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    Default What DC Characters Would Be Worthy Enough To Lift Thor’s Hammer?

    What DC character’s do you think would be worthy enough to wield Thor’s hammer?

    Here’s my immediate guesses.

    - Superman
    - Wonder Woman
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    As someone who isn't a Marvel aficionado on Thor. What are the characteristics or rules that one must possess to wield the hammer?

    Will power? Honesty? Good Willed? Is having Batman's darkside a disqualifier?

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    Wonder Woman lifted it during Marvel vs. DC

    Superman lifted it temporarily in JLA/Avengers, but couldn't do it again. I don't recall the explanation why.
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    Mr. Mxyzptlk could pick it up. And even if he couldn't, he could just achieve the same result by lowering the universe around it.

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    Superman
    Wonder Woman, pre-neck snap. ...(is that even canon anymore?)

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    Superman

    Wonder Woman (Diana)

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    Quote Originally Posted by j9ac9k View Post
    Superman
    Wonder Woman, pre-neck snap. ...(is that even canon anymore?)
    It was alluded to in Mariko Tamaki's run (iirc).
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    Wonder Woman

    The Classic Superman could. My ideal Superman could, but the one DC's been pushing lately I'm not so sure.

    Captain Marvel could (the classic version not the Shazam version)

    John Henry Irons

    maybe Dick Grayson

    Bruce Timm's Batman probably could (not that it would make sense)
    The J-man

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    Quote Originally Posted by j9ac9k View Post
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    Wonder Woman, pre-neck snap. ...(is that even canon anymore?)
    I think that's pretty much it. I wouldn't put in the pre-neck snap caveat. That was to save the world. Do you think Thor's never killed anyone before?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Guy_McNichts View Post
    Wonder Woman lifted it during Marvel vs. DC

    Superman lifted it temporarily in JLA/Avengers, but couldn't do it again. I don't recall the explanation why.
    I think Thor allowed him to. Or so he claimed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guy_McNichts View Post
    Wonder Woman lifted it during Marvel vs. DC
    Man I could swear Diana lifted it in JLA/Avengers too, I remember something like, she didn't transform or anything after picking it up, she just picked it up and gave to Thor and he was baffled...

    Superman lifted it temporarily in JLA/Avengers, but couldn't do it again. I don't recall the explanation why.


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    To lift mighty Moljnir, one must simply be worthy of it. A much more difficult feat to achieve than having great willpower or honesty.

    And this is worthiness as defined by a combination of Odin's views on the concept, the hammer's innate will, and the template Odin used for the enchantment based upon Thor.

    Y'all know I adore Superman. He is my favorite thing in the world outside of my family; the greatest idea humanity has ever had. But I don't think he's worthy to lift Moljnir; a viking's ideal of worthiness likely involves being willing to use lethal force when duty and necessity demand it, and while Clark has proven, over and over again across continuities, that he will take a life, it's something he struggles with too greatly, I feel, to fit this particular definition of the word worthy.

    Off the top of my head, the only character in DC who could/should be able to lift the hammer is Diana. Maybe, possibly, Arthur, when he's at his best.
    I mean, the worthiness hardly follows the way vikings act, it's about the modern concept of being a hero.

    Supes generally should be able to lift it if the writing isn't being weird.
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    The only one who should be able to without question would be Captain Marvel, sorry Shazam.
    Supes would be the other obvious candidate.
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    John Stewart
    Wonder Woman
    Jason Todd (unpopular opinion i know)
    Bronze Tiger
    possibly Aquaman

    off top of my head
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    Quote Originally Posted by married guy View Post
    The only one who should be able to without question would be Captain Marvel, sorry Shazam.
    Supes would be the other obvious candidate.
    Did you somehow miss Wonder Woman, who gets for this quite common question even often excluded, because it is just too obvious?

    Anyway, Wonder Woman for so many obvious reasons, Captain Marvel or Shazam is depending on the mjolnir/Odin interpretation even quite questionable and Superman too, Aquaman is in some versions a good candidate in some other maybe not so much, some Green Lanterns like John Stewart could fit, Big Barda in most versions probably too, and there are probably some others i am missing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Nostalgia View Post
    As someone who isn't a Marvel aficionado on Thor. What are the characteristics or rules that one must possess to wield the hammer?

    Will power? Honesty? Good Willed? Is having Batman's darkside a disqualifier?
    To lift mighty Moljnir, one must simply be worthy of it. A much more difficult feat to achieve than having great willpower or honesty.

    And this is worthiness as defined by a combination of Odin's views on the concept, the hammer's innate will, and the template Odin used for the enchantment based upon Thor.

    Y'all know I adore Superman. He is my favorite thing in the world outside of my family; the greatest idea humanity has ever had. But I don't think he's worthy to lift Moljnir; a viking's ideal of worthiness likely involves being willing to use lethal force when duty and necessity demand it, and while Clark has proven, over and over again across continuities, that he will take a life, it's something he struggles with too greatly, I feel, to fit this particular definition of the word worthy.

    Off the top of my head, the only character in DC who could/should be able to lift the hammer is Diana. Maybe, possibly, Arthur, when he's at his best.
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