Thor: Ragnarok – Who is Valkyrie?

The history of Valkyrie from Thor: Ragnarok is a lot more confusing than what we see on screen.

With her winged horse Aragorn and her fierce blade, Valkyrie protects both Earth and Asgard.

In fact, Valkyries history is so confusing that the character didnt even first appear untilaftershe first appeared.

What the Hel does that mean?

Thomas and Buscema introduced Valkyrie as a leader of a new group of female heroes called the Lady Liberators.

This team consisted of Marvel heavyweight Black Widow, Inhuman queen Medusa, and, eventually, the Wasp.

Well, sort of.

In this issue, the Hulk meets a young feminist named Samantha Parrington.

Parrington is exasperated with her parents blase attitude toward womens lib and takes part in a feminist march.

But who is Brunnhilde?

InThor#296-298 (1980), Thomas and Keith Pollard related the tale of Marvels Brunnhilde.

Sadly, it was not written in operatic verse.

It was revealed that Odin once transformed his son Thor into the mortal warrior known as Siegmund.

When Siegmund finally died, Brunnhilde threw herself on her lovers funeral pyre.

And thats how we explain thealmostValkyrie debuts in Avengers and the Hulk.

This was all revealed inThe Defenders#108 (1982) by J.M.

DeMatteis, Mark Gruenwald, and Don Perlin.

This reimagined team of Defenders were gathered to be a new grouping of Valkyries led by Brunnhilde.

The gathering of the new Valkyries inFearless Defenderswas Brunnhildes last major contribution to the Marvel Universe.

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