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Sif is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , the character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #102 (March 1964). She is based on the Norse goddess Sif . As an Asgardian warrior and lover of Thor, Sif often accompanies him into battle. She has also battled alongside Balder , who has developed an unrequited attraction to her, as she never shows affection for anyone but Thor and certain individuals who have proved worthy to wield his hammer, Mjolnir , such as the noble alien warrior Beta Ray Bill , and the mortal Eric Masterson .

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67-543: Sif has appeared in various media adaptations of Thor. Jaimie Alexander portrays Lady Sif in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as the first and second seasons of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and one episode of the first season of the television series Loki . Additionally, alternate timeline versions of Sif appear in two episodes of

134-552: A limbo wherein every day he does battle with Surtur. Odin declines Thor's offer of taking his place—noting that just Thor's offer has broken Bor's curse that he would be abandoned as Bor was—and states that Thor must lead the Asgardians, while Odin continues in a state approximating the Asgardian equivalent of heaven , to prevent Surtur from reentering the world. Loki assuages Doctor Doom's fears about Odin's potential wrath if

201-559: A battle involving Thor, Thor Girl and Desak , Thor sees the error of his ways and travels back in time to undo what he has done. After the timeline is reset, Loki brings about Ragnarök in Asgard, during which the godly forces swiftly lose ground. Sif survives the first wave of losses but loses an arm. She is rescued by Brunnhilde, who is later killed by Durok the Demolisher. Sif honors Brunnhilde's death by taking her sword and leading

268-401: A life as a superhero on Earth. Many years later Thor becomes romantically involved with Jane Foster . Thor brings Jane to Asgard to be wed and she is granted immortality but fails a final test. Odin sends her back to Earth, stripped of her newly acquired powers and without memories of the event. Odin then arranges an encounter with Sif while Thor is battling the monstrous super-strong Unknown and

335-468: A lot of fight and verve and fire to her! We talked at length about what this story could be and what her story could be, and it all came down to ... one single question: what does she want? I think Sif, above all, wants to be a better warrior." The series was cancelled in August 2013 with issue #655. About the cancellation, Immonen said We are done with 655. But seeing as we were basically cooked right out of

402-452: A new costume change and is sent to face down Eric and Balder in battle, who had willingly followed her, worried for the success of her mission. Eric and Sif eventually part realms as friends, but he leaves her with a favored leather jacket. When Thor assumes the throne of Asgard following Odin's death, he becomes torn between his duties as king and his desire to keep mortals from harm. Thor resolves this by bringing Asgard to Earth and reshaping

469-735: A rainy morning on the Thor: The Dark World set. The fall caused her to slip a disc in her thoracic spine and chip 11 of her vertebrae, as well as dislocate her left shoulder and tear a rhomboid on her right side. The injuries took her out of filming for a month. Additionally, during the filming of Blindspot , Alexander experienced many injuries, including: ruptured C6 and C7 discs from being water boarded; herniated T3, T4, T8 and T9 discs; broken nose; dislocated right shoulder; broken right index finger; broken left foot; broken left two toes three times; broken right foot; broken right two toes; dislocated jaw; and other injuries that she

536-426: A self-titled one-shot by writer Kelly Sue DeConnick and artist Ryan Stegman . The issue deals with the aftermath of Loki having taken control of her body and her consciousness being forced into the frame of a dying elderly woman. DeConnick said, "Well, this is pretty much the story of how she deals with that. She was a bit cowed at first and, for a woman as fierce and proud as Sif, that's insult added to injury. This

603-412: A soul away from the arch-demon Mephisto . The Odinforce makes Odin capable of destroying entire galaxies, allowing him to engage entities such as Galactus on their own terms. In some stories, Odin has been portrayed at a universal or even multiversal scale of power. In battles against opponents of similar power, Odin carries the magical spear Gungnir ("The Spear of Heaven"), an artifact made of

670-473: A vessel for the rebirth of their founder. In 2007, she began starring in the ABC Family television show Kyle XY as Jessi, a troubled show-off with superhuman powers who is trying to find her way in the world, with increasing cooperation and eventual romance with her male counterpart Kyle. Her role generated a large fan base hoping to see a spin-off show for her character. She also has had guest roles on

737-479: A warrior and was considered the best female warrior in all of Asgard, matched only by Brunnhilde . At one point a giant gave her to the death goddess Hela in exchange for immortality, but Thor saved her by offering himself in her place. Hela was so impressed that she let them both go. Sif was originally said to be Balder's sister rather than Heimdall's in her first appearance. Sif and Thor are separated when his father Odin banishes Thor from Asgard and Thor begins

