Valkyrior
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The Valkyrior is a fictional organization appearing in
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
During the "
Members
Asgard Valkyrior
- Axe[4] – a member of the Valkyrior
- Brunnhilde[5] – leader
- Danielle Moonstar[6] – an original member of the New 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 by Pluto so the Asgardians would go to war against the Olympians, but thankfully she was saved by Thor and Hercules
- Leita[14] – a member of the Valkyrior
- Mist[4] – a member of the Valkyrior, she invited Danielle to join them
- RossveissaHela
- 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
- 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 – an Inhuman member 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
- BrünBordue 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
References
- ^ Ching, Albert (2012-11-08). "Marvel NOW! Gets an All-Female Team of FEARLESS DEFENDERS". Newsarama. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ^ Adams, Tim (April 17, 2019). "Marvel's War of the Realms Just Killed Another Asgardian Hero". Comic Book Resources.
- War of the Realms, no. 2 (June 2019).
- ^ a b New Mutants Special Edition #1. Marvel Comics
- ^ The Avengers #83. Marvel Comics
- ^ Marvel Graphic Novel #4. Marvel Comics
- ^ Thor #321. Marvel Comics
- ^ Thor #313. Marvel Comics
- ^ Thor #311. Marvel Comics
- ^ a b Thunderstrike (vol. 2) #1. Marvel Comics
- ^ X-Statix #25. Marvel Comics
- ^ Thor #195. Marvel Comics
- ^ Thor #217. Marvel Comics
- ^ a b Thor #133. Marvel Comics
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e f Fearless Defenders #3. Marvel Comics
- ^ Fearless Defenders #10. Marvel Comics
- ^ a b Thor #611. Marvel Comics
- ^ a b Thor #612. Marvel Comics
- ^ Smith, Nick; Lee, Zachary (2017-11-05). "Two Takes on Thor: Ragnarok". The Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
External links
- Valkyrior at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Valkyrior on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki