Marvel Announces 'The Unworthy Thor' Comic

Can the Marvel Universe handle two Thors?

By Jesse Schedeen

Jason Aaron's Thor saga has grown too large for just one comic. Today Marvel revealed (via io9) that they'll be launching a second ongoing series called The Unworthy Thor as part of this fall's Marvel NOW relaunch.

For this new series, Aaron will be joined by superstar artist (and Thor veteran) Olivier Coipel to explore a pivotal new chapter in the life of the Odinson. This series will follow Thor's journey as he escapes captivity at the hands of The Collector and struggles to restore his heroic reputation. The series will build on the events of the Secret Wars tie-in mini-series Thors, as the Odinson attempts to claim the hammer of Ultimate Thor.

The Mighty Thor #1 cover by Olivier Coipel

Aaron told io9 that the Odinson isn't having the best of luck as the new series opens. "I’ve always written him as a guy who wakes up every morning, look at that hammer and know he would not know if was going to pick it up," he said. "It was always questioning his own worthiness, which is what made him such a great god the first time. So now he’s at the point where that’s been taken away. He failed for a reason we still don’t quite understand. He dropped the hammer and hasn’t been able to pick it up since. So then we go to a pretty dark place. A darker, more desperate, more driven version. The real fun of Thor is that he wields an axe now. He’s still out trying to fight the fight, but first he’s gotta be off on his own."

Aaron made it abundantly clear that The Unworthy Thor will coexist with The Mighty Thor rather than replacing it, and that Jane Foster and the Odinson will be following separate but interconnected paths over the course of the next year. Aaron said, "This was always kind of the plan. These characters have been set on very specific paths. It will take them apart sometimes, other times, they will come smashing back together. Right now they’re dealing with their own stuff... but expect them to come smashing back together pretty soon."

The Unworthy Thor #1 will it stores this fall.

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