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RFX, any idea if this is just THOR Thor in a female body, or a completely new character? It's not Lady Sif or Jane Foster or anything, right?
Black Captain America should be good... and for anyone complaining... He has been black 2 times before this, one of which, was the Falcon filling in just like this time. Thor has also been portrayed as female and while I don't believe Earth X was canon, none of this is new. Even Iron Man was originally created by Stan Lee as a test to see how despicable a hero could be and still maintain the support of the public... so seeing him as a grey area hero or even a villain isn't much of a stretch
While I would like to think this is some kind of ideological solidarity from Marvel, I know better and see it for what it is. Disney is trying to make more money through Marvel and expand their sales through different demographics and even more so sensational headlines. Instead of creating more new minority and female characters or incorporating lesser known minority and female characters in leading roles, they change the well known ones because they know it will generate a lot more publicity.
Personally, I would have rather seen them re-instate the Bradley family with Isaiah Bradley as Captain America, while keeping the Falcon around as well. It would have been great to see them bring back Josiah X and the Patriot, effectively having a mainstream comic book with 4 black leads.
Black Captain America should be good... and for anyone complaining... He has been black 2 times before this, one of which, was the Falcon filling in just like this time. Thor has also been portrayed as female and while I don't believe Earth X was canon, none of this is new. Even Iron Man was originally created by Stan Lee as a test to see how despicable a hero could be and still maintain the support of the public... so seeing him as a grey area hero or even a villain isn't much of a stretch
While I would like to think this is some kind of ideological solidarity from Marvel, I know better and see it for what it is. Disney is trying to make more money through Marvel and expand their sales through different demographics and even more so sensational headlines. Instead of creating more new minority and female characters or incorporating lesser known minority and female characters in leading roles, they change the well known ones because they know it will generate a lot more publicity.
Personally, I would have rather seen them re-instate the Bradley family with Isaiah Bradley as Captain America, while keeping the Falcon around as well. It would have been great to see them bring back Josiah X and the Patriot, effectively having a mainstream comic book with 4 black leads.
Which is the point being driven home by many online. It's a cheap tactic. Unfortunately, Marvel doesn't have many viable characters so this is why Thor is now a woman. At least the change her name. She is not Thor.
at Thot. Some people are calling her Whor.
I'll say this much right now which seems to constantly be downplayed. Marvel is doing this to make money. They're specifically doing this cuz they know it'll make money.Black Captain America should be good... and for anyone complaining... He has been black 2 times before this, one of which, was the Falcon filling in just like this time. Thor has also been portrayed as female and while I don't believe Earth X was canon, none of this is new. Even Iron Man was originally created by Stan Lee as a test to see how despicable a hero could be and still maintain the support of the public... so seeing him as a grey area hero or even a villain isn't much of a stretch
While I would like to think this is some kind of ideological solidarity from Marvel, I know better and see it for what it is. Disney is trying to make more money through Marvel and expand their sales through different demographics and even more so sensational headlines. Instead of creating more new minority and female characters or incorporating lesser known minority and female characters in leading roles, they change the well known ones because they know it will generate a lot more publicity.
Personally, I would have rather seen them re-instate the Bradley family with Isaiah Bradley as Captain America, while keeping the Falcon around as well. It would have been great to see them bring back Josiah X and the Patriot, effectively having a mainstream comic book with 4 black leads.
Which is the point being driven home by many online. It's a cheap tactic. Unfortunately, Marvel doesn't have many viable characters so this is why Thor is now a woman. At least the change her name. She is not Thor.
at Thot. Some people are calling her Whor.
Yeah, to some extent I feel like by doing stunts like this they essentially saying non-white heroes and female heroes can only be successful if they take the mantle from a preexisting white male hero. If Disney actually cared about female or Black heroes they would push the hundreds of pre-existing ones into greater prominence or put resources into having Marvel staff create new ones. This just feels like a blatant ploy and publicity stunt. It's almost like they do these kinds of things just to cause a ruckus on the internet for free publicity. I suppose, at least they're showing their willingness to put minority characters in important places in the Marvel Universe.
I don't expect this to last and would much rather see some new characters as permanent minority leads. Stunts like this are common and Comic book companies do cheap, temporary stuff like this all the time to generate interest and bolster sales. By doing something like this they can turn someone else taking up their role into an event and get some higher sales for a few first Issues.
Sidenote: Not feeling Cap's new look with the goggles...... I would have loved to see him keep the bird themed mask because that would be the most American costume ever
Black Captain America should be good... and for anyone complaining... He has been black 2 times before this, one of which, was the Falcon filling in just like this time. Thor has also been portrayed as female and while I don't believe Earth X was canon, none of this is new. Even Iron Man was originally created by Stan Lee as a test to see how despicable a hero could be and still maintain the support of the public... so seeing him as a grey area hero or even a villain isn't much of a stretch
While I would like to think this is some kind of ideological solidarity from Marvel, I know better and see it for what it is. Disney is trying to make more money through Marvel and expand their sales through different demographics and even more so sensational headlines. Instead of creating more new minority and female characters or incorporating lesser known minority and female characters in leading roles, they change the well known ones because they know it will generate a lot more publicity.
Personally, I would have rather seen them re-instate the Bradley family with Isaiah Bradley as Captain America, while keeping the Falcon around as well. It would have been great to see them bring back Josiah X and the Patriot, effectively having a mainstream comic book with 4 black leads.
Which is the point being driven home by many online. It's a cheap tactic. Unfortunately, Marvel doesn't have many viable characters so this is why Thor is now a woman. At least the change her name. She is not Thor.
at Thot. Some people are calling her Whor.
No, it's permanent.I imagine it'll only be for a short period.
To add to my last post:
Just peep Senior Executive Editor and VP of Marvel Tom Brevoort's tumblr ask pg to see the type of questions he's getting from alleged comic fans on the net and if you went back further you'd probably see worse stuff posted from other things Marvel did where they come to rant and vent.