Marvel To Reveal Thors Life if He Never Lifted His Hammer – Screen Rant

The upcoming Avengers Reborn event will reveal an alternate history in which Thor was never worthy to lift his hammer Mjolnir.

For the past few years, Thor has had an on-again, off-again relationship with his signature hammer, Mjlnir. With the announcement of the new Heroes Rebornevent, launching out of Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinnessAvengers run, it looks as though the thunder god is once again on the outs with his trademark mallet - in fact, he never even picked it up.

As revealed inthe announcement trailer, Heroes Reborn is set in a Marvel Universe in which the Avengers never existed. Captain America was lost in WWII, Tony Stark was never trapped in a cave, and Carol Danvers never became a fighter pilot. Likewise, Thor is seen reimagined as a hard-drinking, hammer-loathing atheist who never became worthy to lift Mjlnir and receive his Odin-given powers.

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Enchanted by Odin to grant the wielder the powers of Thor, readers have seen a number of other characters from across the Marvel Universe prove themselves worthy enough to lift Mjlnir. From Jane Foster, to Steve Rogers, to a random mechanic in Oklahoma. Thor himself has, in the past, proven himself suddenly unworthyafter losing faith in the gods, and was therefore unable to carry Mjlnir. Seeing as how he dedicated much of his early life to proving himself worthy in the first place, witnessing a Thor who eventually gave up on that goal will be amassivedeparture for the god of thunder.

His presence on Earth and commitment to atheism also implies that this is a Thor who probably doesnt spend much, if any, time on Asgard. But then if Thor never lifted the hammer in the first place, Asgard may not have had much of a chance defending itself against any number of threats, from Mangog and Malekith to the wrath of Surtur and Ragnarok itself; all threats against which Thor alone triumphed in Marvel's current chronology. Loki is a notable entry on that list, butwithout the bitter jealousy Loki carried against his "worthy" brother, its likely that they have a very different relationship with one another in this alternate world - in fact, Loki himself may have ultimately proved worthy of the hammer.

Its also possible that this version of Thor simply remained trapped as Donald Blake,the human avatar he inhabited when he was first sent to Midgard by Odin to once again prove himself worthy of wielding the hammer. Without any clear interest in passing his fathers test, Mjlnir may still be on earth somewhere, waiting for someone worthy enough to lift it. With the Squadron Supreme looking to take the spotlight in Heroes Reborn and battle new hybrid versions of Marvels classic villains, it remains to be seen if the core Avengers will truly sit on the sidelines in this alternate reality. Either way, given how often, and how easily,Thor has lost access to Mjlnir in recent years, Heroes Rebornmay be an opportunity to rethink his primary choice of weapon.

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