Valhalla (Afterlife)

Valhalla
Name	Valhalla
Aliases	Hall of the Honored Dead, Mythical Land of the Fallen, Odin's Hall
Location Details
Reality	Earth-616
Dimension	Niffleheim ; formerly Asgard
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
First	Daring Mystery Comics #6 (June, 1940)
First	Daring Mystery Comics #6 (June, 1940)

History

In the Asgardian afterlife, Valhalla was the place to where heroes and honored dead went. Currently hidden in Niffleheim, Valhalla was originally a special region of Asgard.

After Odin sacrificed his life to give Thor the full Odinforce, his spirit crossed to Valhalla. However, Odin found that the gates were destroyed and the halls empty.

Alternate Universe Versions

Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610)

Thor becomes Valhalla

On this world, Thor died and became a captive of Valhalla. He made a bargain with Valhalla's ruler, Hela, that she would release him from Valhalla if he fathered a child with her. Thor, somewhat reluctantly, performed this task. After the fact, Thor demanded to be released, but Hela informed him that another must die to take his place. This occurred when Thor's romantic interest Barbara Norriss fell in battle. Thor returned to Earth and Barbara Norriss was transformed into Valhalla's Valkyrie. Later, apparently due to being the only survivor of Asgard, Thor became Valhalla, which gave him the ability to communicate with fallen Asgardians, such as Odin and Loki.

New Ultimate Universe (Earth-6160)

Valhalla under Hela's control

After the Maker settled on Earth-6160 to reshape it to his image, he helped Loki ascend to the throne of Asgard. Loki allied himself with Hela, granting her Valhalla, using the dead as his police force and allowing them to fest on the hall, mocking the Asgardians.

Residents

• Bill Cobb
• Einherjar
  • Valkyries
• Grombar
• Odin

Notes

• "Hercules" from Daring Mystery Comics #6 goes to and comes from "Valhalla" to give Martin Burns his power as Marvel Boy. It is unknown if the Valhalla in the story is the same Valhalla or a different realm that uses the same name.
• Valhalla was part of Pre-Cataclysmic Atlantis's folklore and myths.

Trivia

• Frank Castle, Flash Thompson, and Jane Foster are among the mortals deemed worthy of entering Valhalla despite not being believers in the Asgardian religion.
• The souls housed in Valhalla cannot try to hurt each other out of anger.
• If Odin kills one of the Einherjar, they are returned to life.
  • Due to the multiple deaths and resurrections of Skurge, Odin stated that taking his life in Valhalla in order to resurrect him, would result in Skurge being unable to return there or to Hel, with Vidbláinn being his only destination, as well as "the sleep with no waking", described by Odin as death even for a god.

See Also

• 73 appearance(s) of Valhalla (Afterlife)
• 5 minor appearance(s) of Valhalla (Afterlife)
• 165 mention(s) of Valhalla (Afterlife)
• 4 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Valhalla (Afterlife)
• 21 invocation(s) of Valhalla (Afterlife)
• 15 image(s) of Valhalla (Afterlife)
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