Valkyrior
| Valkyrior | |
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 The Valkyrior as seen inFear Itself: The Fearless#1 (October 2011). Art byMark Bagley. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Thor#133 (October1966) |
| Created by | Stan Lee(writer) Jack Kirby(artist) |
| Characteristics | |
| Place of origin | Asgard |
| Pantheon | Norse |
| Notable members | Brunnhilde Hildegarde Danielle Moonstar Misty Knight Jane Foster |
TheValkyrioris a fictional organization appearing inAmerican comic bookspublished byMarvel Comics.Based on theValkyriesofNorse mythology,the group, created byStan LeeandJack Kirby,first appeared inThor#133 (October 1966). Within the context of Marvel'sshared universe,the Valkyrior is a group of female warriors led byBrunnhilde / Valkyriethat was originally designated byOdinto bring the souls of slain heroes toValhalla.In 2013, the team became the subject of the short-lived series,The Fearless Defenders.
Publication history[edit]
The Valkyrior, created byStan LeeandJack Kirby,first appeared inThor#133 (October 1966). The team, led byValkyrieandMisty Knightis the subject of the 2013 series,The Fearless DefendersbyCullen BunnandWill Sliney.Bun said about his book: "The basic idea of the book is that Valkyrie is choosing a new team of Valkyrior, and she's been asked to choose all these women from the heroes of Midgard, instead of from Asgard. She has completely failed in this task. Valkyrie has been unable to choose anyone that she feels is worthy to be one of the hosts of the shield maidens. So she just hasn't done it. She's dropped the ball. Because she's not done what she said she would do, nature—or supernature, as it is—abhors a vacuum. The absence of the Valkyrior has opened the door to something terrible. Something awful is waking, and Valkyrie finds that it's really her fault that she's put everything at risk".[1]
Fictional history[edit]
The Valkyrior are warrior goddesses ofAsgardwho ride winged horses. Originally, under the leadership ofBrunnhilde,they took mortally wounded human heroes from German and Scandinavian battlegrounds and brought them to Valhalla, an area of the Asgardian dimension where the astral forms of the deadAsgardiansand human heroes eternally feast and compete in friendly battles. The Valkyries were no longer able to perform this task whenOdin,ruler of Asgard, vowed to theCelestialsa millennium ago that he would severely restrict Asgardian contact with Earth.[volume & issue needed]
In later years, Brunnhilde became a member of Earth'sDefenders.[volume & issue needed]The remaining Valkyries were killed in a war between Odin andHelaover rule of Valhalla.[volume & issue needed]Odin restored the Valkyries to life after he regained possession of Valhalla, but these Valkyries only have physical form within Valhalla; outside it, they exist only in astral form. Valtrauta has taken Brunnhilde's place as ruler of the Valkyrior, andHildegarde's sister Krista (aka Mist) has filled the role of the ninth Valkyrie, left open since Brunnhilde's departure.[volume & issue needed]
During the "War of the Realms"storyline, Valkyrie and the rest of the Valkrior are massacred byMalekithand his forces invading New York. During the battle, Valkyrie is beheaded by Malekith.[2][3]Afterwards,Jane Fosterthen takes up the mantle of Valkyrie.
Members[edit]
Asgard Valkyrior[edit]
- Axe[4]– a member of the Valkyrior
- Brunnhilde[5]– leader
- Danielle Moonstar[6]– an original member of theNew Mutants,she joined the Valkyrior
- Freya[7]– the Goddess of Fertility who used to work as a former Valkyrie
- Gerda[8]– a member of the Valkyrior
- Grimgerta[9]– a member of the Valkyrior
- Gruenhilda[10]– a member of the Valkyrior
- Hercara[10]– a member of the Valkyrior
- Fatal Sisters[11]– a trio of Valkyries
- Hilda– a member of the Valkyrior
- Mista– a member of the Valkyrior
- Sangrida– a member of the Valkyrior
- Hildegarde[12]– a gifted Asgardian Valkyrie with extraordinary strength and great skills with the sword
- Krista[13]– a member of the Valkyrior and sister of Hildegarde, she was kidnapped byPlutoso the Asgardians would go to war against theOlympians,but thankfully she was saved by Thor andHercules
- Leita[14]– a member of the Valkyrior
- Mist[4]– a member of the Valkyrior, she invited Danielle to join them
- Rossveissa[14]– also known as Svava, she is a member of the Valkyrior, but forced to serveHela
- Sygnet[15]– a member of the Valkyrior
- Valtrauta[16]– a member of the Valkyrior
- Jane Foster[17]– first of a new generation of Valkyrior, she wields Undrajarn the All-Weapon, a weapon that can change its shape and be whatever she needs, such as a sword, mace, or wings
- Rūna[18]-- Rūna is one of the original nine Valkyries and the original wielder of Jarnbjorn.
Defenders Valkyrior[edit]
- Brunnhilde– leader
- Misty Knight– leader[19]
- Elsa Bloodstone– a member of the Valkyrior[19]
- Clea– a member of the Valkyrior[19]
- Danielle Moonstar– a former member of the Valkyrior
- Nova– a member of the Valkyrior[19]
- Ren Kimura– anInhumanmember of the Valkyrior, girlfriend of Annabelle[20]
- Annabelle Riggs– a member of the Valkyrior, girlfriend of Ren[19]
- Hippolyta– a member of the Valkyrior, girlfriend of Ren[19]
Disir[edit]
- Brün[21]– leader of the Disir, she was the first one to be cursed byBordue to their rebellion when working with Sigurd
- Göndul[22]– a member of the Disir, she is a coward and a fool
- Hlökk[22]– a member of the Disir
- Kára[21]– a member of the Disir
In other media[edit]
The Valkyrior appear in the 2017 live-action filmThor: Ragnarok.[23]Odinsent them to Hel to preventHelafrom escaping. However, the attack turned into a massacre, as Hela killed every Valkyrie with the exception ofValkyrie / Scrapper 142.The trauma of the massacre led Valkyrie to abandon Asgard and settle onSakaar.
References[edit]
- ^Ching, Albert (2012-11-08)."Marvel NOW! Gets an All-Female Team of FEARLESS DEFENDERS".Newsarama.Retrieved2012-11-11.
- ^Adams, Tim (April 17, 2019)."Marvel's War of the Realms Just Killed Another Asgardian Hero".Comic Book Resources.
- ^Aaron, Jason (w), Dauterman, Russell (p), Dauterman, Russell (i). "War of the Realms Chapter Two: The Midgard Massacre"War of the Realms,no. 2 (June 2019).
- ^abNew Mutants Special Edition#1. Marvel Comics
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- ^Thor#311. Marvel Comics
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- ^Marvel Graphic Novel#15. Marvel Comics
- ^Journey into Mystery#91. Marvel Comics
- ^War of the Realms Omega#1. Marvel Comics
- ^King in Black: Return of the Valkyries#1
- ^abcdefFearless Defenders#3. Marvel Comics
- ^Fearless Defenders#10. Marvel Comics
- ^abThor#611. Marvel Comics
- ^abThor#612. Marvel Comics
- ^Smith, Nick; Lee, Zachary (2017-11-05)."Two Takes on Thor: Ragnarok".The Cornell Daily Sun.Retrieved2017-11-07.
External links[edit]
- Valkyriorat The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- ValkyrioronMarvel Database,aMarvel Comicswiki
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