stifling creativity and freedom of speech. This change just shows that Marvel lacks creativity. Instead of creating new characters to cater for the new masses, they give well established characters a sex change. In the process pissing off many old fans. Not to mention Thor is male in Norse mythology. Just to make things clear, I have nothing against female heroes, but this is just sloppiness from Marvel.
Sageville
July 16, 2014 at 09:38
Hmm, so in Norse mythology Thor is husband to Sif… I wonder if they expand on that in this flipped version.
JHN
July 16, 2014 at 10:54
Im a little confused, why are people are getting so upset about this.
BacchusZA
July 16, 2014 at 13:45
I guess people are confused as to the necessity. Was it *necessary* to take an established character, and completely redefine them, or whatever it is they’ve done that Thor is now female? Is there a good reason they didn’t rather just introduce a new female character?
Personally I can’t quite decide how I feel about it. There’s part of it that strikes me as it being an unnecessary contrivance that’s being done for the sake of “MUST MEET THE QUOTA OF XYZ TYPE OF CHARACTER!!!”, and that annoys me.
Another part of me is going “hey, it’s hardly the first time there’s been a gender-swap in pop-culture, and there’s interesting story things they can do with this. And if it’s well written, and I enjoy the story, why the hell not?”, so I’m going to have to sit on the fence about this for now.
On balance though, I think I prefer the idea of a male Thor. He’s just too well established as such in our minds, so while I think this can be entertaining, and interesting, and a valid direction for the story to go in, I hope it’s not a permanent change, and we go back to guyThor at some point. But that’s no reason to not give girlThor a chance in the meantime 🙂
BacchusZA
July 16, 2014 at 14:17
So, it’s pretty much always a mistake to venture into the comments section on pretty much any subject on any issue, we all know this, right? There are few quicker ways to destroy your faith in humanity, and it’s hardly what you’d call a scientific sampling method.
That said, I *have* looked at some of the comments about this, and it’s overwhelmingly “WTF were you thinking?!?!?” The least negative / most positive reactions are along the lines of “meh, whatever”, so it really doesn’t seem that this is being well received so far.
And hooooooy boy, are the Scandinavians **pissed** about this. There’s a whole lot of very agnry complaints about how culturally and religiously insensitive a move this is, and stuff like “What’s next, Jesus in drag, and a gay Allah?!?!”, and in that context I have to say I see their point. I know how annoying I find it when people try to rewrite my cultural history to suit their agenda, never mind for *entertainment*.
So yeah, I think on balance, a smarter move may have rather been introducing a new character rather than flipping Thors’ chromosomes around…..