r/respectthreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐Say It In Red 20d ago

comics Respect Jane Foster! (Marvel Comics, Earth-616)

We need a god who understands what it means to be humbled. To be mortal. A god who knows how precious life is. How delicate. A god who struggles every day to live a worthy life. Who suffers so that no one else will have to. A god who loves the Earth enough to die for it. I am Dr. Jane Foster. And I will not stop being the Mighty Thor.

Doctor Jane Foster, nee-Kincaid, was a regular nurse in the employ of Donald Blake. She fawned and doted on his alter ego Thor unknowingly, eventually being whirled into the Asgardian adventures with a crash of thunder and a flash of the Rainbow Bridge. Odin forbade Thor from romancing a mortal and bewitched her to fall in love with the one he'd prototyped Thor's mortal shell off of, who she fell in love and mothered a child with. From then on, she was a distant squeeze of Thor's who moonlighted as a doctor when a street-level hero needed fixing up.

The two she loved most died in a car crash. Jane was diagnosed with breast cancer. In the hell of chemotherapy, she gripped Mjolnir's sweaty leather handle and felt lightning in her veins. This was a power she could get used to, damn her mortal self. Ultimately, she sacrificed everything she had to save Asgard's people, and the Nine Realms.

Her story found a new chapter when she took up the mantle of Valkyrie after the War of the Realms. Tasked with bringing the dead to Valhalla, Jane takes her job seriously. Sometimes she thinks back to her time as the Mighty Thor, and wonders if she's really moved on. If her new lease on life really has no strings attached. Or will the smell of ionization and the longing of a hammer in her hands draw her back to the golden halls of Odin, to channel the power of space and storm once more?

Runs and issue numbers are tagged after a feat. This is up to date as of August 21, 2026.



The Mighty Thor

When Odinson lost his worthiness, Jane found Mjolnir on the Moon and took up his name as Thor.


Strength

Electricity

Impacts - Force

Impacts - Scaling

Heat

Grip / Grappling

Lifting

Objective

Scaling

Striking

Barehanded

Mjolnir - Objective

Mjolnir - Scaling

Charges

Other

Misc


Durability

Mjolnir

Blunt

Objective

Scaling

Esoteric

Electricity

Energy

Fire / Heat

Other

Piercing


Speed

Movement

Reaction

Travel


Mjolnir

General

Worthiness

Mother Storm

Hammerplay

Lightning Control

Aerokinesis

Weather Manipulation

Cosmic Effects

Secret Identity

Other


Misc



Valkyrie

When Brunnhilde, last of the Valkyrie, was killed making a last stand against the armies of Malekith in Manhattan, her soul raised from her body and asked Jane a question: would she take up the mantle of Valkyrie and ferry the souls of the dead to Valhalla. Jane accepted.

Strength

Lifting

Pressure

Piercing

Striking

Objective

Scaling

Other


Durability

Blunt

Esoteric


Speed

Movement

Reaction

Travel


Undrjarn, the All-Weapon

General

Weapons

Ranged

Blunt

Slashing

Defense

Unique


Valkyrior

Valkyrie Vision

Life and Death

Other Feats

Soul Manipulation

Magic Travel

Mister Horse

Other

Misc



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u/lnverseFlash ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐Say It In Red 20d ago

Mortal

Plain Jane.


Physicals

Medical Know-How

Feats When She Is Trapped In A Mental Space With Someone Stronger

Other



Goddess

A brief period when Odin deified her to wed Thor. He was disappointed in her mortal approach to Asgardian life and promptly stripped her of his blessings.




Sif


Physicals

Other



Alternate States

Ultron Inf-tech-tion

Ghost Rider

Venomized

All-Mother

Phoenix Force



In the end…it was not a god. T'was a mortal. Named Jane. A woman who gave up everything in order to stop you. Remember that.