Thor: Love And Thunder - 9 Things From The Comic You Need To Know

Everything you need to know about the Goddess of Thunder.

by Ewan Paterson
Marvel Comics/Russell Dauterman

A little under a month since Marvel closed the curtain on the years-long third phase of the MCU with Spider-Man: Far From Home, the studio took the time this weekend to unveil the future of the series, and in particular, the hotly anticipated structure of MCU Phase Four.

Dozens of announcements broke as Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige took to the stage at SDCC's famous Hall H, with particular highlights coming in the form of Shang-Chi, Hawkeye and Blade, but certainly one of the more exciting was Thor: Love and Thunder, a direct follow-up to the Taika Waititi-directed Ragnarok from 2016, set to release November 2021.

The big reveal in this case, however, was not that Waititi was returning, but rather that Natalie Portman would reprise the role of Jane Foster and become - as she did in the comics - the All-New, All-Different Mighty Thor. The cast and crew assembled on stage were mum with the details, but Waititi in particular was keen to pay homage to the comic that inspired their upcoming work - Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman and Matt Wilson's Mighty Thor.

It's possibly one of the best comics to have been published this decade, and while it doesn't share the same namesake as the fourth Thor film (Thour?) does, it's sure to influence it in a big way. Here are the biggest details from the comic, and what you need to know about it in the wake of SDCC.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.