Thor Now a "Woman"

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 3:47 am

Ah, last I knew her transformation was permanent. I don't keep up on a lot of comics, because that requires a ton of money, or very obsessive piracy.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:13 pm

So...

1. Disney owns Marvel
2. Marvel owns Thor

Therefore Thor is a Disney-owned character.

3. Thor is the son of a king (Wothan, king of the gods).
4. Thor is now female.

Therefore Thor is a princess.

...Thor is now a Disney princess.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 2:26 pm

slow *clap*

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:53 pm

codeGlaze · Post by **codeGlaze** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:41 am

Koumei wrote:So...

1. Disney owns Marvel
2. Marvel owns Thor

Therefore Thor is a Disney-owned character.

3. Thor is the son of a king (Wothan, king of the gods).
4. Thor is now female.

Therefore Thor is a princess.

...Thor is now a Disney princess.

Probably could have argued for that before the gender bend, too.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:26 am

I could swear jokes like that existed prior to the new Thor, but I can't find any.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:33 am

I think there was one about Wolverine.

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:40 am

OK, I was wrong about the Angela from Spawn thing, and she's just going to remain Thor Odinson's (since Thor is apparently now a title and a name, that's what current Thor will be called in his Tetsuo getup) new sister. As far as obsessive piracy, without being too blunt it's a matter of five minutes if you change your pull date from Wed. to Thur., smaller publishers to some degree notwithstanding.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:41 am

Sure, it's simple to keep up with a comic, or even start reading a fairly recent one.

Starting something like Thor is a bit more daunting.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:47 am

Here's a cynical question.

If Disney/Marvel comics decided to go full-on affinity fraud with the troglodytes and have public firings of certain artists and Fox News segments decrying feminazis literally emasculating gods or whatever, how much money would that gain them if anything?

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:48 am

Oh, fuck, man, I read my dad's old Journey Into Mystery when I was 4, but that's not really what I'm talking about, since current storylines don't care about Rigellian Recorders and shit. In fact, I'd argue that Thor is generally better than average about being accessible to new readers every 12-18 issues, insofar as his shtick isn't that complicated.

Edit: I'd have to think about the whole Eric Masterson/Beta Ray Bill BS before fully committing to that, but still, fake Olde English/Bullfinch handwaving gets you 75% there.

Concise Locket · Post by **Concise Locket** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:27 pm

Lago PARANOIA wrote:Here's a cynical question.

If Disney/Marvel comics decided to go full-on affinity fraud with the troglodytes and have public firings of certain artists and Fox News segments decrying feminazis literally emasculating gods or whatever, how much money would that gain them if anything?

It would be negligible. In 1991, X-Men #1 sold 8.1 million copies at $1.50 a pop. Granted, it's a record setting number but Chris Claremont is a comics writer of the generation where if you don't clear at least 500,000 copies you're considered a failure.

The current run of Thor, which is much more sophisticated book in terms of art and story, cleared 36,500 copies at $3.99.

Disney makes its money on these characters from film ticket sales and merchandising all of which are driven by Chris Hemsworth.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:38 pm

Considering that we have a persistent thread of "Anime you've watched recently" but "Thor is a woman" is a new topic, it shows that these kinds of catchy changes do their job of keeping Marvel/DC in the headlines from time to time.