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Thanks to Thor's adventures with the Avengers and as a solo hero, the hammer's ability to harness lightning and pack a god-smashing punch is well known. And while it's not always visible, the hammer has also usually carried an inscription, "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Despite all appearances, this inscription is not set in stone. Now, we're going to take a closer look at how Mjolnir's inscription has changed along Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 its wielders. This change occurred after Thor Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 himself to be unworthy of the hammer and was forced to give up its power on the Moon. While this was seemingly made possible due to the evil Captain America's convictions, this alteration was part of the crossover's reality-altering antics. Using Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 shards from the pieces of the Kobik cube, Elsie was able to temporarily change the inscription on Thor's hammer to be wielded only by the person who has the strongest will to carry Hydra's mission. As those shards faded away, the evil Captain America was no longer able to use Thor's hammer in Hydra's name, and he lost the power of the hammer to good old Steve Rogers. Thor Odinson forges a new hammer using the God Tempest after Jane Foster hurled the original into the center of the sun. This is another significant change in Marvel Comics because it shows that the hammer can be wielded by anyone who is worthy of its power. In the entire mythology of Thor, the whole inscription centers on being 'worthy' of lifting Mjolnir, and this revision to the inscription underscores how one's worthiness is ultimately the most important factor in wielding the power of Thor. By Kevin Irizarry May 14, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Continue scrolling to keep reading Click the button below to start this article in quick view. Juggernaut Vs. Thor - The Definitive Collecting Guide and Reading Order - Crushing Krisis

Ages ago, an unimaginably powerful cosmic storm called the God Tempest approached Asgard. Odinchief of the Norse gods, battled the storm for many days when it threatened Asgard. Once the storm was weakened enough, Odin defeated the God Tempest by trapping it into a chunk of Uru that had been given to him by the Dwarves of Nidavellir as a gift, after Odin saved their realm from an invasion of Trolls. The hammer was completed in seventeen weeks. Odin seals Mjolnir after failing to control its power. When Odin first tried to wield Mjolnir, he couldn't control it due to the God Tempest still retaining its power. The hammer devastated Asgard as it flew out of control. Out of spite, Odin cast an enchantment on the hammer to prevent anyone else from wielding it. The hammer was stored away where it sat for untold ages where the God Tempest would eventually die, but its power would remain inside Mjolnir. Although powerful in and of itself, the hammer also received several potent spells from Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2who slew the Frost Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 Laufey with it. Much later, Mjolnir was bequeathed to his son Thor, after he proved himself worthy through several trials. Thus, the history of Mjolnir follows that of Thor. After Nick Fury whispered Thor a revelation that consolidated the God of Thunder's deepest belief, that of Gorr the God-Butcher being right about claiming the gods were selfish and uncaring for mortals, Thor lost his confidence about his godhood and consequently his ability to wield Mjolnir. During Hydra 's takeover of the United States, Jane Foster was separated from the hammer and an alternate evil version of Captain America lifted it to prove the worthiness of his cause. Jane Foster had been fighting cancer even before lifting Mjolnir. Unfortunately for her, all progress from chemotherapy became lost whenever she used Mjolnir to transform into Thor. Since the magical transformation purged all toxins from Jane's body, it did so to the chemotherapy drugs, but left the cancer behind since it was part of her body. With the Mangog dead and Mjolnir destroyed, Jane returned to her human form and succumbed to her cancer; [16] however, she was successfully revived by the Asgardians and the God Tempest, which had been set free following Mjolnir's destruction. Jane later handed Thor a small piece of Mjolnir she was able to retrieve. Near the end of the War of the RealmsThor nailed himself to Yggdrasil, which was growing out of the surface of the Sun to gain knowledge on how to rescue his parents from the clutches of Malekith. Thor was forced to sacrifice one of his eyes and the last remaining shard of Mjolnir in his possession to unlock the answers. During the final battle against Malekith, the God Tempest manifested in the Sun, and Thor commanded it from Earth to reforge his weapon. The restored Mjolnir then made landfall at Thor's feet, becoming able to wield it once again upon his realization that the constant struggle to be worthy was itself what made him worthy. Its inscription was also changed to "if they be worthy. Mjolnir was crafted from a nugget of Urua powerful nigh-invulnerable Asgardian metal. Almost nothing is capable of withstanding a blow from Mjolnir, not even the armor of the powerful