Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Okie Geek Blog Applauds Marvel For New Female Thor

News has come out that coming up in October a new series of Thor is coming out where the famous hammer, Mjolnir, is going to be wielded by a woman.

The better news is that this character will be named THOR!

Not Thor Girl or She-Thor or Thorina or anything like that, just Thor.

What a fantastic idea!

Marvel is recently finding success in its female characters with She-Hulk, Black Widow and Captain Marvel all having fantastic solo ventures.

(FYI, Did you notice none of those covers in the links above had the women scantily clad)

The biggest new female superhero to drop recently was Ms. Marvel.

The character who takes up the moniker of Ms. Marvel after Carol Danvers promotion to captain isn't just a female, but a Muslim!

Marvel was certainly taking a big risk, but it paid off.

Ms. Marvel #1 succeeded probably better than anyone could imagine as it's already getting a 4th printing.

The funny thing is Marvel execs are no longer hiding the fact that the goal of these books is to appeal more to women.

Over the past decade more and more women are getting interested in all forms of geek culture including comic books.

And more and more women are finding success in the industry as writers and artists.

But, the truth is there are many of us men, myself very much included, who enjoy the stories where the main character is a woman.

While the comics are finally starting to enter the 21st century in putting women in their own works, Hollywood has yet to figure it out.

Since the modern superhero movie began with Bryan Singer's X-Men in 2000 there have only been two major superhero motion pictures with women in the lead role: Catwoman and Elektra.

That's right the only two female superhero movies in 14 years focused on a thief and an assassin.

Neither film found much success, but let's face it, neither of them has the star quality of someone like Wonder Woman.

Comic book movies are at their height, and, sadly, that won't last forever.

Before the genre comes to an end let's make sure to give women the chance to save the world while the men watch in awe!

So what female super heroes would you like to see on the Silver Screen? Let me know in the comments...

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