Thor: Ragnarok - 12 Major Reveals From The New Images

5. Valkyrie

Thor Ragnarok Valkyrie
Marvel Studios/EW

The issue also reveals what Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie looks like. She's very much on the same sort of page as Thor, wearing recognisably Asgardian armour but with a no-frills approach. So no cloak, less metal and a look built for speed more than anything.

It's not an entirely dissimilar look from the comics: she's got a fairly similar breast-plate - complete with moulded boobs - but less of an overtly sexualised spirit...

Valkyrie Marvel
Marvel Comics

Notice that the design on her belt from the comics is also a very similar design to the background wall murals on the interior Sakaar scenes? Coincidence?

Anyway, the fact that she's also sporting alien face make-up seems to suggest that she's also a warrior on Sakaar, rather than her comic book position as one of a select few who may choose who dies in battle (presumably a power she wishes she had if she's trapped in gladiator hell).

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