Celestials. In later years, Mjolnir demonstrated to possess remnants of the God Tempest's sentience. Moving on its own, [21] Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 preventing Odin from lifting it. One of the hammer's most notable attributes is its worthiness enchantment. This spell surrounding Mjolnir prevents it from being wielded by anyone save those who have been found worthy. To anyone else, Mjolnir can't be lifted from the ground. Those who are deemed worthy are able to wield Thor's powers and access to the hammer's countless mystical attributes and powers such as manipulation of the fundamental forces of the universes, including the electromagnetic spectrum [22] and gravity. The Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 is so powerful that even with the hammer cut in half, it's still in effect. Odin himself can also alter the enchantment, allowing somebody the hammer wouldn't naturally deem worthy to use it, [25] or preventing somebody, even Thor, from lifting it. Mjolnir and its user share a mystical link that allows the latter to command the hammer. If the wielder's will is strong enough, Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 hammer can pass through nearly any barrier to reach them should they so choose; Mjolnir will even carve its way through the very center of entire planets to get back to its master. When Thor was a civilian, the hammer most often became an old wooden cane. While employing a mortal guise, Thor would transform back into his mortal form if he was separated from Mjolnir for more than sixty seconds. Weather Manipulation: Wielding Mjolnir grants its master the ability to control the base elements of a storm, i. They can create giant raging electrical storms complete with thunder, lightning, hurricane-force winds, tornadoes, blizzards, tidal waves, exploding volcanoes, earthquakes and torrential rains across entire planets at a moment's notice. It can also create any of these phenomena individually. Another aspect of this power allows them to stop any of these weather conditions instantly as well. Its user can create storms on a planetary wide scale or larger if needed, and is not limited to the normal limits of Mother Nature and can go beyond and defy what natural weather can do such as creating rain in space where there is no atmosphere. The ability of Mjolnir's wielder to control and create storms extends to any and all storms as he has been shown to control and create raging temporal storms in time, create Solar Flares, powerful stellar winds in space and so on. Flight: Mjolnir's user is capable Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 hurling Mjolnir with great force and, by holding onto the leather thong, is capable of flying through the air at tremendous speeds. While in an Earth-like atmosphere, Thor generally flew at roughly the Speed of Sound, roughly miles per hour. Thor could fly so fast that he is invisible to the naked eye. It has been established that the speed of Thor's hammer transcends both time and space. Energy Projection: With Mjolnir, its weilder can project powerful mystical beams of energy. He can even channel energies for stronger energy attacks. Energy Sensing: Mjolnir can detect practically all types of energy. Mjolnir can also track down the energy pattern of someone in hiding, [46] detect any Asgardian 's aura by their electrons discharge, [47] and Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 sense and track the energy radiating from mystical objects. Energy Absorption and Redirection: Thor is able to use Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 to absorb any energy blasts directed towards him as means of attack. Thor has used Mjolnir to reflect the vast and hazardous amounts of energy being emitted by the biological weapon implanted within the Wasp 's body by the Skrulls back at her while all of Earth's other super humans were helpless. Thor used Mjolnir to absorb Ultron's entire energy source, the Silver Surfer 's Power Cosmic[49] Sky-Walker 's Cosmic Tempest, [50] radioactive energy, [51] magnetism [52] such as Magneto 's personal magnetic field, [53] and a portion of Pangoria 's planetary magnetic field. Mjolnir's ability to absorb energy is so powerful he managed to absorb, contain and redirect the entire energy of the Null Bombwhich was powerful enough to destroy the entire galaxy, [54] absorb mystical energies, such as Pluto 's mystic flame. Teleportation : By grasping Mjolnir by the leather thong and rapidly swirling it, Thor can channel energies for the purpose of Wormholes through means of a vortex [58] and in this vortex time has no meaning, which means he and others can pass Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 it to their destinations instantaneously. Matter Manipulation: By spinning Mjolnir in a precise manner at cyclotronic speeds, Thor can manipulate matter from a molecular level to a vast scale, which allows him to create other configurations and even allows him to transmute the elements themselves. This ability was evident when he transmuted the Absorbing Man 's wood and iron body to the gas helium. Cosmic Energy: Mjolnir allows Thor to produce and control Cosmic Energy to an unknown limit for a variety of purposes. Electromagnetic Spectrum Manipulation : Thor was able to absorb and manipulate the electromagnetic energies of the Celestial Mothership. Event Recall: Thor can use Mjolnir to recall past events. Transmigration of Souls : Thor's hammer has the ability to manipulate souls. Life Force Absorption: Thor used this ability on the super villain the Presencewho was forced to surrender to prevent himself from being reduced to a lifeless husk. Illusion Detection: Mjolnir can distinguish images, holograms, and different illusions from reality: Thor once commanded the hammer to strike the demon lord Mephisto, who was hiding among false images of himself. Interdimensional Messaging: Thor can used Mjolnir to send psychic messages between the nine realms. Transformation: When Thor was living on Earth under his mortal guisehe could use Mjolnir to transfer from his Donald Blake persona into Thor and vice versa. Thor loses this ability when Odin permanently separates the two personas. Immunity to Other Forces: Even without activating the powers of Mjolnir, Thor's hammer, enchanted by Odin, is impervious to nearly all forms of change, as he himself claimed that no power in the universe but the All-Father's could affect Mjolnir, shown when Amora 's magical efforts during her first confrontation with Thor to change it into a deadly serpent availed her naught. Allspeak : Thanks to the Allspeak, the wielder of Mjolnir can communicate with and be understood by all races. During a brief battle with an Alternate UniverseMjolnir was taken by Hyperion and used against Thor. Hyperion, thinking Thor beaten, simply dropped the hammer as he no longer needed it. Thor eventually went back to wielding his original Asgardian hammer. After the Ultimates battled Ultron and MagnetoThor lost his hammer to Magneto, who was able to manipulate it because iron was used in its construction. Thor sacrificed himself to Valhalla in order to save the life of Valkyrie. When the remaining heroes defeated and killed Magneto, Valkyrie became the new wielder of Mjolnir. Thor inevitably returned when Loki murdered Valkyrie, and she took his place in Valhalla. Thor once again wielded Mjolnir and the heroes were able to defeat Loki. Shortly thereafter, Gregory Stark attempted to cause unrest in Korea. When he was confronted by the Ultimates, he managed to take Mjolnir from Thor and use it to subdue him as well as Captain Americabefore slamming the ground with it causing a massive shock wave which stunned everyone within range. Thor managed to regain Mjolnir and killed Gregory with a lightning bolt. Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 Yggdrasil drained of the Odinforce, Thor has become mortal again. When Tony Stark returned an enhanced version of Thor's former power harness, he once again wielded a similar Axe-Hammer that was given to him by the E. Thor's son Modi, corrupted by the World Tree returned to earth with the Uru Mjolnir in a quest to establish his kingdom on Earth. When Thor slew his son in combat, the Thunder god continued to use the Stark Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 of Mjolnir as well as the linking bio- suit. After the death [96] and rebirth of Earth, an Earth Mjolnir appeared in the Realm of Asgard and landed in ruined City of Asgard. The Collector told Thor that he wanted to wield the Mjolnir, but it had killed anyone who attempted to lift it with the exception of the Collector himself, though the Collector was still unable to budge it. This had forced the Collector to take the entire City of Asgard in order to bring the hammer with him. The Mad Titan Thanos sent his Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 Proxima Midnight and Black Swan to help a unknown cloaked individual retrieve the hammer as a tribute in order to curry Thanos' favor. A fight eventually ensued between the three sides over the future ownership of the hammer. Feeling unworthy of the hammer, Thor chose to leave the hammer in the City of Asgard so no other villain could abuse its Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2. Days later, [9] Volstagg appeared and claimed the hammer for himself, proclaiming that the Nine Realms needed a new kind of Thor and he would become that Thor, namely the War Thor. The hammer gave Volstagg incredible power, but it also caused him to become uncontrollable with rage and lashed out at anyone he perceived as an enemy, even allies and innocent civilians. Volstagg gave up the hammer, and the Odinson ordered the hammer to return to the Old City of Asgard where it belonged. The hammer obeyed and went back to Old Asgard in the Asgard-realm. Odinson left his goat Toothgnasher in charge Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 guarding the hammer so it didn't corrupt anyone else. The hammer later changed its mind about being separated from Volstagg and made its way to Asgardia where Volstagg was. It was once again able to tempt Volstagg with its power, transforming him back into the War Thor. Volstagg flew off with the hammer and traveled through the Ten Realms while wondering what his next move should be. Thor, Volume 2: Who Holds the Hammer? by Jason Aaron

