A great, fun collection of comics about the versatile, unstoppable and irrepressible Jane Foster as the Mighty Thor, and later Valkyrie! Except for that last classic issue, 'Journey Into Mystery #100', which just has her as Thor's oblivious and stupid love interest, and a damsel in distress (I cringed when she is referred to as a nurse, and Donald Blake as a doctor. Jane becomes one of the best doctors and scientific minds in the Marvel Universe! And '#100' was made specifically to showcase why she is not worthy of Thor, Odinson, or Asgard! It's from 1952 (!), but any superhero comic from before the 2010s was not good and kind to female characters, and Stan Lee was not always a good writer). Why was that embarrassment included?! Are there really not any better classic Marvel stories that feature Jane Foster?
'Thor Annual #1' and 'Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #3-4', issues written by ND Stevenson and Mariko Tamaki respectively, are here, too, and they are marvellous.
'Marvel-Verse: Jane Foster, The Mighty Thor' - it is small, but like Jane herself, it is more than worthy (minus 'Journey Into Mystery #100', of course, you can skip that one).
Other reviews of comics about Jane Foster, one of Marvel's best heroines:
'Thor, Vol. 1: The Goddess of Thunder'
'Valkyrie: Jane Foster, Vol. 1: The Sacred And The Profane'
'Valkyrie: Jane Foster, Vol. 2: At the End of All Things''
'The Mighty Thor: Goddess of Thunder! (Marvel Thor) (Little Golden Book)'
Final Score (for 'Marvel-Verse: Jane Foster, the Mighty Thor'): 3.5/5
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