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4) Dying for Love (Mighty Thor #705)

Image: Russell Dauterman, Matt Wilson, and Joe Sabino/Marvel Comics
Image: Russell Dauterman, Matt Wilson, and Joe Sabino/Marvel Comics

Jane’s climactic battle with the Mangog—a horrifying being of rage intent on wiping out every god in Asgard—is burdened with the weight of the fact her transformation into Thor to subdue the beast has killed her human self, her body no longer able to tolerate the cancer or chemotherapy her transformations have been playing havoc with. So yes, this is another big punch moment, but the weight of Jane’s final rallying cry—that she dies for love, while Mangog dies for nothing but hate—is what makes it so mighty.