![]() ![]() The two most prominent examples are Beta Ray Bill and Jane Foster, both of whom actually took the identity of Thor themselves, although in Bill's case it was only for a short time. Of course, whether the Marvel bullpen was actually trying to recapture the magic of Captain Marvel Adventures by giving it some of that hot Viking flavor is certainly up for debate. Better still, the stick itself transformed into Mjolnir. He discovered a stout stick in a cave, and when he smacked it against the ground, it transformed him with a thunderous blast into Thor, the World's Mightiest Immortal! Blake was then blessed with the strength of Thor, the power of Thor, and. Marvel's version of Thor was secretly Don Blake, a doctor whose injured leg led him to walk with a cane. In 1962, however, there was some interesting stuff going on with the god of thunder. He even shared his power with his sidekick, Captain Marvel Jr., whose secret identity was Freddy Freeman, a young man whose injured leg led him to walk with a crutch.Ĭaptain Marvel stopped being published in the '50s, though he would eventually come back as DC's Shazam, renamed for obvious reasons. In the Golden Age of Comics, young Billy Batson discovered a wizard in a cave and said the magic word "SHAZAM!" to transform with a thunderous blast into Captain Marvel, the World's Mightiest Mortal! He was blessed with the strength of Hercules, the power of Zeus, and the ability to outsell Superman for most of the '40s. As Thor explains, the belt "drains me so severely that I shall scarce be able to walk when I remove it." It exists in the MCU, too - Happy Hogan mentions that it's among the items being packed up when the team moves out of Avengers Tower in Spider-Man: Homecoming.įor the other, though, it seems like the Marvel masterminds may have been taking some inspiration from a lightning-powered hero who was a little more recent than the Prose Edda. However, the Megingjord shows up rarely on the page, and in order to explain why Thor doesn't just wear it all the time to double his strength, Marvel's version, according to Thor #363, takes a pretty serious toll on the god of thunder. Over the years, Marvel has added or adapted most of the mythological stories behind the Norse gods for their version, so it's not surprising that both of those items exist in the comics. So if you thought getting hit by a god with a hammer would hurt, imagine getting clocked by two gods with hammers at the same time, and you'll have an idea of how the Frost Giants felt. The first was the Jarngreipr, a pair of gauntlets known as the "Iron Grippers," and the second was the Megingjord, a belt that doubled his already considerable strength. ![]() ![]() In order to lift the weapon - a problem that he had to face long before Lee, Lieber, and Kirby added the enchantment about worthiness - he had to use yet another pair of magical accessories. And third, of course, was Mjolnir, which turned out to be a pretty good hammer.Īs a result, Thor could only wield it with one hand, and even he had trouble with it. Second was Draupnir, a magic golden ring that would produce nine identical golden rings every nine nights. ![]() First was Gullinbursti, a wild boar somehow made in a forge that could both run faster than a horse and glow in the dark. To rise to the challenge, the blacksmithing dwarves set about working their forge and, despite Loki's interference - which in this case involved turning into a bug and biting Sindri on the eye - they crafted a trio of treasures of their own. In this case, he made a wager with a pair of dwarves named Brokkr and Sindri - you may know them from 2018's God of War - betting that they couldn't craft three magical items that were the equal of Asgard's three greatest treasures: a head of hair woven from gold that was given to Sif after Loki shaved her head Skidbladnir, the greatest of all ships, which was large enough to carry all the gods but could be folded up to pocket size for convenience and Gungnir, the spear of Odin, which could unfailingly strike any target. Joking aside, Mjolnir actually has a pretty interesting origin story in the 13th-century Prose Edda, and like most Norse mythology, it involves Loki causing trouble. ![]()
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