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Contains Spoilers for The Immortal Thor # 22!Thorhas faced down many a thought-provoking foeman in the past , but his newest adversary may be even too much for him , as he prepares to present off against the Marvel Universe ’s original God of Violence . Thor may have some acquaintance in his turning point , but he ’s going to have the fight of his living , and it might be a conflict , one that even he ca n’t egress from unscathed .
The stop ofThe Immortal Thor # 22 , written by Al Ewing , with art by Jan Bazaldua , hasrevealed the first look at Kemur , the older God of Violence .
Thor and Skurge have journeyed into Utgard , the realmin which the sr. Gods , or the Utgard - Gods , have been imprisoned since metre immemorial . Now , at the shopping centre of the labyrinth - like Nrgl , a living metropolis , they ’ve get together the bull that guards this labyrinth . As the preview forImmortal Thor#23 makes clear , this is Elder God embodies the conception of vehemence itself .
Marvel Fans, Meet Kemur: Thor Is About To Face Down The Original God Of Violence
Immortal Thor#22; Written By Al Ewing; Art By Jan Bazaldua; Color By Matt Hollingsworth; Lettering By Joe Sabino
As the synopsis froImmortal Thor#23 read :
GODWAR ! The All - Father had battled to the middle of the endless city — and now he face the creature at the center of the maze . Kemur , who was crap and reset the throat and snake , who was fervour and the sword , now faced Thor Odinson … and perhaps neither would survive . This is the story of the IMMORTAL THOR … and the God of Violence .
The name Kemur originates in Egyptian myth , rather than Norse legend , but astute readers will know that signala something even worse for Thor . Kemur is another name for ‘ Kemwur ’ , a bull god and aspect of Atum Ra . In Marvel mythology , Atum Ra is also touch to Thor through their female parent Gaia , who created Atum - Ra to defeat the Utgard - Godsand imprison them originally . InImmortal Thor#8 , Gaia warned Thor that he should never look Atum;if Kemur is some other prospect of Atum , then Thor could be facing his bully challenge .
The other problem is that Thor is n’t just facing Kemur , but three Utgard - Gods at once . There is Kemur , the bull . There ’s Nrgl , the city which Kemur calls home , in which Thor and his allies are trapped . Then , there is the Utgard - Loki , the trickster narrate this special story , and the concept of the joke itself . Thor is not just press an foe with a greater capacity for wildness than any before , but also a being who is by definition trickier than Loki . Never let it be said that Thor is not afraid to fight , even when he will probably suffer .
Thor’s Showdown With The “God Of Violence” Evokes His Earlier Foe, Dario Agger
The God Of Thunder’s Minotaur Problem
The other point of interestingness is that this is n’t the first bull - themed villain Thor has faced , even inImmortal Thor . One of the run ’s secondary villains is Dario Agger , the Minotaur former chief operating officer of Roxxon , whoused the ability of storytelling against Thor , and almost kill him . AsImmortal Thor # 22states though , in Utgard ’s metropolis , thing are mirrored , and the whole issue is themed around repetition , with a gimmick of throw a coin to determine whether the reader goes ahead or back a page;this suggests Kemur is just another repeating , similar to Dario Agger , but far deadlier .
Once more , Thor faces overwhelming odds and enemies of mythic proportion that he stands no fortune of fighting , which is when he is at his desperate well .
If Thor has one Leslie Townes Hope against Kemur , it is that throughoutImmortal Thor , violence has never been the answer ; repeatedly , Thor has been faced with foes he can not desire to defeat in simple martial combat , and the root has always been to employ soundness , cognition , semantics , and wile . If Thor fight Kemur , he will almost certainly turn a loss , so he need to win without fighting yet again . Once more , Thorfaces overwhelming odds and enemies of mythic proportion that he stands no chance of fighting , which is when he is at his desperate best .
The Immortal Thor#22is useable now from Marvel Comics;Immortal Thor#23releases May 14 , 2025 from Marvel .
Art by Alex Ross
