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[Dalek]

The Original God of Thunder Is Back and Ready to Prove Himself in The Unworthy Thor

Ever since the events of Original Sin left Thor Odinson unworthy and unable to lift his hammer, Mjolnir, things have been rough for the former God of Thunder. Emotionally crippled by his fall from grace and isolated from Asgard, he’s been largely absent from Marvel’s “All-New, All-Different” comics—save for a few appearances in Jane’s ongoing series, The Mighty Thor, which revealed he’s been locked up by a mysterious force.

Coming this Fall, The Unworthy Thor, by Mighty Thor writer Jason Aaron and artist Olivier Coipel, will follow the god’s escape and captivity—revealed to be at the hands of none other than cosmic archiver the Collector—and his journey to becoming a hero once more. But he’s not taking Jane’s place: Unworthy Thor is expressly a companion series to Mighty Thor. The Odinson is forging his own path, and will even wield his own hammer... one that actually has some pretty huge connections to the Pre-Secret Wars Marvel universe.

io9: It’s been a couple years since Jane Foster became Thor, and the book’s been a great success— great reviews, great sales— so what was behind the decision to create this sort of companion series in The Unworthy Thor?

Jason Aaron: Well, you know, I think we kind of did from the get-go, when we made the previous Thor unworthy while as is fit, you know, this wasn’t about casting him aside or giving up his story— it was giving him a very specific story of his own. So you saw that in the pages of the previous volume of Thor, then, of course, along came Thors, and it went away for awhile, then came back, and four at a time— few months, it finally came back.

I decided to focus in on Jane in a big way and left it as a mystery. What had happened to him. Where he’d been, what he was up to— you know, it was only in issue five of The Mighty Thor that we got a tease of where he was. This was always kind of the next part of his story. I just like the mystery of leaving him off he table for awhile. And we could bring him back in a very big way.

io9: Silly question: at the moment we got Peter Parker as Spider-Man, Miles Morales as Spider-Man, and then we’ve got the situation between Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers where we’ve got two Captain Americas Running around. Now we’ve got Jane Foster and Thor Odinson. How are you actually going to refer to the character in the book? Will it just be calling him “The Odinson”?

Aaron: Well that’s a good question. Certainly, there’s a weird situation. We finally find ourselves in the Marvel Universe with so many different versions of all these characters, which kinda just all happened. There was no concerted effort among any of the books to do this. “Let’s all do multiple versions of the characters at the same time!”

How he will be referred to as far as we know right now, he’s given up being Thor. He gave that to Jane. Doesn’t want to be called that name. But we also know he’s on a quest to figure out who he is, without Mjolnir. And striving to become worthy again. So, you know this book really kicks off by him finding out— you know what, there’s another hammer out there— there’s another Mjolnir. It sets him off on the thing, so... is this it? Is this how he becomes worthy? How he becomes Thor again? That’s one of the big questions driving the book.

More interview at the link.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Appropriately timing with what the story is sounding to be for Ragnarok next year.

Synergyyyy

 

[Broken Joystick]

there’s another Mjolnir.

wait what

 

[diaspora]

wait what

I think he's referring to the artificial 1610 universe hammer.

 

[guek]

Didn't he become worthy right before Secret Wars?

 

[PSqueak]

isn't the writing on that hammer/axe technically upside down?

 

[diaspora]

Didn't he become worthy right before Secret Wars?

AFAIK, no.

 

[Volimar]

I know I'm pretty late to the party on this, but what happened to make him unworthy?

 

[Sandfox]

wait what

Spoiler

At the end of Jason Aaron's Thors tie-in book for Secret Wars Ultimate Thor's hammer ended up in the regular universe.

AFAIK, no.

Spoiler

Didn't he lift the hammer right before he and Hyperion died or something?

 

[Dalek]

wait what

At the end of Thors which was the Secret Wars tie in-The Mjolnir from the Ultimate Universe survived Battleworld and entered the new universe.

edit: beaten with a hammer

 

[Broken Joystick]

I think he's referring to the artificial 1610 universe hammer.

Spoiler

At the end of Jason Aaron's Thors tie-in book for Secret Wars Ultimate Thor's hammer ended up in the regular universe.

At the end of Thors which was the Secret Wars tie in-The Mjolnir from the Ultimate Universe survived Battleworld and entered the new universe.

edit: beaten with a hammer

thank you!

 

[guek]

AFAIK, no.

I thought that was the implication when he became unable to lift Thorr's hammer

 

[Sandfox]

isn't the writing on that hammer/axe technically upside down?

Maybe it works like a smart device where it flips the image lol.

 

[Dalek]

I know I'm pretty late to the party on this, but what happened to make him unworthy?

Nick Fury discovered a ton of secrets about everyone and whispered something in Thor's ear-this immediately made Thor unworthy and he hasn't been able to lift it since. That was about 2 or 3 years ago and they still haven't' revealed what was whispered.

 

[PsychBat!]

Didn't he become worthy right before Secret Wars?

Yes.

 

[Memento Mori]

I thought that was the implication when he became unable to lift Thorr's hammer

That was definitely the implication but as Aaron didn't write that, I guess he's ignoring it.

 

[Lashley]

Surely Secret Wars will have undone whatever he did to be unworthy in the first place?

I'll read, great creative team but they better keep Jane Thor

 

[Dalek]

That was definitely the implication but as Aaron didn't write that, I guess he's ignoring it.

This was one of the all time greatest moments. Hyperion and Thor facing certain death and laughing.

