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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Are you sure about that? I read yesterday that the new Thor will be an existing Marvel character (they wouldn't reveal who; my guess is Sif) who is judged worthy to wield Thor's hammer.
I suspect you're correct that this is a marketing gimmick, and I think it's going to play out as follows:
1. Current Thor does something to make himself unworthy.
2. New Thor picks up the hammer and assumes his role for about a year or so.
3. Old Thor has a special edition series in which he redeems himself and becomes Thor again.
4. Having gained popularity over a year (Marvel hopes), female Thor then gets her own spin-off book with a new character name.
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Not sure at all. I had just read some quotes that indicated this would be "Thor" and not Thor Girl. But you're probably right and what you've listed is exactly what I expect to come from this.
This woman isn't happy with the change and after reading what she wrote, I can't say I disagree with her.
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This ISN'T HOW YOU REACH OUT TO WOMEN, MARVEL. MAKE NEW FEMALE CHARACTERS THAT DON'T SUCK HOW ABOUT THAT. We have been complaining for YEARS about genderbent side-characters, like the only way to make a girl hero popular is for her to be "Super"girl or "Spider"girl or Hulkette or Miss Wolverine, when are you going to get it through your skulls that the way to get us to respect you is to make actual real new characters? You slate Black Widow and Storm and then you give us a reskin of a male character! What the f***? Isn't the fact that this is the wrong way common knowledge at this point? To the point where even you yourself shy away from using it as an example? F***'s sake.
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