I have posted about Thor several times this year despite not being the biggest Thor fan:
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Surely, I would have found comics through those shows if not from my Dad.
It would be a couple of years (three, precisely) until I got my first Thor comic.
It would be a couple of years (three, precisely) until I got my first Thor comic.
And as I confessed in the posts above, I dropped the Immortal Thor comic in 2024 because I needed to save money, and it was in back log.
But then I caught up. I will be posting on the genius of The Immortal Thor some time before the year is out.
Moreover, now that Ewing has revealed that the twenty-five issues of The Immortal Thor was act one of a three-act story, can we expect that acts two and three will each be two years or 25 issues in the making?
We shall see.
The The Immortal Thor, which is now titled The Mortal Thor, went from back log (which means unread and deep in the stack) and then dropped to one of my favorite comic books right now, top five of Marvel comics for sure!! Maybe top five overall. Have to think about that.
The Mortal Thor comic just came out and I read it last night. LOVED IT. So great to see Pascual Ferry's art again.
Here's the SCREEN RANT teaser from June about the changes to Thor and the entire Marvel universe.
I am here for it. Changing established conventions to tell good stories is what this art form is all about.
Thanks for tuning in.
https://screenrant.com/thor-remove-continuity-avengers-lore-change-beta-ray/
Marvel Officially Removes Thor from Official Continuity, Replacing Him with a Shock Hero
In a seismic change to Marvel lore, Thor - the God of Thunder - has been officially removed from the publisher's mainstream continuity. The hero is no longer considered a founding Avenger (with another hero taking his place) and has a totally new name and status quo not connected to any of Marvel's other heroes.
In probably the biggest comic event of 2025, Thor is no longer a part of Marvel lore, and he's taken all of Asgard with him, relegating Loki, Odin, Sif and all the other gods to their own separate continuity, erased not just from Earth-616's present but also its past. Here's everything you need to know.
With Thor gone from Marvel lore, a new hero takes his place as a founding member of the Avengers.
In today's The Immortal Thor #25 - from Al Ewing, Jan Bazaldua, Justin Greenwood, Pasqual Ferry, Matt Hollingsworth, Romulo Fajardo Jr and Joe Sabino - Thor dies after being stabbed in the back by Loki. Meanwhile, Thor's ally Skurge shatters the Rainbow Bridge, cutting the Asgardians off from all contact with the Marvel Universe, including its history. The issue confirms that:
All links between Asgard and Midgard were sundered. Even in history. Even in memory.
However, Loki's murder of his brother isn't as simple as it looks. Loki has used a cosmic artifact known as an Eternity Arrow, 'sacrificing' their brother in a way that has rewritten reality. While Thor is dead - he passes into the afterlife and his physical body dies - he is then reborn in a new body as a mortal being.
The Immortal Thor series ends this issue, with Marvel launching a follow-up series titled The Mortal Thor, beginning August 27, from the same creative team. But with Thor gone from Marvel lore, who is taking his essential place in all of Earth-616's most iconic moments? And what is the former god's new name and status quo as a mortal?
Thor Has Been Replaced by Beta Ray Bill
His Blood Brother Is Now a Founding Avengers Hero
The Immortal Thor #25 shows that even as Thor is erased from history, his place is taken by Beta Ray Bill. Beta Ray Bill is now considered a founding Avenger, presumably taking Thor's place in all the iconic moments previously featuring the Asgardian God. It's a smart choice, given that Beta Ray Bill and Thor have similar powers and perspectives. But who is this horselike hero?
The hero is an alien from planet Korbin who underwent experimental enhancements to protect his homeworld from the demonic being Surtur.