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804-725: A young girl, Sif was once again able to teleport herself and Thor away without the use of her sword. Sif and Balder relied on the Norn Stones to teleport when they were looking for Thor. In the alternate Earth X reality, the Asgardians were actually aliens that were manipulated by the Celestials into believing they were the Gods of Norse myth. When the lie was revealed, "Sif" and the other Asgardians briefly resumed their alien form, but later returned to their Asgardian forms. In

871-631: Is killed by Odin in battle: adopted in a deal with Bor's spirit, unaware of Bor's intention that the child would bring about Odin's downfall. Despite Odin's intentions, Thor and Loki become bitter enemies. Odin also was the father of Balder from Frigga. Thor's preoccupation with Midgard (Earth) is a constant annoyance to Odin who, as punishment, has deprived Thor of his powers on at least three occasions. Each time, Thor's willingness to atone for his transgressions, his continued noble intentions, and his bravery, eventually convince Odin to restore his original powers and identity. As ruler and protector of

938-553: Is known for portraying Jessi on the TV series Kyle XY and Lady Sif in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020) and the Disney+ series Loki (2021). From 2015 until 2020, she starred in the NBC series Blindspot . Jaimie Alexander

1005-444: Is often said to be the best female fighter in Asgard, on par with Valkyrie. In early appearances, Sif also possessed the innate ability to teleport herself and others from Earth to Asgard. At some point, Sif began relying on her enchanted sword, which could "cleave" open gateways to other destinations besides Earth and Asgard through a complex array of swinging motions. However, during The Reigning , after Thor failed to truly resurrect

1072-497: Is one of the Asgardians who encounter Tana Nile , leading to a series of adventures with her that gets them exiled from Asgard for a time, but they eventually return home. Sif discovers that Thor still has feelings for Jane Foster when she finds him at her hospital bedside after Jane has been critically injured. Despite this, Sif chooses to save Jane's life by merging her life force with her own. Sif does this partially to try to understand Thor's attraction to mortals, especially Jane. Sif

1139-587: Is revealed to Thor that Angela is the daughter of Odin and Frigga; "killed" as an infant during Asgard's war with the Angels of the Tenth Realm, whereupon Odin severed the tenth realm from the other nine as "punishment". Odin was later freed from his self-exile by Loki as he is set to return to Asgard. The fight between Thor and Angela is interrupted when Odin recognizes Angela as his daughter and reveals Angela's true history, wherein an Angel raised her as one of

1206-567: Is soon separated from Jane, and Jane is exiled to a pocket dimension only accessible through the Possessor 's runestaff. Eventually, Sif and Thor rescue Jane and reunite her with her mortal love, Dr. Kevin Kincaid. Red Norvell, who is attracted to Sif, kidnaps her when he gains Thor's power (thanks to Loki). She convinces him to return and save Asgard from Ragnarök . Later, she breaks a deadlock of votes, allowing Thor to return to Earth. Later,

1273-551: Is the embodiment of Asgard and the source of power for Mjolnir and the Norn Stones. He is killed by the Children of Tomorrow, but returns to assist Thor as a spirit. Odin appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Anthony Hopkins . He first appears in the live-action film Thor before making further appearances in the live-action films Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok . Additionally, alternate timeline variants of Odin appear in

1340-413: Is the story of how she comes to own that fury and rises to her full stature once again." Beginning with issue #646 (November 2012), Journey into Mystery by Kathryn Immonen and Valerio Schiti shifted focus from Loki to Sif. Editor Lauren Sankovitch said, "We had it Loki-centric... going forward with #646 we wanted to mix it up a little bit. Sif's been in the thick of it, she's a born warrior, she's got

1407-687: The Guardians of the Galaxy timeline, by the 31st century Thor and Sif have a son named Woden Thorson. Sif has an alternate, older, version of herself living in the MC2 universe. This version had to flee from her home world on Asgard when the planet devourer Galactus arrived to eat it, as seen in the Last Planet Standing miniseries. In the Mutant X universe, Sif was one of many who fought

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1474-603: The Beyonder and died. An alternate universe variant of Sif from Earth-6160 appears in the Ultimate Universe . This version is a servant of Loki who later becomes an associate of the Ultimates. Sif appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Jaimie Alexander . Jaimie Alexander Jaimie Lauren Alexander (née Tarbush ; born March 12, 1984) is an American actress. She

