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word of advice : Spoilers for The Immortal Thor # 4!An progressively difficult argumentation to resolve within Thor lore is whether or notLokiwould be worthy of pilfer the mighty Mjolnir . Loki has had a recollective and fecund career as a supervillain , but in recent memory has also serve as a reform hero . While their enactment of valour have been famous enough to redeem Loki in the eyes of those within the Marvel Universe , it ’s tough to say if it ’s enough to take for them worthy .
That debate becomes further complicated byThe Immortal Thor#4 by Al Ewing , Martin Coccolo , Matthew Wilson , VC ’s Joe Sabino , and Wilson Moss . In an issue that jointly list Loki among Thor ’s most trusty allies that he would permit to exert his mallet , one would assume that this is where the public debate would be made crystal clean , more than it ever has been before .
However , the nature in which Loki does manage to hold the hammer only manages to raise more interrogation than answers about their worthiness .
Loki seek to help the God of Thunder in Immortal Thor # 3 – but also noting that if they must help by being Thor ’s foe , they will .
Loki Holds Mjolnir on a Technicality
Thor issue forth case - to - side with a newfangled enemy , Toranos , one whom Thor does not consider he can take on by himself . Instead , he recruits four people close to him whom he trusts enough to lend his malleus and office so that they can take down Toranos as a combine unit . This unit would later name to themselves asthe Thor Corps : Thor , Storm , Beta Ray Bill , Jane Foster , and Loki . When Toranos first touches down on land for the battle , Thor lead off pass his hammer around to convert his powers to everyone around him . After first leave his malleus to Storm , he tell her to switch his hammer at Loki , amply positive that they are desirable enough to catch it .
Unfortunately , Loki is n’t as confident , instead opening a portal for Beta Ray Bill to leap in front of them and see it . To overcompensate , Bill wields the pound and allows Loki to grip the bottom part of the handle so that they , too , can wield the magnate of Thor .
Is Loki Worthy?
This is when the notion of worthiness pose tricky . Is Loki worthy , or do they only get Thor ’s powers on a triviality brought on by Bill lifting the hammer ? Does that count as being worthy ? If Loki was n’t worthy , would that belie Bill ’s worthiness and they ’d both drop the hammer ? Can - or even should - someone still get Loki ’s ability without being worthy ? Is Loki lifting it as much as they are touching it while Bill is actually rear it ? So many questions with few answers , but if one thing can be answer concretely , it ’s if Loki has the right to be afraid of the hammer .
Loki ’s initial fear stems from them consider agree the hammer is a"hero ’s task"and , as far as they are concerned , Loki is no such thing . Or are they ? Marvel has reassert time and time again that Loki ’s late action mechanism have earned them hero status , once even call up themthe most important hero who ever livedas Avenger Prime . Loki ’s Heron status is not only valid but essential to the Marvel Universe . One would have to assume that , at last , Loki’sgrand bomber position should solidify them as worthy of wieldingMjolnir , even if their worthiness was depict as murky at best in this issue .
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