All the power of the storm, from all the world, flows through my veins, and can be summoned by mine hammer at any time, wherever it is. A lightning storm in Japan? Mine. A hurricane off the coast of Barbados? Mine again. A brace of tornadoes in Kansas? Aye... mine. All that might, all that destructive force, mine to command. Channeled and guided through the mystic might of this hammer, guided right at thee!
Thor is the God of Thunder,[71] a member of the race known as the Asgardians, a group of humanoid beings from the pocket dimension of Asgard,[72] the Realm Eternal.[73] Thor is the son of Odin, the All-Father and King of Asgard.[74] He was worshiped by the humans known as Vikings and became part of Norse mythology.[75] Armed with his enchanted Uru hammer Mjolnir, which helps him to channel his godly energies, he became the mightiest warrior in the Ten Realms. When his irresponsible and impetuous behavior became too much, Odin sent him to Midgard (more commonly known as Earth) as a disabled mortal medical student named Donald Blake, stripped of his memory. After learning humility, he regained his memory as well as his godly powers.[76][14] Thor went on to become a champion for Midgard as well as one of the founding members of the Avengers, "Earth's Mightiest Heroes".[77]
Thor is the blood-son of Odin, All-Father of the Asgardians, and Jord, who was also known as Gaea, the earth-goddess who was one of the Elder Gods.[3] Odin claimed that he sought to father a son whose power would derive from both Asgard and Midgard (as the Earth realm is called by Asgardians), and hence he sought to mate with Jord. Odin created a cave in Norway where Jord gave birth to Thor.[78] Months after the infant Thor was weaned, Odin brought him to Asgard to be raised. Odin's wife, the goddess Frigga, acted as Thor's mother from that time onward, and for many years Thor believed her to be his birthmother. Not until many centuries later did Thor learn the purported truth that Jord was his birth mother,[79] though the Phoenix has asserted that Odin had lied about Thor's parentage and that it was his birth mother through Firehair, an ancient human mutant and avatar of the Phoenix Force,[45] claiming that Gaea was a lie to ensure that Thor would dedicate himself to protecting the Earth.[3] In truth, Gaea was Thor's birth mother, with the Phoenix acting as her midwife, but when the newborn Thor was assassinated by King Laufey the Phoenix resurrected him, leaving him permanently imbued with some of her power.[53]
Ragnarok Cycle[]
The Ragnarok cycle created numerous versions of Thor's origin story, and the fact that Asgard was a place of myth did not help matters when trying to keep track of all of the different stories and personalized descriptions of events. One such story came from the severed eye of Odin, which grew to great size, achieved sentience, and told Thor of another Thor who had existed before the current Thor's birth. This previous Thor was also the son of Odin but had red hair, not blond hair like the current Thor. Thor was said in myth to have killed the Midgard Serpent, and to have been killed himself by the dying monster's venom, at Ragnarok, the destruction of a previous version of Asgard. Odin himself was killed, but a new Odin appeared in the place of several gods who survived Ragnarok, and it was this new Odin who fathered the current version of Thor. It is uncertain whether a true picture of Thor's origin will ever be told.[80]
Early Life[]
Loki[]
The young Thor was raised alongside Loki, who had been adopted by Odin after Loki's Frost Giant father Laufey had been killed in battle. For all of their childhood, Loki was jealous of Thor. Loki's jealousy, which grew to hatred, resulted in a desire to kill Thor. Thus began Loki's enmity for Thor, which persisted for many centuries.[81] The two boys, although rivals, were inseparable and explored different realms and participated in various mythical adventures. As children, they engaged in battle against Storm Giants to recover the Golden Apples of Idunn that had been stolen.[82] In these journeys, Loki secretly attempted to put Thor in danger.[83]
Mjolnir[]