 

[Killer Queen]

isn't the writing on that hammer/axe technically upside down?

I guess it kind of makes sense considering that's how most people will see it considering most people can't lift it.

 

[Volimar]

Nick Fury discovered a ton of secrets about everyone and whispered something in Thor's ear-this immediately made Thor unworthy and he hasn't been able to lift it since. That was about 2 or 3 years ago and they still haven't' revealed what was whispered.

Lame.

 

[ReAxion]

Nick Fury discovered a ton of secrets about everyone and whispered something in Thor's ear-this immediately made Thor unworthy and he hasn't been able to lift it since. That was about 2 or 3 years ago and they still haven't' revealed what was whispered.

I was about to ask this. Maybe they'll finally tell us now. I hope it's Hail Hydra.

 

[Professor Lich]

isn't the writing on that hammer/axe technically upside down?

I was thinking the same exact thing.

Maybe it works like a smart device where it flips the image lol.

I could see that. It alters to your perception. That way it could even work in different languages!

...wonder what it would look like at a really weird angle.. Make it where it's really hard to fit all the text in.

 

[Squire]

This has been set up for years. It's crazy to remember the end of Original Sin and how

Spoiler

Ultimate Mjolnir fell into 616

. Pretty dope Aaron gets to deliver on this.

 

[PsychBat!]

That was definitely the implication but as Aaron didn't write that, I guess he's ignoring it.

Also 99% likely.

 

[diaspora]

Surely Secret Wars will have undone whatever he did to be unworthy in the first place?

I'll read, great creative team but they better keep Jane Thor

No, kill Jane and replace her with Sif.

 

[Dalek]

I was about to ask this. Maybe they'll finally tell us now. I hope it's Hail Hydra.

.

 

[Lord Fagan]

Sounds like a great creative team. I'll put this on my pull.

 

[Emperor_EL]

Beta Ray Bill better be in this.

 

[mreddie]

What did Fury say to make him unworthy?

MEI IS BAE?

 

[guek]

This was one of the all time greatest moments. Hyperion and Thor facing certain death and laughing.

most def. Theirs was a bromance for the ages.

 

[Slayven]

Let get the band together again

 

[Slayer-33]

That was definitely the implication but as Aaron didn't write that, I guess he's ignoring it.

Dat laugh is avatar worthy *upper left on bottom page*

 

[Sinatar]

That was definitely the implication but as Aaron didn't write that, I guess he's ignoring it.

Fuck I miss Hickman writing Avengers so much. He was so good.

 

[KHlover]

Dat laugh is avatar worthy *upper left on bottom page*

That panel looks sooo much like Oliver Queen from DC with longer hair.

 

[bananas]

What did Fury say to make him unworthy?

MEI IS BAE?

but that's tru tho

 

[Volimar]

Does Jane do all that Thorspeak or does she still speak normally?

 

[SRG01]

I seriously hope we get some resolution into how Thor was made unworthy in the first place.

 

[Lashley]

Does Jane do all that Thorspeak or does she still speak normally?

Thor speak whilst she's in Thor "form"

 

[Broken Joystick]

That panel looks sooo much like Oliver Queen from DC with longer hair.

 

[Slayven]

Why can't Thor keep an arm?

 

[B-Dubs]

Spoiler

At the end of Jason Aaron's Thors tie-in book for Secret Wars Ultimate Thor's hammer ended up in the regular universe.

Spoiler

Didn't he lift the hammer right before he and Hyperion died or something?

Spoiler

He just couldn't life the Unworthy Hammer at the end of it.

I hope him and Hyperion team up for an arc or two so they can just be bros again.

 

[dabig2]

Loved the way Hickman wrote Thor. Dad/viking god warrior Thor is so much better than the whiny, drunk hobo Thor Aaron wrote. I'm not a big Thor reader but I thought he had already evolved past his hammer, at least enough not to become the shell he became.

 

[KevinCow]

Two Thor comics? Sounds good to me. (Assuming this doesn't start with Jane dying.)

 

[Baroquemantic]

What makes 1610 artificial or ultimate?

 

[KenzinFive]

The Mighty Thor and The Unworthy Thor are good ways to distinguish between the two titles. I hope Jane sticks around as Thor, because her storyline of her dying with cancer outside of her Thor form creates an unfortunate countdown. They might pull something where she's resurrected though.

I think it's better to refer to him as Thor Odinson and keep Jane as just Thor, just to keep things easy to understand.

 

[ev0]

That was definitely the implication but as Aaron didn't write that, I guess he's ignoring it.

Wasnt the deal that that hammer was Thorr's hammer and he was evil and I believe it says on his hammer you must be unworthy to wield it, hence Odinson being able to?

"Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be UNWORTHY, shall possess the power of Thorr"

 

[Pai Pai Master]

They've been calling him Odinson for a while now instead of Thor. That'll probably stick.

 

[Mafro]

Aaron & Coipel creative team on a proper Thor solo book? I'm in.

 

[BKatastrophe]

I kind of don't want him to have Mjolnir again because I like the Unworthy version too much. Cape, Jarnbjorn, Uru arm, and WAR GOATS. I love it too much. I don't want it to go away.

.

"I said youse a punk bitch"

 

[Dalek]

Wasnt the deal that that hammer was Thorr's hammer and he was evil and I believe it says on his hammer you must be unworthy to wield it, hence Odinson being able to?

"Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be UNWORTHY, shall possess the power of Thorr"

Correct-and him sacrificing himself with Hyperion to stop the Beyonders made him worthy again and then he couldn't use Thorr's hammer.