Marvel's Thor Will Now Be A Woman

[Mizel]

Marvel Nerdist (http://www.nerdist.com/2014/07/marvels-thor-will-now-be-a-woman-in-the-comics/)

"The new storyline, launching this October, will be penned by writer Jason Aaron, which should come as a relief to Thor fans as he has written the character better than most in recent years. This comes as a major change for the Marvel Universe, especially considering that Thor is one of their oldest characters.

“The story behind her is that she created herself. She was saved by Thor, and she came down from Earth – followed him – and made herself look like Thor. And now she’s taking over.”"

Hmmmmmm.... this sounds really, really stupid.

[ROFLBRYCE]

It seems....interesting. I think they're going for the cashgrab. How many people are gonna go "They can't really pull this off, I've gotta see for myself!" And buy even just one issue? It's great marketing.

Definitely sounds weird though. Not sure if I'd be super in to it.

[Mizel]

I think it's going to be pretty awesome :)

I mean, they aren't getting rid of current Thor... the are just putting him on the sidelines for awhile and bringing in a new character. You see this a lot with comics. I bet the plan is to see how well femme Thor does. If she does well, she'll get her own title and old Thor will come back and have his again. If no one likes her, she'll just go away.

I am definitely curious to see what route they take with this.