When Thor was eight, Odin sent him to Nidavellir, the land of the Dwarves, to bid the dwarf lords Brokk and Eitri to create three treasures for Asgard's ruler. Among the three treasures that Brokk and Eitri created was the Uru hammer Mjolnir (although Loki sabotaged the creation of the hammer so that its handle was made too short by distracting the dwarven weaponsmiths). Odin bestowed various enchantments upon the hammer, including one that made it impossible for anyone to lift it except someone who was truly worthy of wielding it. Odin then declared that he was reserving the use of Mjolnir for Thor, who would receive it on the day that great deeds of selfless valor had proved him worthy of its power. (Many of the stories contradict each other. This story of the origin of Mjolnir was contradicted by other records that showed Odin wielding Mjolnir long before Thor was even born). For years, Thor strove to become physically strong enough to wield the hammer and was responsible for many heroic deeds. Finally, when Thor was sixteen, Odin sent him and his friends Balder and Sif on a quest to teach him what was truly required to wield Mjolnir which was a pure heart.[84]
Tales of Asgard[]
After coming of age as a young god, Thor became Asgard's greatest warrior and embarked on various adventures and missions for his people. However, still unexperienced in wielding the magical hammer, he once sought advice from the clairvoyant Norns when Sif had been kidnapped by Storm Giants and ended up as a prisoner of the Goddess of Death, Hela. The Norns had explained Thor would meet death, as such, he offered his own life in exchange for Sif's freedom. Hela was so impressed by the young Thunder God's nobility that she let both of them go.[85] A romance between Sif and Thor waxed and waned over the centuries.[86]
Loki constantly schemed against Thor in the affairs of Asgard,[87] but was still his brother's faithful companion in many adventures. When wandering through Jotunheim, the two brothers contemplated giants attempting to break through a secret passage to Olympus, the realm of the Greek deities. Thor launched an attack against them, but was caught in a rockslide and ended up in Olympus. The god of thunder was astonished to see so many similarities and differences with his own home. The arrogant and stubborn young god stumbled upon the lion of Olympus, Hercules. The two champions fiercely exchanged aggressions, until their fight was interrupted by Zeus, lord of Olympus and father of Hercules, who expressed the honorable warriors should be friends. As such, a long-term alliance between the princes began.[88]
Thor and Loki constantly battled each other in the halls of the golden city. Exhausted of the turmoil the feud created, Odin ordered them to cease fighting or face death. Instead, to direct their energy, he tasked the two brothers with a quest to find the responsible for corrupting the magnamimous Oversword of Asgard.[89] The wise mage Morduk presented Thor with a map to guide them in their mission and with the Crimson Hand, an artifact that would counter Loki's potential lies. This allowed Thor to expose Braggi, an assassin Loki had secretly enlisted.[90] For this adventure, Thor sailed to the stars with the company of the valiant and glorious Warriors Three at his side, namely Hogun the Grim, Fandral the Dashing, and Volstagg the Enormous.[91] By sailing on the Sea of Fear to the deadly Pillars of Utgard, the heroes left Asgard. This was part of Odin's plan to prevent the occurrence of the events that would trigger Ragnarok.[92] Enduring a terrible maelstrom on the waters, Loki created a rebellion on the ship, arguing the warriors were going to meet their doom if they did not return home. A schism erupted among warriors siding either with Loki or Thor, with the Warriors Three supporting the god of thunder.[93] As the Utgard dragon threatened the ship, they ceased combat to watch Balder obliterate the beast by playing his horn.[94] Their journey went on, as they warred against Queen Ula and her Flying Trolls of Thryheim, who kidnapped Loki. Thor rescued his brother after refusing to become Ula's consort.[95][96] Back to Asgard, the heroes were informed by Odin about Ragnarok, the end of their very existence.[97] Since Loki's future betrayal was the first omen that would sparkle the apocalypse, he was sentenced to prison.[98]
Ragnarok was averted and Asgard faced danger at the hands of Harokin, who deployed the Warlock's Eye to conquer the realms.[99] Thor and the Warriors Three countered the conqueror and his army to liberate the invaded lands of Muspelheim.[100] After besting the invader in combat, Thor impersonated him to gain access to the Warlock's Eye and prevent the invasion of Asgard.[101]
Viking Hero[]
Sometime in the 9th Century AD, Thor traveled to Earth to promote his worship among the Vikings. Both the Norsemen and the Germans, who called him Donner ("Thunder"), came to worship Thor and other Asgardians. Thor actively encouraged the adulation of his Viking worshipers for years, and also encouraged them to find glory in battle.[48][verification needed]