In an effort to solve the mystery of the identity of the new Thor, the Odinson shows a new side to him, as a detective. This battle is a slobber knocker. It does stylistically sing like the one with the frost giants in the previous arc. This o. This one is just pure power. The Odinson brought friends and his mother, to aid Thor. The last page reveal gives us an unlikely new secret identity for Thor and this reader approves of it. Annual - The annual had three stories, and my favorite would have to be the one about Thor's granddaughters. This is a nice coda to the last Old King Thor story arc that ended Aaron previous Thor title and it's a nice callback to the old Ragnarok stories from the Tales of Asgard backup stories on the original Thor title. The bonus chapter is a "What If" story that makes sense considering the person behind the hammer. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2. Return to Book Page. Preview — Thor, Volume 2 by Jason Aaron. Thor, Volume 2: Who Holds the Hammer? Thor 2 by Jason Aaron Writer. Russell Dauterman Illustrator. Punk. Jorge Molina Illustrator. Noelle Stevenson. Rob Guillory Illustrator. Marguerite Sauvage Illustrator. Timothy Truman. Who is Thor? That's the question on everyone's lips. Most especially Prince Odinson of Asgard. This volume, he starts to narrow down the list of suspects. Meanwhile, tensions continue to flare between the All-Mother and All-Father, Malekith forges his most dangerous pact yet, and Thor prepares to face her greatest challenge! Collecting : ThorAnnual. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. Thor 2Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 Single IssuesAnnual 1. Other Editions 9. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Thor, Volume 2please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Nov 29, Anne rated it liked it Shelves: comicsgraphic-novelskindlemarvel-unlimitedread-in Still, the 3 issues of Thor were good, and the big reveal was quite dramatic. In the background, Malekith is plotting to take over every world connected to Yggdrasil, and Mr. Minotaur is plotting to strip them of their resources. But the majority of the story is Thor the dude trying to figure out the identity of Thor the chick. I thought he was pretty decent about the whole thing. Last time around, he was a bit ragey and over-the-t 3. Last time around, he was a bit ragey and over-the-top, but now he seems to simply need to know to get some closure. By the last issue, he's checked everyone off his list except one person, and he's pretty Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 he knows who is wielding Mjolnir. So, when the new Thor finds herself outnumbered and under attack from Odin's super-weapon, he and his mother use his Maybe She's Thor list to put together an army of warriors. Not -Lady-Thors to the rescue! And I'm pretty sure Aaron knew that, too. So who's the new Thor?! Gosh, I can't believe you dummies didn't figure that out! I had no idea who it was, and wouldn't have pieced it together. Unfortunately, I wasn't surprised by the reveal, either. But I would have been! If I didn't get frustrated by MU's 6 month lag time, and read the spoilers a while back. Especially since it seems that the reason traditional medicine isn't working is because of magical reasons. She said there was always a price to be paid for using magic, but, you know, she's dying from wielding the hammer. Should balance itself out, right? Yes, I thought so. I wish it had been a bit longer, and maybe hadn't ended quite so abruptly, but you can't have everything. The Annual issue had 3 throwaway stories in it, and while they were't awful, they really weren't anything t write home about, either. According to Sesana's review there was also a classic Thor story included in this, but since I read this as single issues on Marvel Unlimited, I didn't see that one. Can't say I'm sorry I missed it, though, because she didn't seem all that impressed. Overall, I thought this was a great title, and waaaay better than I ever dreamed it would turn out. Hopefully, we'll continue to see more of this character in the future, but for now it looks like her story will continue in Thors: Battleworld. View all 10 comments. So here it Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 at last: Jason Aaron is finally done teasing readers with the identity of the new Thor as she removes her helm and reveals herself to be… It is a surprise though and I loved the choice of who the new God of Thunder really is. The story in this volume is a bit thin as Aaron basically puts everything on the big reveal at the end to keep readers going. His conclusions prove he is no detective. Thor Annual 1 is also included which features three short stories. This was surprisingly the best story in the book for me. Good stuff - the wrestler can write and Rob Guillory is still the best! Why only collect the current issues up to 8? But there are a number of potentially electrifying storylines now set up that can be fully explored in the forthcoming new series. Thor is a series that continues to be worthy of picking Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 - long may she be with us! View 2 comments. Oct 07, Kemper rated it liked it Shelves: comics, marvelsuperhero. Just kidding. This came out almost 5 years ago so that info has already fallen so far into the realm of common nerd knowledge even the reveal of the cast of the next Thor movie gave it away. Still, I very much enjoyed Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? Vol. 2 particular run with a mysterious woman wielding the hammer as original Thor struggles to deal with his new unworthy status. Imagine that. The annual included here has 3 lightweight but fun stories too.