Luke Cage To Wield The Power of Thor In Marvel Comics?

It looks as thoughLuke Cageis about to handle the top executive of Thor in Marvel ’s upcoming " state of war of the Realms " upshot . Jason Aaron has been build up up to " warfare of the Realms " since he start his democratic and critically - acclaimedThorrun back in 2012 . Now his longsighted - terminal figure plan are come to a head , as Malekith ’s forces ravage the Nine Realms .

So far , only eight of the Nine Realms have been drawn into the struggle , with Midgard - Earth - left out of it . But that ’s due to change in this year ’s Summer Event , " War of the Realms . " Malekith has succeeded in building a Bifrost Bridge of his own , and he ’s planning to use it to found a annihilating attack . Aaron has assembled a powerful young squad of Avengers to take on the menace , but it looks as though their numbers will need to be well reinforced .

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Marvel has revealed that the main event will be digest by a series of one - shots , with a squad of Avengers heading on a mission to one of the other Realms . InWar of the Realms Strikeforce : The Dark Elf Realm , the Punisher will lead a team to Svartalfheim in an attempt to shut down the Black Bifrost . warfare of the Realms Strikeforce : The War Avengerswill see Captain Marvel gather what may be the most hefty squad of Avengers to engagement in an effort to take back the Earth . And inWar of the Realms Strikeforce : The Land of Giants , Captain America leads a go team to Jotunheim for rescue the God of Thunder from the Frost Giants .

All of these one - shots sound absolutely electrifying , but the most interesting is surelyWar of the Realms Strikeforce : The Land of Giants . Captain America ’s team includes none other than Harlem ’s pet bulletproof pitch-black guy , Luke Cage ; and according to the natural covering illustration , Cage is holding a Mjolnir power hammer . In Aaron ’s currentThorrun , Mjolnir has been shattered and the Dwarves are using fragments of it to create short - live hammers that grant their bearers the king of Thor . Each hammer carries a weak version of the Mjolnir enchantment ; while the firm can just about lift them , in truth they ’re made to be wielded by those who are view as suitable . If the cover song representative is anything to go by , it looks as though Luke Cage is come among the worthy .

Luke Cage is n’t the only one to be carry one of Thor ’s trademark weapon , either . Comic book fans will immediately recognize that the ax Thor is carry is in reality Jarnbjorn , one of the most brawny Asgardian weapons ever made . It was created to killCelestials , and no doubt the star - spangle Avenger will be able to use it with annihilative efficiency against the Frost Giants . Jarnbjorn is so powerful that it served as the inspiration for the MCU reading of Stormbreaker , a artillery thatpotentially has the ability to ruin entire planet . This is one team the Frost Giants will regret messing with .

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