Thor: Ragnarok
Marvel Comics is about to insert a whole new reading of Valkyrie , one clearly inspired by Tessa Thompson ’s eccentric in the movieThor : Ragnarok .
Last year’sRagnarokwas a box office juggernaut , and it introduced moviegoers to a whole new superhero . Tessa Thompson played Valkyrie , a drunken warrior cleaning lady who proved quite pop . Although theValkyrie character was lift from the comics , she was heavy adapted for the Marvel Cinematic Universe . The strip have traditionally portrayed Valkyrie as a busty blonde - haired warrior cut back in tight - fitting armor . Instead , Ragnarokdirector Taika Waititi reinvent Valkyrieto add a dash of diversity to his film . Thompson ’s costume was visually striking , but was more leather than metal .
Marvel Comics is choosing to follow Waititi ’s lead , usher in a whole new Valkyrie . Part of a attribute - hop superteam , this Valkyrie is by choice patterned after Thompson . “Though she ’s not technically from the Marvel Cinematic Universe reality,“writer Saladin Ahmed explained,“she ’s basically the literalization of the larger - than - her - forcible - skeletal system swagger that Tessa Thompson displayed in Thor : Ragnarok , turned up to 11.“Artist Javier Rodriguez carefully created a design that mix the MCU and comic book versions , and series editor Will Moss excitedly depict the fictitious character ’s strong-arm design as a"nice combo . "
This is a smart advance on Marvel ’s part . The Modern Valkyrie will be introduced in the upcoming serial publication ofExiles , a comic that ’s traditionally allow Marvel to reinvent their bomber . The Exiles are the withstander of reality itself , travel across the attribute to fight evil . They ’ve always tended to include substitute - worldly concern rendering of mainstream heroes ( usually X - human race ) . This clock time round , the team is go by the teleporter Blink , the time - traveling Iron Lad , an of age version of Ms. Marvel known as Khan , and a cunning cartoon version of Wolverine . The Valkyrie who link up up will be " Lone Defender of Asgard " . She ’s described as"a tankard - drain , maiden - wooing , giant - off thunderbolt of a fair sex . "
Attentive reader will have noticed that Marvel is try out to reorientate its comics around the films . The publishing company hada difficult year in 2017 , with poor sales and a succession of dirt . Their strategy seems to be to shift to reflect the films , and not just the MCU movies , either . Exilesincludes a reading of Blink , a lineament who plays a prominent role in the ten - Men TV seriesThe Gifted . Marvel also late announced aDominocomic , capitalizing on the soldier of fortune ’s upcoming show inDeadpool 2 . Naturally , it ’s far too soon to say whether or not this strategy will yield off .
The intriguing question is whether or not the picture will actually adapt this mind from the funnies . Thompson ’s Valkyrie was tremendously popular . Meanwhile , Chris Hemsworth is coming to the end of his contract as Thor . It ’s possible Marvel Studios will figure Valkyrie as the " Lone Defender of Asgard " . In that case , theExilesseries could test the ground for future solo Valkyrie picture .
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