Asgard/Shi'ar War begins in October for Marvel Now!

Incoming Gladiator vs Thor/Fem-Thor rematch.

hmm... this looks like it has potential. the art is beautiful too

C'mon Gladiator!!! Kick her @ss!!!!! Mercilessly! Kick that hammer out of her hands and lay the smackdown on her as she reverts! The REAL Thor doesn't need a hammer to be a god! Time to put up or shut up "goddess of thunder".......... Though with Aaron at the helm, another "high five girl power" moment is probably on its way with Xenith.

Btw- shouldn't it be the Shiar/ ASGARDIA war???? Or is marvel losing track of continuity even WITHIN its current fractured stories framework????? Jeez.....

Seems interesting but Gladiator couldn't beat the original Thor so I doubt Aaron is going to let Jane Thor go down. Even though I would like to see it.

@thunderingthorfan: Odin is back so I assume its Asgard now, considering that the Goddess Freya is no longer the ruler.

Cool Thor has short hair

@aesir: He did KO the original Thor in Thor Vol 2 #34 so Gladiator has beaten him once.

It's hard to care since what Asgard has turned into.

@dernman: TOO TRUE!!!

I bet they make Gladiator/Shi'ar the villains as they'll never have them be in the "right" but hopefully Gladiator is written up to standard, i want to see him blitz some Thor's again with ease.

How is this even a fight Odin can win this by himself?

Anybody remember when Eric beat Gladiator with ease. As a lesser degree Thor?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeyBrbs6sCA

@asgardianbrony: How is Asgard the most powerful? There are a bunch of Elder Gods and Outer Gods who would easily destroy Asgard. There are also Promodial Gods who are equal to Galactus.

Those same aliens almost killed the Phoenix Force and posses the M'Krann Crystal, a Nexus point to all realities.

Not saying Shi'Ar would win, but you are underestimating them. Also a plot device can easily be made. Like Odin sleeping.

@asgardianbrony: Bruh Phoenix > All Pantheons together. Does not matter because Shi'Ar does not have Phoenix. All I said you underestimated them. I never said They have a chance to win.

@asgardianbrony: Haters Dost Hate.

Gladiator like usual will fall to Thor it's like 4-1 for Thor already but this looks interesting

Are you sure? Phoenix is superior to just the combination of Thor #300 Odin+Destroyer+Odinsword? In the mentioned issue... Odin was fighting several Celestials with the mentioned weapons...

Gona have to check this out

When this garbage of a story is over an the real thor comes back wake me up. I will pass.

@asgaard: Phoenix stopped the Multiverse being destroyed and repaired the damage in her weaker incarnation. And both her classic and modern handbook clarify her as Multiversal being.

So Phoenix Force » Celestials?

@asgaard: Pretty much. And I am aware of I think 95% of their feats. I even made a Respect Thread for Celestials. Want me to sent you a link?

I already saw the thread... Still not understanding how even the writer said Thor KO'd the Phoenix force in one Avengers title from the 2012 AxX event? How is this power levels variation explained?

Obviously Odin is going to be written out of this.

@asgaard: There are a few:

1. - The writer who started that was Hickman, who is Full of High End stuff in opinion and writting.

2. - That is another one of Thor's high End showing.

3. - Phoenix Force was needed in that story like a lot.

4. - Without Jean Grey, there are times when Phoenix was mentally unstable, making her vulnerable to attacks that the guys like Silver Surfer could tank.

@krleavenger:

1. - The writer who started that was Hickman, who is Full of High End stuff in opinion and writting.

Was Hickman that said that!?! Thought it was (Secret Avengers #28 iirc) writer Rick Remender...

2. - That is another one of Thor's high End showing.

Could be just in my mind but i don't see characters with similar power do the same to the Celestials in any story line...

3. - Phoenix Force was needed in that story like a lot.

I understand that... But doesn't also shows that the Phoenix Force fits the mundane a lot more than entities/characters below the Celestials?

4. - Without Jean Grey, there are times when Phoenix was mentally unstable, making her vulnerable to attacks that the guys like Silver Surfer could tank.

Overall (even if you say feats show otherwise) i think that in the Marvel comics worldbuilding the Celestials hierarchy is above the Phoenix Force... But that maybe be just my (flawed) perception...

Fem-Thor will humiliate Gladiator.

@asgaard: It was explained on panel that Mjolnir was able to absorb some of her power. (Does the same thing to Surfer)

Screw this book

Wasn't this supposed to happen in October... October is almost ended.

I know... And that was a cheap/lazy/instant plot device... My point/view is that regardless of feats the Celestials (due to the scope of their concept) seem more invulnerable to this cheap/lazy/instant plot devices... Or P.I.S...

There was supposed to be the "War Of The Realms" as well and I don't think that really went anywhere either.

@antithetical: everything that was epic and potentially set up in Aaron's run was forgotten. We didn't even get a good Beta Ray or Hercule's team up

Odin will probably still be mourning Frigga during this war, so he may not take place in it. Maybe he'll come towards the end to put an end to it all.

Jane Thor to the rescue watch and see hate though you might. Still I am curious and looking forward either to a distpicable story or a surprising and enjoyable one. As long as the gladiator Thor fight is good I won't complain

That story admittedly sounds interesting, shame actual Thor won't be there to "headline" it...

@lvenger:

did it happen?

@apex_pretador: Not yet, this story starts in a month or two.