When Thor discovered that his more zealous Viking worshipers had slaughtered the inhabitants of a Christian monastery, he was shocked and ashamed that they committed atrocities in his name. Thor then withdrew from Earthly activities altogether, and the active worship of the gods of Asgard effectively ended. For centuries, the only memory that man would have of the Asgardians would be through myths and legends (Alternately, another story tells of how, 1000 years ago, the Sky-Fathers of Earth's Pantheons retreated from mortal worship at the command of the Third Host of the Celestials).[48]
In the year 893, Thor discovered the corpse of a Native American god washed up on the shores of Scandinavia, coming into conflict with a deicidal alien called Gorr the God Butcher.[102] Attacked by Gorr,[103] Thor wounded him with a thunderbolt and tracked him to a cave near Lake Ladoga, Russia. Gorr captured Thor and tortured him for seventeen days,[104] but Thor's worshipers tracked them down and rescued him - enabling Thor to sever one of Gorr's arms and seemingly kill him.[105] Sometime later, Thor was attacked by monsters made of living darkness - minions of Gorr - who dragged him through time to the distant future.[106] Enslaved on the Black World of Gorr, Thor encountered his future granddaughters and attempted to aid their rebellion against Gorr. Rescued by Thor the Avenger - his future self from the 21st century - and All-Father Thor from the distant future, Thor helped them vanquish Gorr and would have claimed Gorr's weapon - the primordial symbioteAll-Black - for himself, but was stopped by All-Father Thor.[107]
Sometime later, Thor was taken to the future again to help his future selves fight against the dark elf warlord Malekith, finally proving himself worthy of Mjolnir in the process.[108][69]
As Siegfried
Siegfried[]
According to the severed eye of Odin, it was Odin himself who later caused Thor to live on Earth in the mortal guises of the Germanic heroes Siegmund and his son, Siegfried. In these two roles, Thor played a major role in Odin's efforts to regain the dangerously powerful Ring of the Nibelung. The warrior Hunding killed Siegmund, but Thor was reborn as Siegfried, the son of Siegmund and his lover Sieglinda. Siegfried took possession of the Ring after killing the giant Fafnir, who guarded it in the guise of a dragon (this Fafnir is not to be confused with the Fafnir, the former king of Nastrond).[109]
James Allison stated that the tale of Siegfried battling Fafnir, and many other similar accounts, were mythical tales originated as a pale racial memory of the battle of one of his previous incarnations, Niord, with the "worm" of the Country of the Worm.[110]
Siegfried then fell in love with the Valkyrie Brunnhilde but was murdered by Hagen, the son of Alberich, the dwarf who had created the Ring and placed a curse upon it. Odin, however, resurrected Siegfried as Thor, who again had his full godly powers, but wiped-out Thor's memory of his two mortal identities. (It is unclear how much, if any, of this account by Odin's severed eye is true.)[111]
Jarnbjorn[]
Thor vs. Apocalypse
During the 11th Century AD, Thor faced off with the Celestial-powered being called Apocalypse. Seeking revenge, Thor blessed Jarnbjorn with his own blood to imbue it with the power to pierce Celestial armor.[112]
At one point, Adolf Hitler succeeded in contacting Thor and deceived him into aiding the cause of the Germans, the descendants of the people who had once worshiped him, in the current war. Thor, therefore, clashed with the Invaders and nearly killed the second Union Jack with a blast of lightning from his enchanted hammer. Learning that Hitler was evil, Thor vowed to aid him no more and withdrew most of the electricity in Union Jack's body back into his hammer, somehow restoring him to health in the process. The second Union Jack now possessed the superhuman power to discharge electrical bolts from his body.[115]
God on Earth[]
Thor circa 1951
Following the war, Thor was not very active on Earth. He had been summoned to assist the Olympians on a handful of occasions, such as when he helped defend Olympus from an invasion by creatures spawned from the mind of Professor Buffanoff.[116] In 1951, Thor came to the assistance of the Olympians on three more occasions. The first came when Venus was trapped in the nation of Cassarobia, a prisoner of its ruling sultan.[117]
Thanks to his half-brother Loki, a spell had been cast that prevented any gods from using their powers in the region. Loki was convinced to lift the spell and both he and Thor worked together to hold off the sultan's forces long enough for Venus to overthrow him.[117] Later, both Thor and the Olympian war god Mars (Ares) helped Venus defend New York City from mad inventor John Dark and his mechanized army. When Dark refused to surrender, Thor decimated his lab with a bolt of lightning, seemingly slaying Dark. Thor once more came to the aid of Venus, lending his lightning powers to stop the massive Creeping Death.[118]
