The announcement was like a lightning strike across the geek realms, through the internet and even into mainstream media.
A woman will be the new Goddess of Thunder in a brand new Thor #1 by current Thor: God of Thunder writer Jason Aaron.
By the time the new number one hits in October we will learn why the Odinson had become Unworthy but who is the mystery woman behind the winged mask?
“Everything I’ve been setting up in “Thor: God of Thunder” with Malekith and the different dark unions of the Nine-now-Ten Realms, and the revelations of the “Tenth Realm” miniseries will continue to feed into the new book. It’s a dark time for all these realms,” Aaron told Comic Book Resources.
“We’ve got upheaval in Asgardia. At the end of “Thor: God of Thunder” #24 we see that Asgardia has to leave the Earth. So for the first time in quite awhile we won’t have Asgardia hovering just above the Earth. It’s out in space again. Some political turmoil has also begun in Asgardia. In the midst of all of this you tack on the fact that Thor can’t pick up his hammer. It’s an intense situation and clearly a situation that demands that there still be a Thor. So a new Thor has to arise out out of that.
I’m not going to reveal who’s behind the mask of this new Thor, but if you look back over “Thor: God of Thunder” you’ll find quite a few suspects. We’ve had quite a few female characters who have played quite big roles in the series so far. We also have a few more who will be playing roles in the new series. So if you’re looking for suspects we have quite a few of them.”
The God you know will still be part of the Marvel Universe Aaron confirmed.
“Yes, Thor Odinson, the Prince of Asgard, will still be around. He’s still Thor. That’s his birth name. He’s unworthy of Mjolnir, but he’ll still have a role to play. If you’ve seen the cover of one of Jonathan Hickman’s upcoming “Avengers” issues where it flashes forward into the future you see what appears to be Thor holding his axe, Jarnbjorn. So that’s kind of a glimpse into our book’s future as well. That’s kind of where we’ve been heading.
Again it all goes back to what I’ve set up in “God of Thunder” where we had these three different versions of Thor — the young rambunctious Thor who wasn’t yet worthy of picking up his hammer, present day Thor the Avenger, and then grumpy old King Thor. We’ll continue to see those other versions, but we’ll also start to see present day Thor becoming more of an amalgam of those other two versions.”
The Tenth Realm series explores the revelation that Angela is the half-sister of Thor and Loki. The warrior angel co-created by Neil Gaiman was pulled into the Marvel Universe in the finale of Age of Ultron then joined the Guardians of the Galaxy. Because of events in Original Sin, also by Aaron, the long lost sibling was revealed.
All evidence points to Angela as a likely candidate to assume the role but the masked woman sure looks very different.
Stay tuned for more especially as we get closer to San Diego Comic Con.
By Editor