1541-557: The Disney+ animated series What If...? . Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , Sif first appeared in Journey into Mystery #102 (March 1964). As a supporting character of Thor, she was featured predominantly in the pages of The Mighty Thor , beginning with issue #136 (January 1967). The character went on to make guest appearances in several series including The Avengers , Fantastic Four , The New Mutants , Silver Surfer and Thunderstrike . In June 2010, Sif starred in

1608-551: The Phoenix Force about their previous love affair. He is revealed to have been part of a past incarnation of the Avengers in 1,000,000 BC alongside Agamotto , Black Panther , Ghost Rider , Iron Fist , Phoenix, and Star Brand . During the "Death of Thor" arc, Odin faces the return of Mangog and is unable to defeat it. Jane Foster sacrifices herself to stop Mangog before Odin and Thor resurrect her. In The War of

1675-619: The Valkyrior in the final battle. Sif falls in battle against Surtur's forces, dying side by side with Volstagg . All of Asgard falls soon after. Thor returns in time and restores the Asgardian pantheon, beginning with Heimdall. After resurrecting the other gods, Donald Blake goes to a hospital to try to find the reborn Sif. After wrongly thinking that she was reborn in Donald Blake's former love Jane Foster , he leaves thinking that Sif won't come back. However, that scene reveals that Sif

1742-465: The " Dark Reign " storyline, Loki later reveals to Thor what happened to Sif and advises him to find her before Loki returns to his true form. Upon learning the truth from Mrs. Chambers, Jane Foster calls Donald Blake and informs him that she has found Sif, and Thor succeeds in restoring her. With Sif resurrected, Mrs. Chambers passes away. Sif then joins Thor in exile in Broxton, Oklahoma and checks into

1809-552: The Angels under the name of Angela. Due to her services for the Angels, the Queen pardoned Angela her life, but exiled her from Heaven for her lineage. After leaving Heaven, Odin tells Thor, Loki, and Angela that he still loves his children. Angered that someone else is wielding Mjolnir , Odin sends the Destroyer after the new female Thor , appointing Cul Borson as his new 'Minister of Justice' to enforce his new decrees and operate

1876-547: The Asgardian people, Odin has been involved in a number of crises that have threatened Asgard and, on occasion, Earth. Notable examples included stopping Loki, the Storm Giant Skagg, and Surtur (with the aid of Thor and Balder); defeating the Absorbing Man after he absorbs almost all of Asgard; banishing the monster Mangog ; sacrificing his right eye to Mimir for the wisdom to stop Ragnarök (Twilight of

1943-650: The Asgardian weaponry. Loki calls on Odin to return the Norn Stones to him so he can empower the heroes to defeat the Void. Odin returns from the dead after Asgard is invaded by the World-Eaters. During the " Fear Itself " storyline, Odin senses the return of his elder brother, the fear god Cul . After a brief monologue with Uatu the Watcher , Odin commands his people to return to the Asgardian plane against

2010-531: The Asgardians move to Latveria, assuring him that "Old One-Eye is yesterday's god" and "a relic". Later, Odin's absence from the Nine Worlds leads his revived father Bor to wage battle against Thor after Loki and Hela revive him. When Bor is killed, Loki and Balder have Thor exiled for regicide. During the " Siege " storyline, Norman Osborn sends the Thunderbolts to steal Odin's spear Gungnir from

2077-530: The Destroyer, but Odinson and Freyja assemble an army of female superheroes to aid her, forcing Odin to stand down. In Secret Wars , Odin dreams of the end of all existence in an event greater than Ragnarok. He additionally battles King Loki, an evil alternate timeline variant of Loki who threatens to destroy Asgard. In All-New, All-Different Marvel , Odin has become a tyrant ruling Asgard with an iron fist ever since Thor's disappearance. He makes use of

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2144-519: The Gods); attempting to stop the Celestials in the armor of the Destroyer ; engaging inter-dimensional tyrant Dormammu in a "cosmic chess" match as champions of Master Order and Lord Chaos respectively, and preventing Surtur from lighting the Sword of Doom, Twilight. Odin has also died three times in defense of Asgard. On the first occasion, Odin is killed by Mangog, and later revived by Hela . On

2211-525: The Loom of Fates and stops Asgard from perpetuating Ragnarok—which ends the entire Norse pantheon and Asgard itself—Thor believes Odin may be dead permanently. The Odin Force appears to him in humanoid form and says that this was Odin's plan all along. When Thor returns from hibernation in the void, he begins to find the lost Asgardians, but does not search for his father. During his Odinsleep, Thor finds Odin in

