Thena
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Thena (born Azura) is a character appearing in
Angelina Jolie portrays Thena in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals.
Publication history
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Thena first appeared in
The character appeared in the ongoing series The Eternals, written by Jack Kirby and later in a Thor storyline that ran from Thor #291–301.[4]
She become one of the main characters of the Eternals (vol. 2) in 1985 written by Peter B. Gillis and penciler Sal Buscema,[5] and in the one-shot comic called The Eternals: The Herod Factor #1 in 1991.
Fictional character biography
Beginnings
Thena was born in the city of
Thena became a scholar and a warrior as she grew. She encountered
Modern age
In recent times, the eternals and deviants revealed themselves to the human world. When Warlord Kro led his armies in an attack on
She and the rest of the Etenals were captured by the Deviants aristocracy, but were rescued by Iron Man (James Rhodes). Thena was contacted by her father's spirit and proposed to the Eternals the need of going to the space.
Some time later a maddened Dr. Damian transformed
Memory loss and aftermath
In the 2006 Eternals title, Thena began as normal woman married to Thomas Eliot with a son, Joey, and a researcher at
Thena kept caring for Joey and began to bicker with Ikaris for the method of awakening Eternals. She did not recognize that her son was host to a Horde' scout.[26]
Death
Later when the Celestials' Final Host arrived on Earth, Thena along with all the Eternals killed themselves after realizing the true purpose for which they were created.[27]
Powers and abilities
Thena is a member of the race of superhumans known as the Eternals. As a result, she has superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes. Thena also possesses the ability to manipulate cosmic energy to augment her life force, granting her virtual invulnerability and immortality, the ability to project cosmic energy from her eyes or hands in the form of heat, light, or concussive force and possibly other powers. Thena has total mental control over her physical form, granting virtual invulnerability and immortality. She also has the ability to levitate herself and thus fly at superhuman speed, the psionic ability to rearrange the molecular structure of objects, the ability to cast
Thena has a gifted intellect, and has studied under the greatest Eternal and human scholars throughout her lifetime. She is highly educated in numerous areas of Eternal and human knowledge. Thena is also a formidable hand-to-hand combatant, with extensive training in unarmed combat and the use of many ancient and Eternal high-tech weapons.
Thena wears body armor of unknown composition. She carries a bow that fires arrows that release "cold energy", and she carries an energy spear that surrounds victims with a ring of intense heat and light or bombards them with anti-gravitons.
Reception
Accolades
- In 2019, CBR.com ranked Thena 6th in their "The 15 Most Powerful Eternals" list.[28]
- In 2021, Screen Rant ranked Thena 2nd in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of The Eternals" list[29]
- In 2021, CBR.com ranked Thena 7th in their "10 Strongest Characters From Eternals Comics" list.[30]
- In 2022, Syfy ranked Thena 4th in their "5 Marvel heroines who deserve their own MCU movie franchise" list.[31]
Other versions
MC2
In
In other media
Television
- Thena appears in Marvel Knights: Eternals, voiced by Lisa Ann Beley.[33]
Film
- Thena appears in Gilgameshand faces off against Kro.
Video games
- Thena appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel Super War.[35]
- Thena appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel Future Fight.[36]
- Thena appears as a companion character in Marvel Future Revolution.[37]
References
- ^ a b Pierce-Bohen, Kayleena (2021-06-13). "Eternals: 10 Things Only Comic Fans Know About Thena". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ a b Davison, Josh (2021-07-24). "Eternals: 10 Things To Know About Thena". CBR. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
- ^ Thor Annual #7 (1978) and Thor #291–301 (May 1979 - November 1980)
- ^ The Eternals at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived June 18, 2016, at WebCite from the original on June 17, 2016.
- ^ a b c Eternals: The Herod Factor #1
- ^ The Eternals #5
- ^ The Eternals #6-7
- ^ The Eternals #8-12
- ^ The Eternals Annual #1
- ^ Thor #285-289
- ^ Thor #291-292
- ^ Iron Man Annual #6
- ^ The Avengers #246-248
- ^ Eternals (vol. 2) #1
- ^ Eternals (vol. 2) #1-12
- ^ The Avengers #374-375
- ^ The Avengers #370-371. (1995) Marvel Comics.
- ^ Heroes for Hire #5-7. (1997) Marvel Comics.
- ^ The New Eternals: Apocalypse Now #1, 4-6
- ^ Eternals: (vol. 3) #1. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Eternals: (vol. 3) #2. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Eternals: (vol. 3) #3-4. (2006) Marvel Comics.
- ^ Eternals: (vol. 3) #3-7. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Eternals (vol. 3) #6
- ^ Eternals: (vol. 4) #1-7. (2008) Marvel Comics.
- ^ Avengers (vol. 8) #4
- ^ Lealos, Shawn S. (2019-07-27). "The 15 Most Powerful Eternals, Ranked". CBR. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ Harn, Darby (2021-05-27). "10 Most Powerful Members Of The Eternals". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ Harth, David (2021-11-13). "The 10 Strongest Characters From Eternals Comics". CBR. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ "5 Marvel heroines who deserve their own MCU movie franchise". SYFY Official Site. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ Avengers Next #2-5
- ^ "Voice Of Thena Elliot - Eternals". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 22, 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony; Ramos, Dino-Ray (July 21, 2019). "'The Eternals' Details Unveiled At Marvel's Comic-Con Panel, Angelina Jolie Surprises Hall H; Pic To Open November 2020". Deadline. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019.
- ^ MARVEL Super War - Thena. Marvel Super War. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ Dellosa, Catherine Ng (17 November 2021). "Marvel Future Fight Adds Kingo, Gilgamesh, and Thena to the RPG in Latest Eternals Update". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ Hashimoyo, Marika (18 November 2021). "Fight Side-by-Side with the Eternals as Companions in the Latest Update for 'MARVEL Future Revolution'". Marvel. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
Further reading
- Thena at the Grand Comics Database
- Thena at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
- Thena at Marvel.com