Things change in comics. It's a given. It seems that Marvel comics has been at the center of some controversy about their lack of female and 'persons of color' characters. Marvel's response? Make Thor a woman and Captain America black.
>From what's been reported, Thor will lose the ability to use his hammer and someone else who is worthy will pick it up and be the new Thor. Nothing has been said about the status of the god formerly know as Thor. I'm assuming he'll get a slick rune to replace his lost name. The only thing known about the woman who will pick up the hammer is that she will be worthy to be Thor, god of thunder. I expect that this'll run about 18 months before she sacrifices herself and the god formerly known as Thor will become worthy again. The more controversial move in my mind is replacing Steve Rogers as Captain America with Sam Wilson, his former partner, also known as the Falcon. Is it controversial because Sam is black? Not in the least, even though his past characterization does not fit the Captain America role. My problem with Sam is that he's a normal human. He doesn't have the physical strength to effectively handle Captain America's shield. When Bucky was briefly Captain America, he had to use his robot arm to make use of the shield. Sam just doesn't have the body to do the job. Maybe he'll be a kinder, gentler Captain America. I expect this to last a little over 2 years so they can milk it for all its worth story and news wise. Expect Steve Rogers to regenerate his super soldier serum within 12-15 months. Bottom line is that the more things change in comics, the more things stay the same. The status quo reigns supreme. As a side note on all this, Marvel has gotten praise for their new Ms. Marvel, a Pakistani-American Muslim from New Jersey. She started out shape shifted into the physical form of the previous Ms. Marvel, a standard hot WASP. This form didn't even last a whole issue before she settled down into her own body. A body that shares only one characteristic with the previous Ms. Marvel: gender. She's darker of skin, younger of year, flatter of chest, and the list goes on. The reader can identify with her rather than wishing they had the previous title holder's impossible body. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371763 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