2278-682: The NBC series Blindspot . She made an uncredited cameo appearance as Sif in the TV series Loki in June 2021 and voiced the character in the TV series What If...? . She reprised the role in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). She also appeared in a Matthew Perryman Jones music video of the song "Save You" released in September 2009. In 2010, Alexander appeared in a web series for MSN entitled Ultradome produced by Milo Ventimiglia . In

2345-590: The Realms , Malekith attempts to kill Odin. However, he survives and appoints Thor as his successor. As King of the Norse Gods, Odin possesses vast strength, stamina and durability far greater than that of a normal Asgardian, along with resistance to all Earthly diseases and toxins, incredible resistance to magic and, as a courtesy of the Golden Apples of Idunn , a greatly extended lifespan. Odin has all

2412-604: The Serpent before his shadow falls on the World Tree. Captain America and the Avengers bring an unconscious Thor to Broxton so that Odin can heal Thor. As he tends to his son, Odin confesses that he has always tried to prevent Thor's prophesied death by the Serpent, not to prevent Ragnarok, but because he loves his son and does not want to see him perish. Odin prepares Thor by giving him the armor and helmet that he himself wore

2479-640: The Thunder Guard and the Destroyer Armor to protect his kingdom and even went so far as to imprison Frigga and anyone who gets in his way. His reason for imprisoning Frigga is because she assisted the female Thor against the Destroyer. Odin fought the female Thor when she interrupted Frigga's trial. After the battle is halted when Loki used a poisoned dagger on Frigga, Odin took Frigga's body to his Odinsleep chamber where he placed some of his powers into her. In Generations , Odin reminisces with

2546-502: The abilities of his son Thor, but to a much greater degree. Odin is capable of manipulating the Odinforce—a powerful source of energy—for a number of purposes, including energy projection; creation of illusions and force fields ; levitation ; molecular manipulation, communicating telepathically with other Asgardians even if they are on Earth and he is in Asgard, hypnotizing humans; channelling lightning to Earth from Asgard, controlling

2613-548: The alien warrior Beta Ray Bill comes to the defense of Earth during a war with Surtur and his demon army. In the midst of battle Sif and Bill find themselves attracted to each other. Meanwhile, Lorelei has given Thor an elixir that causes him to fall in love with her, and he is so blinded by the spell that he strikes Sif in anger. When the war is over, Sif and Bill spend some time on Earth exploring their mutual attraction before returning to Asgard. Sif eventually returns and finally comes to forgive Thor after she realizes that Lorelei

2680-410: The average Asgardian female and on par with the average Asgardian male, limited invulnerability, as well as advanced stamina, speed, agility, and reflexes. Sif is also extremely long lived and maintains her youth and vitality through the consumption of golden apples . She is also highly skilled in hand to hand combat and proficient in the use of cold weapons , favoring a sword and shield in battle. She

2747-544: The cast of Covert Affairs for three episodes of the second season. Alexander appeared in the 2013 film Savannah directed by Annette Haywood-Carter, about Ward Allen ( Jim Caviezel ), a real-life early 1900s aristocrat who starts an unexpected partnership with Christmas Moultrie ( Chiwetel Ejiofor ), a freed slave. She portrayed deputy sheriff Sarah Torrance in The Last Stand , alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger . In 2015, Alexander began starring as Jane Doe in

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2814-549: The coming of the Celestial Fourth Host. The character also on occasion uses the eight-legged steed Sleipnir and the enchanted ship Skipbladnir , which can navigate the "sea of space" and shrink to the size of a toy. In Spider-Punk 's universe, Odin is the source of Eric Masters ' powers. An alternate universe variant of Odin from Earth-1610 appears in the Ultimate Marvel universe. This version

2881-455: The film was selected by Robert Rodriguez to be featured on his El Rey Network . Alexander began dating actor Peter Facinelli in 2012 after they met on the set of Loosies . They became engaged in March 2015. In February 2016, Alexander and Facinelli announced they had ended their engagement. Also in 2012, Alexander suffered severe injuries when she slipped off a metal staircase during

