Worthy

Worthy: King Thor

By Elias Rosner | Jan 1, 2021 | Annotations

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. In the end, there was darkness; a great yawning maw that filled the heavens with nothing but an […]

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Annotations

Worthy: “War of the Realms”

By Elias Rosner | Dec 18, 2019 | Annotations

The war, my friends, is at their door, with frost and fire and sword. Welcome back, one and all, to the column fit to hold the hammer. Welcome to the column that follows the moniker of Thor. Welcome back. . .to Worthy.

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Worthy: Thor in Hel and Other Stories

By Elias Rosner | Apr 3, 2019 | Annotations

A comedy ends with a wedding, a tragedy in death. But what happens when the story begins in Hel and ends with Marriage and a return to life? Well, you’ve got the first arc of the third and final act of Jason Aaron’s Thor epic. Welcome one and all to the column fit to hold the hammer. Welcome to the column that follows the moniker of Thor. Welcome back. . .to Worthy.

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Columns

Worthy: ‘The Death of the Mighty Thor’

By Elias Rosner | Jun 12, 2018 | Columns

The Unworthy Thor, the Odinson, is back at Jane Foster’s side. He fights to protect the realm but more so, he fights to protect his friend. He may not be a worthy god to the hammer but he hopes, he prays, that he is worthy to the one who wields it. Welcome back friends to […]

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Longform

Worthy: A Look Back on Jason Aaron’s Thors

By Elias Rosner | Nov 7, 2017 | Longform

There is an inscription, carved into a block of Uru, that holds back the power of storms: “Whosoever holds this hammer, if (s)he be worthy, shall possess the power of… Thor.” If you are worthy, you may lift this block and with it, command the storms. But where does this worth come from? Is the […]

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