Worthy

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Official Team Name

Worthy

Team Aliases

Unknown

Status

Defunct

Identity

Public

Alignment

Bad

Universe

Earth-616

Base of Operations

Mobile

Affiliations

Team Leader(s)

Serpent

Former Members
Angrir, Greithoth, Kuurth, Mokk, Nerkkod, Nul, Skadi, Skirn, Absorbing Man, Attuma, Grey Gargoyle, Juggernaut, Hulk,Sin, Thing, Titania

Allies

Exiles, Master Man

Enemies

The Avengers, Future Foundation, X-Men, Alpha Flight, Heroes for Hire, Heavy Hitters, Defenders

Origin

Origin

Each granted a mystical hammer which increased their powers and abilities greatly

Place of Formation

Asgard

Creators

Matt Fraction, Stuart Immonen

First appearance

Last appearance

Fear Itself #2
(July, 2011)

Fear Itself #7
(December, 2011)

History

The Worthy are the Serpent's elite vanguard and agents of destruction. The eight superpowered beings who can wield those hammers are granted immense power and are possessed by the evil spirits that are associated with the Serpent. Sin was the first one to lift the Hammer of Skadi and transform into Skadi who frees the Serpent from his prison. He then sends seven more hammers to Earth which are lifted by seven more people:

• Juggernaut becomes Kuurth: Breaker of Stone
• Attuma becomes Nerkkod: Breaker of Oceans
• Titania becomes Skirn: Breaker of Men
• Grey Gargoyle becomes Mokk: Breaker of Faith
• Absorbing Man becomes Greithoth: Breaker of Wills
• Thing becomes Angrir: Breaker of Souls
• Hulk becomes Nul: Breaker of Worlds

Every one of the Worthy helped the Serpent to spread fear around the Earth. The first Worthy to be dispossessed was the Thing, with the help of Franklin Richards and his reality alteration powers. After the final battle when the Worthy were defeated by The Avengers and the Serpent killed by Thor, their hammers were taken away from them by Odin. Nul was the only one who seemed to be still free in the Earth, for that, Hulk searched for the help of Doctor Strange.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: Hammer of Skadi, Hammer of Kuurth, Hammer of Nul, Hammer of Nerkkod, Hammer of Skirn, Hammer of Mokk, Hammer of Greithoth, Hammer of Angrir.

Notes

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Trivia

• The way in which the arrival of the hammers on Earth is portrayed seems similar to a scene from Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, in which The Fallen and other Decepticons crash land on Earth in several different locations.
• The Worthy being each able to wield a specific hammer of their own is similar to Thor being worthy to wield Mjolnir, except that their handles are long while Thor's is short.

See Also

• 17 Worthy (Earth-616) Members
  
• 19 Appearances of Worthy (Earth-616)
• 2 Images that include Worthy (Earth-616)
• Team Gallery: Worthy (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Worthy (Earth-616)

Links and References

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Footnotes