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Warning : Contains SPOILERS for The Immortal Thor # 10!Marvel Comics recently added a raw , vicious version ofThorto the franchise , one who was introduced as Chad Hammer and is effectively the corporate mascot of the Roxxon Corporation . Roxxon ’s Thor is a deliberate put-on of the real God of Thunder , though that does n’t mean ‘ Chad Hammer ’ is just some actor play wearing apparel - up , as Marvel revealed the literal identity of Roxxon ’s evil Thor - and it ’s someone the Avenger has tangled with in the yesteryear .
In a preview forThe Immortal Thor#10 by Al Ewing and Carlos Magno , Thor is read acomic al-Qur’an calledRoxxon present tense : Thor#1(which is in reality available for real - world fans to register right now ) . He is shocked to see how he ’s being portray in the public eye , but more than that , he is startled by the fact that the comic actually seems to take actual deception . Then , moments after dropping the issue , Chad Hammer himself - along with Enchantress , public executioner , and Minotaur - pay Thor a visit .
Thor ’s head is spinning from his picture to Enchantress ’ necromancy , but his intuition fights through the magical fog , facilitate him to realise who he was really speak with as Chad Hammer talked to him . Chad was n’t ‘ Chad ’ , nor was he a clone or multiversal variate of Thor . After some time concentrating , Thor was finally able to divine this pseud ’s dead on target identity : the Keep .
As Thor undergo a major variety , he reveals that Mjolnir has some wholly new power that transform the nature of the God of Thunder .
The Keep Finds New Purpose as Roxxon’s Immortal Thor
The Keep made his first appearance inThe Mighty ThorVol. 2 #15 by Matt Fraction and Pepe Larraz
The Keep was create by Enchantress to substitute the Executioner after he go and stay on absent from Marvel persistence for a time . Since the Executioner and Enchantress were pardner stretch all the fashion back to their early days as members of the Masters of Evil , she needed a alternate . So , rather than raise someone new , Enchantress used her god - tier trick to make the perfect partner : the Keep .
The Keep was strong enough to mat with Thor , durable enough to not be brought down by attacks that would be fatal for practically anyone else , and was unquestioningly patriotic to Enchantress . Therefore , when Enchantress link forces with the villainous Roxxon Corporation to work Thor down ( and since the Executioner was back ) , the Keep found a new role to play . His strength made him the perfect Thor - likewise , his appearance could be altered at Enchantress ’ will , and his loyalty made him the ideal puppet for Roxxon ’s scheme .
How The Keep’s Power Matches That of Thor (& Why It Doesn’t Matter)
The Keep was create strong enough to make Thor bleed ( as evince during his first appearance ) which stand for the inevitable fight between these two in the full issue ofThe Immortal Thor#10 should be a pretty fair peer - just as it was earlier . However , even if ‘ Chad Hammer ’ was a human in a costume , it would n’t matter , as his intent is to discredit Thor , not fight him . Chad Hammer is supposed to be Thor , the bad variation of him that could be portrayed in the media , for the sole design of make the public distrust - and dislike - the Allfather .
Roxxon ’s Thor is serving his aim just by star in the company ’s slanderous comic Quran , and by acting like a selfish saccade , all while hawking Roxxon mathematical product in the most cringey , contemptuous room possible . Chad Hammer was made to make Thor look like a artful sellout , and he ’s doing a bang-up Book of Job of it . However , when the chipping are down , he ’d also be able to make his own against the God of Thunder , as Marvel Comics ’ fresh ‘ Thor ’ is actually the Keep .
The Immortal Thor # 10by Marvel Comics is available May 1 , 2024 .
The Immortal Thor # 10 ( 2023 )
