Marvel Comics has announced that Norse God Thor (in the comics at least, if not the movies) is now a woman.
“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,” said Marvel editor Wil Moss in a statement. “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!”
BREAKING: Marvel’s Thor is now a woman http://t.co/ktRqfzjkyd pic.twitter.com/nsMsuMELrn
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) July 15, 2014
Marvel announces that Thor will be a woman in a new comic book run in October: http://t.co/pieZS57UXi pic.twitter.com/mgkZW7ZAEm
— Mashable (@mashable) July 15, 2014
Sore about THOR? You're a bore, misogynist man-whore. There's the door.
— AlanWCerny (@AlanWCerny) July 15, 2014
Reaction on Twitter was about a snarky as expected.
https://twitter.com/Will_Antonin/status/489083589112262657
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/489086399534993408
New updated Mjölnir hammer… pic.twitter.com/IUWC47sUSr
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) July 15, 2014
RT “@joshgad: Now little girls everywhere can say, "when I grow up, I want to be Thor."”
— Stacey DASH (@staceydash) July 15, 2014
I'm OK with making Thor a woman, as long as Mjolnir becomes a rolling pin.#justkiddinggirls#donthitme
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 15, 2014
If this all means I won't get to see Hemsworth in a Thor costume again, where does the protest line start? #handsomeSOB
— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) July 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/BrianLynch/status/489172275552215040
The new Thor is a woman. Yeah right, like a character with long flowing hair and an ornate breastplate can be female!
— comedycentral (@ComedyCentral) July 15, 2014
Female Thor is just like male Thor but she only gets 75% of the thunder to do the same job
— Eliza Bayne (@ElizaBayne) July 15, 2014
"Make Thor a frog, make Thor a space horse, just don't make Thor a lady" -some dudes on the Internet who are real good at life priorities
— Anthony Carboni (@acarboni) July 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/Wojciehowicz/status/489155457500872704
Thor announced to become a woman. "Been there, done that," Loki replies.
— Peter David (@PeterDavid_PAD) July 15, 2014
Marvel Comics is transforming Thor into a woman. Which is fine by me. I just think it's a bit much to turn Mjölnir into a rolling pin.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) July 16, 2014
Let’s check in with “Avengers” director Joss Whedon.
https://twitter.com/josswhedon/status/489115238269476864
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