Most Americans will think it’sÂ great that Marvel is re-casting iconic comic book superhero Thor as a strong, powerful woman — except conservatives, who are outraged.

Comic book giant Marvel yesterday unveiled the new Thor, and she’s a woman.

“This October, Marvel Comics evolves once again in one of the most shocking and exciting changes ever to shake one of the ‘big three’ of Captain America, Iron Man and Thor,” Marvel announced on its website yesterday. “No longer is the classic Thunder God able to hold the mighty hammer, MjÃ¶lnir, and a brand new female hero will emerge worthy of the name THOR.”

“The inscription on Thor’s hammer reads â€˜Whosoever holds this hammer, if HE be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.â€™ Well it’s time to update that inscription,â€ says Marvel editor Wil Moss. â€œThe new Thor continues Marvel’s proud tradition of strong female characters like Captain Marvel, Storm, Black Widow and more. And this new Thor isn’t a temporary female substitute – she’s now the one and only Thor, and she is worthy!”

On Twitter, Marvel’sÂ Executive Editorial Director,Â Ryan Penagos, responded to an unapproving fan with a well-worded tweet, as Whisper’sÂ Editor in Chief highlighted:

.@Marvel executive editor @AgentM responds perfectly to nerd rage over news that Thor will be a woman: pic.twitter.com/IBiPiqAiEJ â€” Neetzan Zimmerman (@neetzan) July 15, 2014

That fan’s original tweet was soon deleted.

Probably for most Americans, though, this was either very good and exciting news, or was met with a yawn.Â

But not conservatives, who are outraged, because someone dared to change something.

The radicals at Hot Air — formerly a Michelle Malkin website, so, that explains everything — Â wrongly claimed “Thor’s getting a sex-change.”

I wish Marvel would leave the social commentary to more sophisticated comics, like Archie. Follow the link above for confirmation that, yes, of course Trans-Thor is buxom, which goes to show you that certain core comics conventions must be observed even while in the process of shattering others. In fact, a Twitter pal makes a good point: If you look closely, youâ€™ll see that Thorâ€™s iron breastplate inexplicably yet conveniently ends right below the bra-line, leaving some skin exposed squarely in the center of her midsection. Looks like Trans-Thor is less concerned with protecting her sternum than with giving her male opponents a peek. So much for female empowerment. Itâ€™s going to hurt when Loki calls her â€œWhor.â€

Yes, they just called the new Thor a whore. Because she’s a she. But there’s no war on women, no conservative misogyny, right?…

Over at Moonbattery — which, by comparison, tends to make Hot Air look civilized, there was this:

If kids donâ€™t like Thor in a skirt, Marvel will make up for it by generating still more adulating press by declaring that she is also a lesbian and a Muslim.

Meanwhile, in the comments section of aÂ Fox News article announcing the news, readers were unabashedly furious, misogynistic, homophobic, and ignorant.

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If Thor were trans — and Marvel said enough for us to know she is not — she would be a she, not an “it.”Â

Misogyny rules at Fox News.

So, a male Thor isn’t sexual, but a female Thor is.

And there it is, the typical, nasty lie: LGBT people “indoctrinate” and “recruit.”

Of course Fox News readers and viewers think everything is a liberal plot.

Um, no.

Um, yes.

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