Though the powers the cum withMjolnirallowThorto pull off some   immensely   powerful feats , the mythical arm may be capable to charm the God of Thunder ’s mind . One special moment show Thor   utilise   his trusted hammer to speak to a affectionately departed booster . However , a previous revelation raises a doubtfulness or two about the true world power of Mjolnir and what it could be doing to Thor .

After   Captain America is seemingly scud and kill survey the result ofCivil War , Thor attempt to contact his friend in 2008’sThor # 11by J. Michael Straczynski and Olivier Coipel . Noting that Mjolnir can summon the spirits of those who have depone an oath to it , Thor calls upon Steve Rogers , and is greeted by the spectral being of Captain America . Though Thor has a meaningful heart - to - heart with his buddy - in - arms , it is later unwrap inCaptain America : Rebornby Ed Brubaker and Bryan Hitch that Steve is n’t dead at this prison term , but has rather been throw away backwards in time .

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This revelation putsThor ’s experience with the spectral Steve Rogersinto question , because if Steve is n’t somewhere in the afterlife when their conversation takes place , how can Thor   talk with him ? Though the hanging thread of Thor ’s conversation work unanswered for years , an explanation may have presented itself inMighty Thor # 11by   Jason Aaron , Russell Dauterman , Matthew Wilson , and Joe Sabino . Mjolnir is shown as being able to produce illusions and mannerism as Jane Foster to protect the fresh Thor ’s identity operator . Mjolnir also has a consciousness , the God Tempest , and can even verbalise its thoughts and feelings   to those who handle the hammer .

It ’s readable that Mjolnir can make its users see what they   trust to see , particularly when it wishes to assist those in need . Considering one of the prerequisites for wield Mjolnir is being worthy , it stands to cause that it would favor Thor just as much as it favored Jane . So whenThor is in mourningand need to see his friend Steve , there ’s a very good luck that Mjolnir could tread in and   assist ease   the God of Thunder ’s pain by conjuring an image of the military man he believes to be dead , if only for law of closure ’s rice beer .

Mjolnir being the germ of Steve Rogers ' ghost would be a heavy way to come together a plot hole that ’s existed for age . Of naturally , if   it ’s true , then one could argue that Mjolnir ’s decision does more damage than good . After all , at this time Thor and the entire world consider Captain America to be dead , and presenting the fall bomber as a shade reinforces that thought process   while   the hero is   really sentence - displaced . If the possibility obligate piddle , then Thor ’s human relationship with Mjolnir may be a spot more complex than fan thought .

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That said , the mind of Captain America ’s ghostbeing an illusion is just speculation . In the end , it may just be an inauspicious face of wire getting crossed and not enough information being communicated between writers . But the theory thatMjolnirhas the potential to affectThor’smind could be an interesting avenue worth explore one day .

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