The idea of a female Thor and a bisexual Valkyrie have the Marvel fanboys in a state … but the franchise is just reflecting the way the world isCaptain Marvel may have ruled the box office this spring, but Avengers: Endgame was still Iron Man and Captain America’s show.
So when female fans woke up last Sunday to the news of a female Thor, a Black Widow movie and a bisexual Valkyrie, some wondered if they were still dreaming.
The announcements at San Diego Comic-Con about Phase 4 of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe (McU) appeared to promise a more gender-balanced future.The most prominent was that Natalie Portman’s Dr Jane Foster would take the hammer from Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, becoming Mighty Thor.
Social media exploded and divided, with fanboys declaring that Marvel had gone “feminist”.
There was an easy comeback: the Thor story is based on an
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