Valkyrior

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Valkyrior
Jane Foster

The Valkyrior is a fictional organization appearing in

Odin to bring the souls of slain heroes to Valhalla. In 2013, the team became the subject of the short-lived series, The Fearless Defenders
.

Publication history

The Valkyrior, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appeared in Thor #133 (October 1966). The team, led by Valkyrie and Misty Knight is the subject of the 2013 series, The Fearless Defenders by Cullen Bunn and Will 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

The Valkyrior are warrior goddesses of Asgard who ride winged horses. Originally, under the leadership of Brunnhilde, 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 dead Asgardians and human heroes eternally feast and compete in friendly battles. The Valkyries were no longer able to perform this task when Odin, ruler of Asgard, vowed to the Celestials a millennium ago that he would severely restrict Asgardian contact with Earth.[volume & issue needed]

In later years, Brunnhilde became a member of Earth's

Hildegarde'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 by Malekith and his forces invading New York. During the battle, Valkyrie is beheaded by Malekith.[2][3] Afterwards, Jane Foster
then takes up the mantle of Valkyrie.

Members

Asgard Valkyrior

Defenders Valkyrior

Disir

  • Brün
    Bor
    due 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

The Valkyrior appear in the 2017 live-action film

Sakaar
.

References

  1. ^ Ching, Albert (2012-11-08). "Marvel NOW! Gets an All-Female Team of FEARLESS DEFENDERS". Newsarama. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  2. ^ Adams, Tim (April 17, 2019). "Marvel's War of the Realms Just Killed Another Asgardian Hero". Comic Book Resources.
  3. War of the Realms
    , no. 2 (June 2019).
  4. ^ a b New Mutants Special Edition #1. Marvel Comics
  5. ^ The Avengers #83. Marvel Comics
  6. ^ Marvel Graphic Novel #4. Marvel Comics
  7. ^ Thor #321. Marvel Comics
  8. ^ Thor #313. Marvel Comics
  9. ^ Thor #311. Marvel Comics
  10. ^ a b Thunderstrike (vol. 2) #1. Marvel Comics
  11. ^ X-Statix #25. Marvel Comics
  12. ^ Thor #195. Marvel Comics
  13. ^ Thor #217. Marvel Comics
  14. ^ a b Thor #133. Marvel Comics
  15. ^ Marvel Graphic Novel #15. Marvel Comics
  16. ^ Journey into Mystery #91. Marvel Comics
  17. ^ War of the Realms Omega #1. Marvel Comics
  18. ^ King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #1
  19. ^ a b c d e f Fearless Defenders #3. Marvel Comics
  20. ^ Fearless Defenders #10. Marvel Comics
  21. ^ a b Thor #611. Marvel Comics
  22. ^ a b Thor #612. Marvel Comics
  23. ^ Smith, Nick; Lee, Zachary (2017-11-05). "Two Takes on Thor: Ragnarok". The Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved 2017-11-07.

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