2948-508: The gate, I'm going to call hanging in for nearly a year a success. To be truthful, the real challenge that we inherited with this book was living up to the beautiful work that Kieron [Gillen] et al. had done previously and the amazing reader energy that had been generated. If all that had happened with our ten issues was to extend the influence of the astonishing Valerio Schiti, that would have been enough. As it is, I'm so proud of what Valerio, Jordie [Bellaire], Clayton [Cowles], Pepe and I put on

3015-402: The horror film Rest Stop where she portrayed Nicole Carrow, a girl who escapes from home and goes on a trip with her boyfriend, which is unexpectedly interrupted at a rest stop by a deranged serial killer. In 2007, she had her third lead role, also in a horror film. In Hallowed Ground she played Elizabeth Chambers, a girl stranded in a small town inhabited by a sect that plans to use her as

3082-573: The last time he cast out the Serpent and gives Thor the Odinsword, named Ragnarok (which was forged to end all things). While Thor kills the Serpent at the cost of his own life, Odin frees those affected by the Hammers of the Worthy, and returns to Asgard with the corpse of the Serpent sealing off Asgard from Hermod and a number of other Asgardians left on Earth. In the " Original Sin " storyline, it

3149-513: The lifeforces of all Asgardians, and teleportation . The character has also used the Odinforce for greater feats such as transporting the entire human race to an alternate dimension; stopping time; pulling the remains of distant planets down from outer space to crush his foes, compressing the population of an entire planet into a single being, the Mangog and then recreating the race and taking

3216-537: The metal uru , that can be used to channel the Odinforce. Even without the Odinforce it can still match Thor's hammer in battle. Once a year, during the Asgardian winter, Odin must undertake the Odinsleep for 24 hours to regenerate (and is closely guarded as he is vulnerable during this period), although he can be weakened by potent spells, such as those of Karnilla . Odin is also a master tactician and schemer, and has prevented Ragnarok, and planned for centuries for

3283-411: The movie's commentary, she was originally at the audition to help out by reading against the male actors, but the director Gregg Bishop decided to cast her in the leading role after hearing her perform the lines. Alexander's next role was in the movie Squirrel Trap where she played Sara, the love interest of the main character, David, who is a socially introverted genius portrayed by Keith Staley. This

3350-532: The page under Lauren [Sankovitch] and Jake's fearless leadership. I'm also thrilled to have been able to write Sif as a fierce warrior and a lovable dork. I hope she finds a new home somewhere with a lot of things to say and a lot of things to kill. Sif, Heimdall 's sister, has been Thor and Balder's constant companion since childhood. Like most Asgardians, Sif was born with golden hair. Hers was turned black after Loki cut it and replaced it with enchanted hair made by dwarves. At an early age she showed great prowess as

3417-519: The protests of Thor , and Asgard rebuilds into a war engine with which he intends to raze Earth completely, to destroy the Serpent. Thor convinces Odin to send him back to Earth instead, and Iron Man travels to Asgard-space for an audience with Odin, wherein Iron Man asks Odin if he can use one of Asgard's workshops to make weapons, and Odin allows him to use the Workshops of Svartalfheim, to stop

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3484-492: The role in two special crossover guest appearances in the TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , in episodes first aired on March 11, 2014, and March 10, 2015. In July 2010, Alexander was cast in the independent comedy-drama film, Loosies co-starring Peter Facinelli and directed by Michael Corrente . In October 2010, Alexander joined the cast of Nurse Jackie in a sizeable story arc as Jackie's ( Edie Falco ) wild, immature sister-in-law, Tunie Peyton. In 2011, she joined

3551-687: The same hotel as Donald Blake under the name Sylvan. While in Broxton, Sif struggles with the fact that Loki possessed her body while she was trapped in Mrs. Chambers' body. She aids Beta Ray Bill, whose starship Skuttlebutt has been invaded by virus-infected aliens. Sif is later seen defending Asgard during the Siege of Asgard and the Serpent 's War . Sif shares powers common among all Asgardians , with her dense physiology granting superhuman strength greater than

3618-555: The second occasion, the Celestials melt the Destroyer, and thus stifle all Asgardians except Thor, who collects a portion of energy from each pantheon and uses it to revive Odin, who in turn resurrects the Asgardians. The final occasion involves a massive battle against Surtur on Earth, with Odin apparently dying once and for all, when the Odin Force—the source of Odin's power—migrates to his son, Thor. As Thor eventually destroys

3685-406: The series, Alexander portrayed Han Solo in battle against Indiana Jones for the title of best Harrison Ford character. In 2011, Alexander reunited with writer/director Gregg Bishop for The Birds of Anger for NBCUniversal G4Films . The film was based on the best-selling mobile game, Rovio's Angry Birds , told in the style of the 1963 film The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock . In 2019,

