Marvel’s God of Thunder undergoes sex change

Los Angeles: He is famed as the God of Thunder, but Thor is to change sex, launching an “all-new era” for the comic book icon, its publishers said. Marvel Comics will introduce the female Thor in its latest comic series in October, it announced, stressing that the new Thor is not “She-Thor” or “Thorita.”

It was not immediately clear if the sex change will be taken over in the movie version of “Thor,” a huge box office hit in recent years. “The inscription on Thor’s hammer reads ‘Whosoever holds this hammer, if HE be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor’,” said Marvel editor Wil Moss.

“Well it’s time to update that inscription.” “The new Thor continues Marvel’s proud tradition of strong female characters like Captain Marvel and Storm, Black Widow,” he said.