Thor is a character in the Marvel comics universe, based on the Norse god of the same name. Over time, various characters have taken on the role of Thor, and in late 2014 a female character became Thor. This caused the expected furore in Comic Book Fandom, but early issues of the female version of Thor wound up outselling the male version.
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- Marvel proudly presents Thor
- I Think Marvel Is Lying To Everybody About The New Female Thor (on io9) "Right now, it sounds like they're playing with semantics and turning "Thor" into a title to make it seem like they've switched the gender of one of their most major characters to seem gender-positive, when in fact they're just having a new character take the lead role in a comic, which happens all the time"
- The new Thor's here, and girl is she worthy