Thor led an active, adventurous life in Asgard, doing battle with Frost Giants and other enemies of the Golden Realm. Odin watched Thor become more and more arrogant and banished him to Midgard several times to learn humility. Over the years, Odin grew increasingly dissatisfied with Thor's headstrong behavior and excessive pride. On one occasion Thor violated a truce between the Asgardians and the Frost Giants, thereby nearly starting another war. Finally, while Thor was engaged in a brawl in an Asgardian tavern, Odin summoned him to his presence.[76]
Donald Blake, a Lesson in Humility[]
Thor with the other modern heroes of Earth
Odin decided that it was time Thor learned humility after he arrogantly broke an Asgardian truce while invading the inhospitable realm of Niffleheim and irresponsibly caused trouble among other warriors. The enraged Odin had the unworthy Thor surrender his hammer to him and sent him to Earth in the mortal guise of a crippled young medical student named Donald Blake, stripped of the memory of his true identity. As Blake, Thor learned the value of humble perseverance in dealing with his injured leg, and he came to care for the sick and dying, first as a medical student, and later as a successful physician. After leaving medical school,[76] Blake opened a private practice clinic in New York City, and quickly gained renown as a great surgeon. He worked alongside Jane Foster, a gentle and competent nurse he had hired. Secretly, Blake was deeply infatuated with Foster, but was unable to express his feelings towards her, considering she would never be interested in loving someone who had a disability. He was unaware of the fact that Foster also regarded him as a love partner, although an exceedingly timid one.[14]
When on vacation in Norway, near the frigid fjords, Blake encountered a party of alien Kronans, also known as the Stone Men from Saturn, who had been accused of causing trouble in the region. After being seen by the creatures, Blake furtively fled into a cavern, where Odin had left Thor's hammer in the enchanted form of a wooden cane. Trapped in the cavern by a great boulder, Blake struck the boulder with the cane in frustrated anger and was transformed back into his true godly form of Thor. As the mighty Thor, he escaped the cavern and drove off the Kronans. In order to maintain his godly form, Thor was not to be separated from the enchanted hammer for longer than sixty seconds, or else he would transform back into Donald Blake. Unaware of his true story, Blake explored his newfound capacity, that included immense strength, the ability to propel himself to the skies, and command the storm.[14] Back to the United States, Dr. Blake resumed his work as a physician. In face of adversities, Blake started to use the powers of his hammer to secretly protect innocents and punish villains as Thor, keeping his real identity a secret. The honorable god of thunder soon earned respectability on Earth. Nurse Foster was one of the main admirers of Thor, being usually involved in his acts of heroism; this challenged Blake, since he could not share his secret with the woman he loved.[119]
The emergence of Thor on Earth coincided with Loki escaping his imprisonment in Asgard. Seeking revenge against his captor, Loki challenged Thor on Earth by threatening civillians. Hypnotized into abandoning his mallet, Blake was momentarily powerless, until he was able to reacquire his weapon and best Loki's mischievous magic and banish him to Asgard once more. However, Loki would continue determined to plague his brother.[74] After learning about Thor's dual identity, Loki directed his evilness towards the fragile Donald Blake instead by permanently separating him from his hammer. This plan placed Jane Foster in danger, since Loki was also aware of her connection to Thor. Loki was able to bring chaos upon humanity until Blake tricked him into releasing the hammer, which re-empowered Thor. After being defeated once again, Loki was restrained by Odin himself.[120] From this incident on, Thor was able to maintain contact with his father, All-Father Odin, who eventually helped him from his golden throne in times of need,[121] such as by providing him with the powerful Belt of Strength.[122] Odin also forbade Thor from ever revealing his secret identity to anyone, distancing his son from Foster as a consequence. From Asgard, Loki still caused problems,[123] eventually luring his hated brother to the golden city. By assembling his allies, Thor exposed Loki and returned to Earth.[124] The captive Loki then managed to corrupt Thor's morals with his powers, changing him from foe to ally. Together, Loki and the bewitched Thor confronted the people of Asgard, blackmailing Odin with the threat of destroying Earth in exchange for his throne. The United Nations was seemingly prepared to submit to the vile terms of the duo, but this was in fact a ruse elaborated by Odin to restore Thor's character. Underpowered, Loki was arrested thanks to the efforts of Thor.[125]
