Warning: Contains spoilers for Power Girl #12!Comic fans are well acquainted with Asgard, thanks to Marvel’sThor. What they may not know is that they are getting a highly fictionalized version of mythological history that has become the standard in modern media. Surprisingly, with her sudden trip to Valhalla,Power Girlis here to steer Norse mythology in the correct direction.
Thanks toPower Girl of the Superman Family, Norse mythology is getting an actual historical take. InPower Girl#12by Leah Williams and Travis Moore, Kara’s new boyfriend, Axel Gust, is from the mythological land, and he takes her there on their next impromptu date.
It’s here that DC fans can encounter several key mythical Easter eggs that Marvel hasn’t gotten around to treating correctly,including the head of Mimir, Vidarr’s boots, Odin’s crows, and many more.
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Power Girl Sees More Historical Legends Than Thor Could Ever Count
In Marvel Comics, other thanThor and Odin and Loki, there are not many true historical facts regarding Norse mythology. Axel Gust seems to set this right by giving Power Girl a tour of some fantastic stories from the Prose and the Poetic Edda of medieval lore. He shows her Viddar’s boots - created specifically for the son of Odin to destroy the very beast that killed his father. Already, the genealogy is being correct in DC’s version of Asgard, considering historically,Loki was never Odin’s son.
Next,her super-spy love interestshows her the ravens of Odin, named Hugin and Munin, which mean Thought and Memory. The way they are represented as two-dimensional words and archivists is a brilliant play on their historicity. Then, there is the Mirror of Mimir, which brilliantly fixes a long-forgotten play on words. Mimir is often thought to be a head that Odin consults for secret wisdom, but it could have been translated to be a well of mystic knowledge. Here - it’s become both, in a nod to the initial linguistic mix-up.Leah Williams has done her homework, and Axel Gust is just her new mouthpiece.
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Power Girl Fights for Glory in Valhalla
WithRagnarök reportedly coming to the DC Universe, it’s no surprise that Asgard and Valhalla have finally been revealed at a time like this. While this is only a small set up for a larger story that involves much bigger mythological themes,the world-building in this issue is fantastic and historically accurate. It’s been a long time since Thor led readers through the halls of Valhalla and taught them its history.
In the end, this issue has many more secret moments for fans of mythology, history, and religion, and it’s done in a beautifully creative style. The wonder of myths is in being able to re-tell tales in a new style, and Leah Williams has done just that with DC’s rendition of Asgard. Considering this is just one of the nine realms of Norse myth,Power Girlmight continue to show upThorand expand DC’s mythology further in the issues to come.
