Warning! Contains a preview for Thor #22
In a new Marvel Comics preview for Thor, it's been teased that the God of Thunder's hammer Mjolnir has become unworthy of itself now that it's been transformed into the dark God of Hammers. Having merged with the spirit of the Mangog when it was thrown into the sun before returning during the War of the Realms, it's finally been explained why Thor has been struggling to lift his own hammer. However, the hammer itself confirms in this new preview that it hasn't been corrupted. Instead, it's simply been "given a voice," speaking a dark truth about what it wants.
In previous issues of Thor, the God of Thunder and King of Asgard has been having problems with his hammer Mjolnir as it has been growing heavier in his hand while others can freely wield it without issue. Eventually, the hammer begins operating on its own accord, massacring countless lives across the Ten Realms and even paralyzing Thor's father Odin. This is when it reveals its new nature as a hybrid of the Mother of Storms within the hammer and the villainous Mangog, coming together in the fires of the sun to become the brutal God of Hammers.
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The new preview for Thor #22 from Donny Cates and Nic Klein continues this revelation as Thor tries to appeal to his hammer, offering to help and restore Mjolnir from Mangog's corruption. However, the God of Hammers doesn't see itself as corrupted, claiming that this new darkness and the desire to break and destroy has always been inherent within it. Mangog just allowed Mjolnir to freely act on those desires. As such, it seems as though Mjolnir itself has become unworthy of its own original rules now that it's
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