As renowned hero of Earth, Thor triumphed over different villains, such as the time traveller known as the Tomorrow Man,[126] the mysterious behemoth called the Radioactive Man,[127] the elusive Cobra,[128] the distasteful Mister Hyde, the last one being determined to get revenge at Blake for rejecting to offer him a job position in the past.[129] So many adventures as Thor caused Blake to neglect his obligations as Dr. Blake, earning him Foster's disappointment despite her unshaken respect for his skills.[130] The unbearable situation led Blake to profess his love for Foster, but he had to converse with Odin first for permission, who disapproved the romance. Due to Blake's hesitation, Jane Foster decided to leave him and his clinic, momentarily turning to Doctor Basil Andrews.[131] Recognizing Andrews as an immoral coward, Foster returned to her former position with Blake,[128] leading Thor to request Odin to turn Foster into an immortal and enable their marriage. Odin did not regard Foster as worthy of such a gift and vehemently opposed against the possibility,[129] going so far as to plot with Loki for separating them. This put Thor at the Tomorrow Man's mercy in the future.[132] Upon Thor's return to the present, Odin was influenced by Loki into allowing him to set the Enchantress on Thor to drive a wedge between the couple. The charming witch was able to drive Foster away. However, enraged at Blake for not fully accepting her as his lover, she recruited the Skurge, the Executioner to join her in battle against Thor and eliminate Foster.[133] Under Loki's influence, Odin traveled to Earth to end their relationship himself. Loki took the opportunity to seize the throne and unleash the giants Skagg and Surtur upon Earth. Balder alerted Thor of the crisis and, alongside Odin, they fended off the threats. Refusing to follow Odin's command to return to Asgard, Thor chose to stay on Earth. Realizing he could not interfere with love, Odin left Thor and returned to punish Loki.[134]
In order to stop one of Loki's manipulations which involved the incredible Hulk, Thor ended up teaming up with Earth's mightiest heroes. They were able to defeat Loki and saw strength in their alliance, deciding to officially form a team. As such, Thor became a founding member of the Avengers.[77] Following numerous adventures alongside the mortal teammates, Thor grew to see them as valuable friends, always providing support in the ranks of the team.[135] However, struggling to conciliate his duty as an Avenger with his personal adventures, he was not a permanent member of the group,[136] usually joining his companions in special occasions from time to time.[137]
In between his activities as an Avenger, Thor was targetted by the cojoined efforts of Mister Hyde and Cobra. They managed to attack Jane Foster, prompting Thor to go in the open. Despite managing to defeat the villains and put them into police's custody, the consequences were dire for Thor, since Foster was led to believe Dr. Blake was a traitor who had endangered Thor.[138] While trying to solve his difficult situation with Foster, Blake was thrown into a confrontation against the petrifying Grey Gargoyle. This time he emerged victorious not as Thor, but as Donald Blake.[139] Maintaining two lives was taxing for Thor. While Odin waged war on Asgard and needed his son's aid, Donald Blake opted to perform surgery on Doctor Strange. Odin abandoned his son, causing Loki to seize the opportunity to strike. Thor unleashed is hire upon Loki as Strange protected Foster.[140] Loki then retaliated by boosting the power of Mister Hyde and Cobra in order for them to capture Jane Foster. Odin was enraged at Thor focusing his attention on saving Foster and banished him from Asgard. In order to access the golden city, Thor battled the guardian Heimdall and an army of warriors. With Odin's blessing, he was allowed to save Foster, but she was rescued in critical condition. Using his magnificent mallet, Thor trapped her in temporal stasis to preserve her life in a deep sleep.[141] Thor brought up revenge upon Hyde and Cobra as Balder went on a quest assigned by Odin to get a cure for Foster from Hardol, the Healer. As such, Thor was able to celebrate Jane Foster escaping death.[142] Ultimately, Odin rejected Thor and forced him to stay on Earth temporarily without his powers.[143]
