Marvel Introduces All-New Ultimate Thor

SPOILERS For Unworthy Thor #5 Follow

The Odinson may not have lifted the Mjolnir of the Earth-1610, the Ultimate Marvel Universe, but someone is going to.

The conclusion to today’s The Unworthy Thor #5 sees a shadowy figure pick up the hammer of the Ultimate Thor and proclaim himself to be the War Thor. With that, Marvel teases the upcoming introduction of the “All-New Ultimate Thor.”

“This will be a new story that will kick off in the pages of The Might Thor after we wrap up ‘The Shi-ar-Asgard War,’” writer Jason Aaron told ComicBook.com in an interview. “This is the same hammer we saw come over from the Ultimate Universe through the events of Secret Wars but it will be a very new a very different sort of Thor. We meet over the course of that story.”

We do not know the identity of this Thor, but he says as he approaches the hammer that he has seen terrible things in the realms and must stop them. It is also worth noting that his dialogue is lettered in a fashion similar those who from one of the nine realms other than Midgard.

Let’s take a few guesses at who the All-New Ultimate Thor could be. Read through the slides to see our picks.

The synopsis for The Mighty Thor #20 has also been released, which will kick off the saga of the all-new Ultimate Thor. See it and the issues cover below.

MIGHTY THOR #20
JASON AARON (W) • RUSSELL DAUTERMAN & VALERIO SCHITI (A)
Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
Mary Jane Variant Cover by Patrick Brown
THE SAGA OF THE ALL-NEW ULTIMATE THOR STARTS HERE!
• The Ultimate Thor died defending the Multiverse, but his hammer remains. Who will hold the hammer now?
• War is coming to the Ten Realms. Can the new Ultimate Thor keep back the bloody tide?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Odin

Odin has been out of the spotlight for a while, but perhaps he’s back as the new War Thor?

There are a few hints that this All-New Ultimate Thor could be Odin. The cover of The mighty Thor #20 shows a Thor with a burly white beard and one eye in shadow, with are both features of Odin’s face.

Odin is also a Norse god of war, so perhaps that’s where the title “War Thor” comes from.  Perhaps Odin picks up the Ultimate Thor’s hammer to put an end to the wars taking place through the Ten Realms that have pulled apart his family.

What makes less sense is why Odin would need a hammer for that. Typically, Odin is considered vastly more powerful than even his mighty son.

Tyr

Tyr is another Asgardians who could make some sense as picking up the hammer to become the All-New Ultimate Thor.

Tyr is another Asgardian considered to be the Norse god of war. As such, it would make sese for him to feel the call to become Thor during a time of great war throughout the realms and to call himself the War Thor.

Tyr died and went sent to Hel. There he served as Hela’s loyal right hand. With Hela also returning in the pages of The Unworthy Thor #5, perhaps Tyr also came back and saw this as a good time to take up a new calling.

Ivory Honeyshot

Jason Aaron said that the All-New Ultimate Thor would be a very different kind of Thor. What could be more different in a Thor than actually being a Light Elf?

Sir Ivory Honeyshot is the light elf member of the League of Realms, a group of heroes put together first by the Odinson when he was Thor and then reassembled by Jane Foster as Thor in order to independently oppose Malekith’s attempt to sow destruction through the realms.

Honeyshot has been constantly frustrated by the Congress of World’s seemingly inability or unwillingness to help his people deal with the occupation of his realm by the Dark Elves. Perhaps he’s decided to take matter, and Mjolnir, into his own hands.