We don't know exactly how many fans Val has. You forget, she was a core Defender for decades, and carried her own maxi-series and was the lead of Fearless Defenders, which DID have a vocal fandom. As for being loud ... well, I wouldn't guess that to be the case on this board, but you don't know. I'm hearing far more Jane bashing than Val love on this thread.
Especially when you are also told you don't exist, because NOBODY is a fan of Val ...or Sif. Which, when you think about it, is a really odd thing to say. I mean Sif and Val are both in the MCU! They have as much, if not more, exposure than Jane Foster. And they are WARRIOR WOMEN in the MCU!
You can also refuse to buy the book, but that's a silent singular protest.
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
I will check this book out, probably, but I'll fully admit I'd rather read about Val or Sif. I love them both.
But also... a think a big part of the problem was that first they just announced a Valkyrie book. I think most people were expecting that to mean Val. So, you get all excited, thinking a character you like is getting a solo...
... then you find out that she isn't, and also she's dead.
I think this would have been received somewhat differently if they just said it was Jane at the outset.
It could console Brunnhilde's fans if even in death she'd still see action in the afterlife… in whatever form it takes. Still, to be a supporting character in a title that is associated with her for decades, and not being able to interact with humans in a customary way…
Bait and switch, right?
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This kind of reminds me of Unstoppable Wasp where they gave the first Wasp solo to Nadia seemingly for synergy, although the writer did a lot to rectify that by bringing Jan in and making her such a focal part of the book.
Brunnhilde will still have a role here but she's dead so I imagine it will probably be limited compared to what Whitely did with Jan.
Personally...whatever my opinion on Jane I think it would've been a better move to make her a Valkyrie with her own book without needing to kill all the others off. That just seems excessive to make sure one character is the sole individual with that title.
Ewing tried to justify it by saying that Jane basically has to rebuild the Valkyrior from the ground up, which implies a fresh start with a fresh perspective, free of continuity from the Asgardian Valkyries. I really hope Dani will lend a hand to this.
BTW, what happened to the former Disir who became Hela's valkyries at the end of that Journey into Mystery / New Mutants event?
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for many of us, the issue with Jane becoming the new Valk (ignoring the insane number of other issues with Jane as a character that many of us have pointed out annnnnd the fact that aaron has forced/pushed jane as the literal main character of the thor mythos now and greater than any asgardian/god), is that once again aaron is pushing jane at the complete expense of another established character, literally killing Brunnhilde and the rest of the valkyries (off-screen btw) just so jane gets the title.... like wth :/
if you want jane as the "only" valk left and will rebuild and all that, then just sideline Brunnhilde without killing her.... there are so many ways to go about it, they chose the literal worst one -_- and even when going with the worst option of just killing her off, they give Brunnhilde an absolute terrible, cheap and random death... can't even respect her enough to give her a good death
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Yeah, I wouldn't say I am a dedicated fan of Sif and Val but I enjoyed their presence in Thor books.
And I feel they deserve their rightful place, I also enjoyed part of the Jane Thor run because part of me believe you can't really damage an A-lister like Thor, he will be fine in the end.
For Sif and Val, the chances are rather limited for them, when there is a book named "Valkyrie" came along you'd expect that to be Brunhilde's due or something.
But nope, Aaron just kinda let Jane rob the rich and the poor all the same.
Excited to see Valkyrie at the forefront of Marvel’s future. This is art from newly announced Marvel artist Patrick Gleason.
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