3752-611: The show CSI: Miami where she played Jenna York, a flight attendant involved in a murder case; and in Bones where she played Molly Briggs, a student connected to the victim of the episode. In September 2009, Alexander was cast as Lady Sif in the live-action superhero film , Thor , directed by Kenneth Branagh and released in May 2011. She reprised the role in the sequel Thor: The Dark World , released in November 2013. She reprised

3819-608: The two fall in love again. Reunited with Thor, Sif accompanies him into battle against many of his most formidable enemies including Ulik , the Enchanters Three , the Circus of Crime , Wrecker , Mangog , Pluto , and Surtur . Sif is part of the resistance when Loki takes control of Asgard. After Hogun attempts a physical attack, Sif puts herself in the line of fire and convinces Loki if he dies, he would have to kill her too. Loki declines to murder anyone at that point. Sif

3886-503: The world in his image. Though his intentions are noble, a nightmarish future follows as Thor's reign on Earth becomes tyrannical. Sif, unwilling to go along with this new vision, is exiled from Asgard. Thor eventually marries the Enchantress and has a son, Magni . As an adult seeking understanding of these events, Magni finds Sif, who influences him to rise up against his father even though she still loves him. Following Magni's death in

3953-444: Was 17, she substituted for a friend at a meeting with a scouting agency and she met her manager, Randy James, who sent her some scripts. After her graduation from Colleyville Heritage High School , a year and a half later, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. Her career was launched in 2003, when she was cast in the leading role of Hanna Thompson in the low budget, award-winning film The Other Side . According to

4020-511: Was adapted from the Odin of Norse mythology by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . The character is depicted as the father of Thor and, traditionally, as the king of Asgard . Sir Anthony Hopkins portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). Although Odin was first mentioned in Journey into Mystery #85 (Oct. 1962), his first actual appearance

4087-462: Was born in Greenville, South Carolina , but moved to Grapevine, Texas , when she was four years old. She is the fourth child and only girl in a family of five children. Alexander first got into acting in grade school, where she took theater for fun. Alexander stated that she was kicked out of theater when she was in high school because she could not sing, so she instead went into sports. When she

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4154-459: Was imprisoned inside the Earth. Odin thereafter became ruler of Asgard , where he received the epithet of All-Father , and eventually fell in love with the elder goddess, Gaea, by whom he is the father of Thor . After Thor's birth, Odin returns to Asgard, where his wife, Frigga , acts as Thor's mother. Odin is also the adoptive father of Loki , a child of Giant ancestry whose father King Laufey

4221-473: Was in Journey into Mystery #86 (November 1962). He was created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . According to Norse mythology , Odin is the son of Bor (father, one of the first Asgardians ) and Bestla (mother, a frost giantess), and the full brother of Vili and Ve. With the aid of his brothers, a young Odin defeats the fire demon Surtur ; later, Odin reveals that his brothers were killed by Surtur, but gave their power to Odin. Later Surtur

4288-658: Was not allowed to disclose. In March 2018, Alexander was hospitalized and underwent surgery after her appendix ruptured. She later recovered. Odin (Marvel Comics) Odin Borson, the All-Father is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . First mentioned in Journey into Mystery #85 (Oct. 1962), the character first appears in Journey into Mystery #86 (Nov. 1962), and

4355-417: Was reborn in an elderly woman in that hospital named Mrs. Chambers, who is suffering from what is thought to be terminal cancer. Loki has masked her from Thor's abilities, giving her a mirror that shows Sif her true form but prevents her from revealing her identity. Her host remains in the hospital, fighting for her life. Thor wondered what would happen to the spirit of an Asgardian if their host died. During

4422-589: Was soon followed by a guest appearance in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia , where she portrayed a femme fatale in the role of Tammy, who through a combination of seduction and threats manipulates one of the main characters. She also has a small part in an episode of Standoff . She appeared in the series Watch Over Me where she portrayed the character of Caitlin Porter. In 2006, she had her second lead role in

4489-413: Was to blame for his brutality. However, she clarifies to Balder that her love for Bill is purely platonic. She also develops a romantic relationship with another mortal to wield Thor's power, Eric Masterson . Despite this, Sif risks her life to travel to the realm of Mephisto to free what seems to be the soul of Thor from a mystical bag, pledging her loyalty to the demonic entity. She is manipulated into

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