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Marvel ’s latest event may havegiven Thor a powerful new weapon system , but it ’s his father who is getting the far considerably advance with assist from Iron Man . It ’s metre for comic fans to meet … Odin , the Iron All - Father .
Of course , this advancement begs the enquiry : why does the powerful All - Father need a courting of armour ? Odin has been out of the biz since the beginning oftheWar of the Realmsevent , when he was bushwhack by Malekith ’s Dark Elf assassins ( before the villain invaded Earth ) . But a severely spite All - Father ca n’t stay on the sidelines any longer , now that his wife Queen Freyja is in peril . Odin must save up her , but it ’s Tony Stark who helps give him the edge he ’ll call for to pull it off .
Freyja is Keeping The Universe Together
WhenWar of the Realms # 4begins , a team of covert Avengers has been head by Freyja to Svartalfheim , the Dark Elf realm , to destroy the Black Bifrost . Most fan of theThormovies will be familiar with the normal Bifrost , also known as the ' Rainbow Bridge . ' While Malekith was able to launch his attacks on the Nine Realms by surprise , the truth eventually come out : Malekith ’s using his own Black Bifrost to stay one step beforehand of the heroes , traversing all of the realms as he pleases . Since Freyja was forced to watch as the warfare beganwith Loki being run through by his Frost Giant male parent , she is out for retaliation that only battue can give her . But decently as the squad is about to destroy the black bridge , Freyja canfeelthat Asgard ’s own rainbow bridgework was just destroyed by Malekith ’s forces . So if she run low through with destroying the black bridge … then both her team and the heroes circulate across the realms will be stranded . The plan straight off commute : prevail the line , and control the Black Bifrost as long as possible .
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After shoot down Bitterhand , the pitch-black nosepiece ’s own version of Heimdall the Gatekeeper , Freyja takes the Bitterblade for herself – and with it control of the Dark Elves ' Black Bifrost . While single - handedly holding back the attacking horde , of course of study . The battle scenes that follow prove just how much of a badass Freyja really is , easily as strong and courageous in combat as the rest of her family ( with her battle fury even arise as high-pitched asThor ’s own blinking ' berserker cult ' ) . Controlling the black bridgework earmark Freyja to send her Avengers back to Earth , after making several stops along Yggdrasil ( the World - Tree ) along the way , recruiting those who have pass dupe to Malekith ’s warfare for one monumental conflict .
But this conclusion is made knowing full well that Freya will be leave alone to ' hold the door open ' behind them . Even for her , it ’s a death sentence to stand up against the intact war machine might of Malekith ’s home . And that ’s precisely what Odin bring in when he discover the first password of her forfeiture .
Odin Gets an Iron Man Upgrade?
Odin , awakened by the news that his wife has been leave for all in in"the very home base of the Bor - damned Dark Elves,“is driven to lay aside her despite combat injury that would kill any other being . The Avengers may not be unassailable enough to issue forth to her help unless Freyja allows it herself … butOdinis . Clearly setting aside the drunkenness and self that have defined him over the past several months , Odin is given new function upon seeing Freyja put in harm ’s way . As the All - Father edge off to enter the disgraceful Bifrost and preserve his wife with only his spear in handwriting , he is discontinue by Tony Stark and Screwbeard the dwarf … who glorify they have built a with child new artillery for Odin .
In classical Tony Stark fashion , he talks . He reveals what swell arm he , Screwbeard , and Shuri have been function on since its ribbing inWar of the Realms # 3 . Apparently everyone recognise they would need the All - Father sooner or later , no matter how wounded he was when he go far on Earth . At the clock time , Screwbeard was plain impressed enough to ask if Tony and Shuri ( " Man of Iron and Woman of Vibranium " ) were certain they did n’t possess some Dwarf DNA . But now that his work is unveiled to the King of Asgard , Screwbeard is involve all of the citation .
excuse that he did all the work while Tony just talked a lot , the amusing confirm that it was build according to Iron Man ’s designs . And once it ’s revealed , there is no doubt . This arm is a lawsuit of armor fit for a Billie Jean Moffitt King … and when he arrives on Svartalfheim specify to save his married woman , even Freyja must see her hubby in a steel new luminosity .
Meet Odin, The Iron All-Father
The suit ’s two large horns on top of the helmet stand up out right aside , giving an intimidating silhouette that can belong only to Odin . But the longer you look , the more details come out . Like the All - Father himself , the cause only has one eye . At the heart and soul of his dresser is not an electric arc reactor , but the Valknut – a classic symbol from Norse mythology , also known as ' The Odin Knot . ' The usance of this symbol indicate the ghastly beauty with which Tony , Shuri , and Screwbeard design this armor for the father of the gods . The valknut is associated with both decease and Odin … a dark Oman for what is to descend . Odin is determined to save his wife , but Freya has unlike plan . She knows ruin the black bridge could be a turning head in the warfare , cut off Malekith ’s strengthener .
So as the All - Father and All - Mother fight side by side against the eternal waves of Malekith ’s forces , they are finally overrun and pin down . The two gods turn to eachother , and concede their love as they destroy the ignominious bridge – and everything else around it , themselves included . Is this truly the last we ’ve seen of The Iron All - Father and Thor ’s Bitterblade - exert female parent Freyja ? Only time will recite .
War of the Realms # 4is available now from your local comic volume store , or direct fromMarvel Comics .
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