Still, Jane decides to take up the hammer one last time in the story ' The Death of the Mighty Thor (opens in new tab)', when the nigh-unkillable monster known as Mangog threatens Asgard. Valkyrie: Jane Foster #1 cover (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) However, Thor Odinson's approval of his successor's use of Mjolnir and bequeathing of his own name "Thor" and title as God of Thunder to her to did little dissuade his father Odin's anger that an unknown person - apparently not even an Asgardian - had laid claim to the mantle and powers of Thor.Īfter Thor Odinson (who hereafter becomes known only as 'Odinson' for some time) passes his name and powers onto the new Thor, readers learn that the new God of Thunder is, in fact, Jane Foster - and she's got an even bigger, more dire secret.Īs it turns out, every time she turns into the Mighty Thor and then reverts to her human form, the progress made in treating Jane's cancer is undone, leaving her in an unending state of terminal illness despite her continued heroism.Īll the while, as Jane suffers in her human form, she also serves as the representative of Earth/Midgard on the Asgardian Council of Worlds, creating a situation of intrigue in which she's secretly part of a group that is also looking to expose her secret life as the Mighty Thor. The Mighty Thor #1 page (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) The new Thor, whose true identity remained a mystery at the beginning of her own relaunched The Mighty Thor (opens in new tab) title, would quickly begin proving herself as a worthy successor to Thor Odinson (the original Thor) even aiding him in battle against Malekith (you know him from Thor: The Dark World) when the Dark Elf's monster managed to sever the Odinson's arm, later necessitating a magical Dwarf-made prosthetic. In the story Original Sin (opens in new tab), a bizarre villain known as The Orb steals and releases all the knowledge accumulated by the all-seeing Watcher in his role as the observer of the Marvel Universe - including all the secrets he knows that Marvel's heroes don't want to get out.Īs a result of these events, Thor becomes "unworthy" to lift his own hammer Mjolnir in accordance with the enchantment placed on it by his father Odin, leaving it unattended on the moon - unattended, that is, until a mysterious woman's hand picks it up, with its unseen owner turning into Thor. The Mighty Thor #700 cover art (Image credit: Marvel Comics)
How does Jane Foster become the Mighty Thor? Horrifically, not long after, Keith and Jimmy would both die in a car accident, while Jane would be diagnosed with terminal breast cancer.Īnd though that seems like the ending of Jane Foster's tale, in many ways, it's actually the beginning. Jane and her husband, Keith Kincaid, eventually separated when Thor came back into the picture, with Keith taking custody of his and Jane's son Jimmy. Still, Jane and Thor's tale wasn't over - though it was about to take a tragic turn. This arrangement wasn't fated to last, and Jane once again left Thor, this time marrying a mortal doctor while becoming a physician herself, and even having a child. Over the years, their romance would be rekindled when Jane was inadvertently merged with Sif, Thor's Asgardian paramour, similar to the way Thor and Donald Blake were each others' Asgardian and mortal counterparts. Odin subsequently offers Jane Foster a test to earn his permission to marry his Asgardian son - but Jane fails, leaving her bereft of her memories of Thor, and the two separate for a time. Journey Into Mystery #87 cover (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab)
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