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Wallace Sellars
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Posted: 18 March 2019 at 10:11am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Rethinking things...

If we must hold on to that enchantment...

Thor
Odin

If we absolutely insist on including others...

Black Panther
Captain America
Captain Marvel (Shazam!)
Orion
Superman
Wonder Woman
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Brian Miller
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You STILL don’t include Bill! Dammit Wallace!
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 QUOTE:
You STILL don’t include Bill! Dammit Wallace!


Okay, Brian. Okay. Geez.

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The answer seems to depend on the writer and the circumstance. I'd probably buy into Cap, Superman, Beta Ray Bill (since it's fait accompli), and Odin.  All I feel confident about is that it has little to do with physical strength so I'm glad nobody has suggested the Hulk despite his having lifted Mjolnir numerous times.  Each time deserves an asterisk... sometimes the enchantment had been removed, sometimes it was a dream, sometimes he was really only holding Thor's arm / hand which was actually holding the hammer, sometimes he only thought he had picked it up but it was actually lifted because Thor had summoned it back to himself (something that also happened to Hercules).


Then there's that time Iron Man was carrying it in outer space


Vision lifted it all too easily (and with no explanation) in an Avengers movie.



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Steve Rogers was the Captain when he lifted the hammer not Captain America.
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I hope that Vision lifting Thor's hammer scene in the Avengers movie is only because Vision is regarded as a non-human "machine".

Marc


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Ignoring the movie, my list is short:

Odin
Thor
Beta Ray Bill
Steve Rogers

I can buy Superman and even Wonder Woman. They have been established as up there as far as pretty good people.

I do like the idea that it really only works for moments of need per Busiek in the Avengers-JLA crossover. Steve Rogers is not going to be able to pick it up to hang a shelf.
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If it were up to me, I would make it just Thor, Odin and Beta Ray Bill-- then
(because Odin shut down the charm) no more exceptions. None.

Let the world-movers and other big-brain types face that without breaking
that rule. If Thor drops it on the moon, and you need it to be somewhere
else-- maybe you can move the moon. But once Odinn removes the charm
(after meeting Beta Ray Bill) no one can't never wield Thor's hammer, even
if you be Steve Rogers, Balder, Superman, etc.

Rules like that are awesome if and when they actually stand in all cases.

I kind of like imagining moments such as Superman really needing to use
Mjolnir and, through purity of heart or something, being able to wield it to
save the universe. But I prefer that scene play by the rules such that, even
with all that need, Superman must leave the hammer where it falls and
move on to the next idea.

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Gary Asuncion
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If you guys have been keeping up with recent storylines:  Hydra Cap ("Stevil") was permitted to lift the hammer in FCBD Secret Empire ...this is probably the most controversial lifting IMO.

Also Jason Aaron's Thor storyline suggests that there is a sentient intelligence that is also in the mix here.
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Matt Hawes
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The panels Rick Senger posted above with the Hulk destroying Thor's hammer... If it was a dream sequence, does that really count as an example?



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Matt - Rick was providing examples of the instances he
mentioned in the post preceding the images:

"Each time deserves an asterisk... sometimes the
enchantment had been removed, sometimes it was a dream,
sometimes he was really only holding Thor's arm / hand
which was actually holding the hammer, sometimes he only
thought he had picked it up but it was actually lifted
because Thor had summoned it back to himself..."
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Then there's that time Iron Man was carrying it in outer space

The Red Hulk (ugh) wielded Mjolnir against Thor in space, citing zero gravity as the reason he was able to. I find that absurd. If anything, Mjolnir should act like an anchor in zero gravity. You hang on to it, but you're going nowhere. 

People sometimes cling to the word "lift" when referencing the hammer and think there's a loophole if it's floating in space. I think the opposite.

   
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