Thor FalkenHauser
| This article is about the Viking warrior who wields a magic hammer against Scotsmen in the Transformers vs. G.I. Joe comic. For the Viking god who wields a magic hammer against supervillains in Marvel Comics, see Thor. |
- Thor FalkenHauser is a human from the Transformers vs. G.I. Joe portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
In medieval times, Thor FalkenHauser and Aberneth the Hawk-Helmed led Vikings from Giant Island Jotunheim in raiding the Scottish shores. He is a distant ancestor of G.I. Joe's Conrad "Duke" Hauser.
Fiction
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe
Thor FalkenHauser received a mystical warhammer from "metal gods" to commemorate his role in a "war of the worlds". Its magic only activated in the hands of FalkenHauser and his descendants. The War Never Ends
One night, FalkenHauser and Aberneth led a raid on Laird Mac Cullen's village. Mac Cullen fought back and perished, but the Scotsman's vengeful younger brother entered the fray with an invention of his own making... the very first firearm. He shot and killed FalkenHauser, and the Vikings retreated. But Aberneth had retrieved the hammer, and it became an heirloom of his own family. Stick To Your Guns It remained in his lineage for centuries, its magic powers hidden and unknown, until it was unexpectedly activated in the grasp of FalkenHauser's descendant Duke. The War Never Ends
Notes
- The thematic connection between this magic-hammer-wielding Thor and the figure of Norse myth is surely intentional, but what to make of it within the fiction is up to the reader.
- FalkenHauser and Aberneth's co-leadership of the raid is an echo of how Duke and Hawk have both led the G.I. Joe team at different times and in different continuities.
- Obviously we're meant to infer that the name "FalkenHauser" evolved into Duke's surname, "Hauser". But it's also a reference to Duke's half-brother, Vincent "Falcon" Falcone. Whether he is also a FalkenHauser descendant, and their bloodlines had reunited via Duke and Falcon's mom, is unclear.
