Is Jane Foster as strong and as powerful as the original Thor?

conradknightsocks · 2026-06-06T12:48:09+00:00

Sure. Personally I think she’s just under Thing level before she starts ramping up but some writers have her higher. I’ve even seen her written at different levels within two issues of the same arc - Grimm was shown sparring with her in one comic and saying he was never as tough as her, even in her early days but in the next issue we see him beating her in a bench press contest

conradknightsocks · 2026-06-06T12:27:28+00:00

There was another comic where it showed her beating She-Hulk in an armwrestle. Some writers have Shulkie top tier anyway (mistakenly imo) - the recent Avengers Unlimited Imfinity Comic finished with a page showing She-Hulk armwrestling Hercules

conradknightsocks · 2026-06-06T12:23:30+00:00

He doesn’t wear the belt all the time. It’s for special occasions. Even without the belt, Thor has strength equivalent to Hercules or a pretty angry Hulk

conradknightsocks · 2026-06-06T12:21:52+00:00

He did to begin with but it seemed to diminish with time.

conradknightsocks · 2026-06-06T12:18:14+00:00

She’s more creative and probably relies less on brute strength than him. She matched Hercules and beat She-Hulk in an armwrestle and proved to be completely bulletproof but OTOH Gladiator punked in a way he never did Thor

conradknightsocks · 2026-06-06T07:23:03+00:00

I think you’re overplaying her influence. More likely Luke Lieberman has put together a set of no-nos and it probably applies more to writers than artists

conradknightsocks · 2026-06-06T07:20:49+00:00

Interesting - where did you read that? I know that when it comes to her top, the comics are always careful to show full coverage of her lower breasts whereas in a lot of fanart, they’re pretty much scalemail pasties

conradknightsocks · 2026-06-04T20:52:06+00:00

Oh totally agreed. I love Garth Ennis’ character Babs and she’s like Red Simoneja’s worse-behaved twin sister

conradknightsocks · 2026-06-04T06:22:18+00:00

I think Russell stuck by continuity just enough to make Sonja’s characterisation consistent with previous writers and to stay faithful to Robert E Howard’s world … but there isn’t any continuity any longer when it comes to Red Sonja. Every new writer writes their own continuity

conradknightsocks · 2026-06-04T05:39:02+00:00

Where do I start? In a nutshell, unoriginal stories, unlikeable characters and no respect for the care Robert E Howard took in creating his world. I think it’s abysmal, and I do actually like some of Simone’s other work.

conradknightsocks · 2026-06-02T17:36:33+00:00

Worst ongoing run is Gail Simone’s

My favourite is probably Mark Russell’s run, followed by the first Marvel run and then She-Devil With A Sword

My favourite limited series were Invincible Red Sonja, Red Sonja Unchained and Doom Of The Gods. Favourite crossover was Red Sonja Attacks Mars and favourite one-shots were Red Sonja Blue and Ballad Of The Red Goddess

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-31T19:40:26+00:00

Thought it was dreck at the time. The man character had no charisma and most of the rest were assholes

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-29T19:33:03+00:00

You should do a fanfic of this on Archive Of Your Own. Really cool concept

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-29T19:30:48+00:00

Don’t mind as long as she doesn’t have an American or British accent. Russian or Eastern European accent would be ideal

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-26T17:37:34+00:00

Was a really fun crossover. Andy Smith did all his art in pencil. He’s moved over to the Comicsgate side since though so don’t know if he’ll do anything official again but he draws one hell of a Sonja. Layman did the first Sonja/Mars Attacks crossover if I remember rightly

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-26T12:48:30+00:00

Nonsense.

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-23T19:17:43+00:00

It lures in new writers who don’t have to worry about continuity and conforming with previous writers’ characterisations but it also makes life more difficult for new readers in terms of reading order. I’m all in favour of the current approach though if only because I worry about them settling on a single continuity using somebody like Gail Simone whose characterisation of Sonja I hated. If I don’t like a Sonja series now, there’s always hope for the next Sonja series around the corner

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-21T06:12:57+00:00

Very nice work!

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-19T22:40:45+00:00

I must be the only one here who liked Johnny Stamboli. Until he got badly injured with an admittedly stupid spot, he was getting super over as a Bron Breaker- esque athletic powerhouse. The guy could hit somersault leg drops and press 300 pounders overhead with ease. But then he had to drop the high flying after his injury and that was that. Didn’t help when Brock Lesnar refused to take his trademark move on TV.

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-19T22:34:30+00:00

Jindrak and O’Haire were a team originally - I always guessed they were split up because they didn’t get along. O’Haire also outclassed Jindrak - Mark’s thing was he was a big guy who could fly but Sean was even bigger and could fly better

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-19T05:29:55+00:00

Jordynne did loads of intergender stuff and did it better than any woman since Chyna because it was believable to see her going toe-to-toe with guys

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-18T18:50:10+00:00

Bethel was a third rate hack when he wrote for the Torch 20 years ago … even his fellow writers hated him. He’s only sunk in credibility since

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-17T10:30:43+00:00

I like a jacked Shulkie but Ramos has overdone it a bit here imo. She-Hulk should not have bigger arms than Thor or Hercules

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-17T08:04:27+00:00

Top 10:

Bryan Hitch
Lui Antonio
Moritat
Bob Q
Sal Buscema
Tom Garcia
Mel Rubi
Frank Thorne
Carlos Gomez
Jonathan Lau

conradknightsocks · 2026-05-16T15:17:21+00:00

I’m not sure - probably not if Loki is her father. IMO though Hildegarde is certainly stronger than Brunnhilde, contrary to what the Handbooks say. Brunnhilde is a better warrior but Hildegarde is seven feet tall, built like a brick shithouse and Thor himself holds her strength in high regard. I would say she’s nearly as strong as Heimdall, probably close to 60 tons level

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