Introduced in 1983's Thor #337, Beta Ray Bill is a creation of iconic Thor artist and wrtier Walter Simonson. The hero is an alien from planet Korbin who underwent experimental enhancements to protect his homeworld from the demonic being Surtur - a longtime enemy of Asgard. Bill is one of the few people to prove themselves worthy of Mjolnir, gaining the abilities of the mighty Thor and becoming his closest ally and blood brother
Odin's respect for Beta Ray Bill resulted in him creating a second hammer similar to Mjolnir - a golden hammer named Stormbreaker, which grants Beta Ray Bill Thor's powers when held. More recently, Bill lost Stormbreaker and took up the fiery sword Twilight, which he claimed from Surtur's realm, though it's unclear whether this will remain true in Marvel's rewritten timeline, especially because it was Thor who broke Stormbreaker in the first place.
Bill is the former lover of Sif and possesses a sentient spaceship named Skuttlebutt. Without his hammer, he reverts to his far weaker Korbinite form - a humanoid alien - though he has been locked in his stronger appearance since the hammer was shattered. It will be interesting to see how Beta Ray Bill's lore changes as the Asgardian gods are removed from history, especially given they played such a big part in empowering him. The answers will likely come in The Mortal Thor...
Thor Has a New Name as a Mortal Hero
And a New Love Interest Is on the Horizon
While Thor's past as a god and superhero have been erased, the individual character still exists. The end of the issue shows him reborn on Earth as a human, taking the name Sigurd Jarlson. It appears Thor has no memories of his godly past, and will be guided in his new life by a mortal Loki, who has taken the name 'Lucky.' This isn't the first time Thor has used this name - in the 1980s, Thor spent a short time using this name while posing as a human construction worker.
It's clear that as Sigurd, Thor is truly mortal, though Al Ewing's cover for Mortal Thor #2 does show him clutching a regular hammer while lightning strikes in the distance. Marvel's summary for Mortal Thor #1 reads:
The legend begins! The Norse Myths tell of Gods who walked the Earth, doing great deeds for the mortals who believed in them. But Asgard isn't real, and never was. The Gods never soared in our skies, never stood with our heroes, never fought for kindness or justice. It was all just a story. Nobody's coming to help us. But somewhere in the city... a man is waking up. A man with a hammer.
It's essentially guaranteed that this new status quo will last for several years in Marvel's comics.
In a recent interview with Comicbook.com, writer Al Ewing confirmed that Thor will have a new love interest who meets and loves him as a mortal. He also confirmed that classic villains Cobra, Mister Hyde, Grey Gargoyle and Radioactive Man will return, and Marvel has revealed that Thor will also face a motorcyle gang named the Thunder Gods, who work as enforcers for the evil Roxxon Corporation
All in all, it's seeming like The Mortal Thor will be a fascinating new way of looking at the classic character, with Ewing promising that some 'Tales of Asgard' issues will visit other Asgardians and show how their own lives and lore have changed - hopefully including Beta Ray Bill's newfound fame as a founding Avenger.
But Why Is Thor Turning Mortal?
Marvel Is Making a Huge Change, But It's All In the Name of a Great Story
The Immortal Thor #25 sees Thor confronted by his old human identity/godly brother Donald Blake. Transformed into Asgard's God of Lies, Blake argues that Thor's origin story is a lie - while he was sent to Earth to learn humility by Odin, he never shed his godly nature, and didn't have to suffer and fear like a mortal. Thor appears to take the lesson to heart, using his connection to the mortal Blake to return to life as a human.
The Mortal Thor will therefore see Thor finally living as a true human, with all the risk that entails. Given that Immortal Thor is a companion series to Immortal Hulk - which ran for 50 issues - it's likely that Thor will spend around 25 monthly issues as a mortal, meaning that this new status quo will last for several years in Marvel's comics. Fans will get the chance to see Thor go from heroic god to flawed mortal, facing his classic threats in all new ways, in a move that is reinventing the God of Thunder like never before.
The Immortal Thor #25 is available now, with The Mortal Thor #1 coming August 27.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2508.31 - 13:40
- Days ago: MOM = 3713 days ago & DAD = 367 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
- Days ago: MOM = 3713 days ago & DAD = 367 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
ADDED: For this week only (August 25-31 2025), in honor of the one year since, I am going to post at 13:40 Pacific Time. My Dad died at 13:40 Eastern, which would be 10:40 Pacific, but I am not going to make the conversion.
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