42 Facts About Jane Foster

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Jane Foster is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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For many years, Jane Foster was a nurse, employed by Dr Donald Blake, Thor's first mortal host, before becoming a doctor herself.

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Jane Foster is later revealed to be deemed worthy to wield Thor's hammer Mjolnir when the former is no longer able.

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Since her debut, Jane Foster has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful female heroes.

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Jane Foster appeared in the 2015 original graphic novel Avengers: Rage of Ultron as a member of the Avengers.

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Jane Foster reappears in the War of the Realms storyline before taking up the mantle as the new Valkyrie in a new ongoing series titled "Jane Foster: Valkyrie".

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Jane Nelson, known by her more common name of Jane Foster, was a nurse for Dr Donald Blake, eventually developing feelings for him and Thor, not knowing that they were one and the same.

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The love triangle went on for a while until Thor revealed his secret identity to Jane Foster, which caused Odin to punish him though he was forgiven after saving Asgard, and in return Thor even took her to Asgard with him.

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Jane Foster appears again in the second Thor volume; now a doctor herself, she is in a position of authority over several New York paramedics, including Jake Olsen.

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10.

Later, Jane Foster becomes involved in a police case against Olsen, who is accused of stealing drugs.

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Jane Foster's later informed Monroe that he was dying due to the effects of the Super-Soldier Serum he had ingested as a youth.

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12.

Jane Foster's is seen in issue 4, helping to assist a beaten Spider-Man.

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Shortly after divorcing her husband and subsequently losing custody of her child, Jimmy Kincaid, Jane Foster hears rumors of the return of Dr Donald Blake and Thor.

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Blake soon visits Jane Foster at her work in a New York City hospital in search of Sif, whose spirit Blake mistakenly thought had been reborn in Jane Foster since their spirits had been merged once before.

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Jane Foster discovers that Sif's spirit had actually been reborn in the body of a dying elderly cancer patient that was under her care.

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Jane Foster's is one of the few survivors of the end of the extant Marvel Universe, boarding Reed Richards's "life raft".

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Jane Foster infiltrated the Thor Corps, Doom's police force, and convinced a majority of them to revolt against Doom.

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18.

Jane Foster's became involved in the war between Svartalfheim, the realm of the Dark Elves, and Alfheim, the realm of the Light Elves and encountered several incarnations of Loki.

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19.

Jane Foster's goes to Switzerland where she meets Agent Solomon and accompanies her to the Southern Ocean to find a hidden station that belongs to Roxxon.

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20.

Thor then reveals to Solomon that the other Jane Foster is an illusion created by Mjolnir and her secret identity as well.

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21.

Jane Foster's appeared by chance in their encounter with Warbringer and subsequently agrees to help form a new official Avengers group.

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22.

Jane Foster agrees to keep it secret, and offers her moral support during chemotherapy treatments.

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23.

Jane Foster convinces Odinson to reclaim his name and continue in the War Between the Realms as the true Thor while she resolves to focus on her chemotherapy.

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24.

Jane Foster later takes the broken hammer of the Earth-1610 Thor in order to help fight Malekith's forces.

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25.

Jane Foster learns that this bracelet can now be anything that she needs.

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Jane Foster becomes the first in a new generation of Valkyries, armed with Undrajarn the All-Weapon, named so by the spirit of Brunnhilde as she and the Valkrior spirits rise from their bodies to find Valhalla.

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On her first major outing as the Valkyrie, Jane Foster loses Dragonfang in a battle with the Fast Five when the sword is stolen by Bullseye.

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28.

Jane Foster possesses various superhuman attributes due to her Asgardian physiology, grating her superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and durability, alongside new powers common among valkyries, such as mystical teleportation and death perception.

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Jane Foster did just that and inspired fictional Marvel heroes as well as very real readers along the way.

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30.

Jane Foster's has had a powerful impact, and has come to be loved by fans.

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Jane Foster has become their best Thor; it's just such a tragedy that it will be the death of her.

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Jane Foster's showed her mighty power up until the moment she sacrificed herself to defeat Mangog, but even after death, Jane returned as a Valkyrie, proving that heroism goes beyond superpowers.

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Writer Jason Aaron, artist Russell Dauterman, and colorist Matthew Wilson gave the Marvel Universe a thrilling, tragic hero in Jane Foster, who has been battling cancer while fighting for the Nine Realms in a devastating war that has only intensified with each day.

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34.

The effects of Jane Foster's chemotherapy are negated every time she transforms into Thor, and her human body is on the verge of death when the rest of the realms need her most.

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35.

Since Jane Foster picked up Mjolnir, we as readers have been treated to the classic godly and otherworldly thrills that only THOR can provide.

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36.

Jane Foster was his nurse, but eventually became more than that.

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37.

Jane Foster's became a doctor in her own right before taking Thor's title and hammer from him.

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38.

Jane Foster's style is perfectly suited to the dual nature of the book.

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39.

Jane Foster captures all the scope and majesty of Asgardia and its inhabitants, but his work is equally great at subtle emotion.

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40.

Jane Foster briefly appears in the Ultimate Marvel imprint during the first series of Ultimates, where she was a member of an anarchist cult who believed Thorlief Golmen was the genuine god of thunder.

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41.

Jane Foster makes her first appearance in the live-action film Thor before making subsequent appearances in the live-action films Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Love and Thunder, in which she becomes the Mighty Thor.

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Additionally, alternate timeline versions of Jane Foster appear in the live-action film Avengers: Endgame and the animated television series What If.

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