The Trial of the Gods[]
For another strike at his brother, Loki empowered the immoral criminal Crusher Creel with the substance-mimetic powers to turn him into the Absorbing Man. This proved to be a distraction to allow Loki to kidnap Jane Foster. Balder interrupted the battle between Thor and the Absorbing Man to bring the god of thunder to Asgard to save Foster.[144] Thor raided Loki's fortress and brought his thunderous rage upon his evil sibling. Realizing their feud had gone too far without his permission, Odin intervened. He decided to hold a trial to judge Thor's transgressions, especially the presence of Foster in the realm of the gods. Before the trial, Thor returned Foster to Earth, when he decided to stop the Absorbing Man, with help from reporter Harris Hobbs. The Absorbing Man fell victim of his own unstable powers, which was followed by Thor being summoned to Asgard.[22] All-Father Odin transported both Thor and Loki to the forbidden land of Skornheim, from where the first to be able to escape unscathed would emerge as victor. Resorting to treachery, Loki persuaded the Enchantress and the Executioner to assault Jane Foster during the trial to distract Thor and gain advantage using the magic of the Norn Stones.[87]
They were able to return to Asgard, but Odin could not decide for a winner and declared that, in order to fully complete the game, Thor was to return to Earth and retrieve the Norn Stones to prove Loki had cheated. Thor joined Balder, who had been protecting Foster from the villains, to fend them off.[89] Roaming over the planet, Thor was able collect the mystical items in Vietnam. From Asgard, Loki tracked his brother's moves and, taken by rage, he manipulated an unscrupulous hunter into exploring the Temple of Darkness that housed the Destroyer. The metal monstrosity was possessed by the hunter's consciousness and directed its brutal power against Thor. Having been created and caged by Odin, the soulless creature was able to wield Thor's hammer and easily overpowered him. In desperation, Loki realized that Thor would potentially be killed in battle. He reached out to Odin, but found his father in his state of sleep and ended up being jailed by his soldiers.[90] Loki cast spells to protect Thor from annihilation, elaborating a ruse to escape prison and seek help with the Queen of the Norns, who revived Odin. Thor was able to stop the Destroyer by threatening his human host's form. Thor obliterated the Temple of Darkness, which made Odin proud.[145]
As a consequence of facing the Destroyer, Thor's hammer was damaged.[145] In Pittsburgh, he was able to repair his weapon using the ardent furnaces of a factory. After securing the Norn Stones, Thor decided to return to Asgard, where Odin celebrated his nobility and victory in the trial. Finally, Thor was able to resume his activities as Donald Blake. However, after days of being missing, he found his clinic completely abandoned and nurse Jane Foster nowhere to be found. Confused, Thor searched for his love with no results, being interrupted by the Absorbing Man instead, who had been revived by Loki to torment the god of thunder.[146] The violent battle that ensued was stopped by Loki himself, who summoned the Absorbing Man to help him invade a fragilized Asgard. This sequence of events reunited Thor with Jane Foster. When transforming into Donald Blake to meet her, Thor was caught on camera by Harris Hobbs, who had been responsible for Foster's disappearance, his secret was exposed. After nursing Foster back to health as Dr. Blake, Thor met with Hobbs, who agreed not to publish the secret under the condition of visiting Asgard.[93] As a fortunate coincidence, Thor happened upon Odin dueling the Absorbing Man. The villain planned to absorb the properties of the city of Asgard itself. Loki took the opportunity to argue he was the only one who could stop the Absorbing Man as the ruler of Asgard. Odin complied, only to witness the two evil doers destroy themselves in battle and be cast away in space. In the end, he saluted Thor for his courage as he departed with Hobbs to Earth.[94] Exhausted of being lied to, Jane Foster declared to Blake she knew he hid a dreadful secret. With no other choice, Thor finally revealed himself before her, ending a long time of torment. His decision sparked the ire of Odin.[147]
The Thunder and the Lion[]
When treating victims of the chaotic creature simply known as the Demon, who had acquired one of the Norn Stones in Vietnam, Blake decided to confront him. Having reacquired the powerful rock, Thor delivered it to Asgard, but was attacked by Balder and other warriors under the orders of the insulted Odin. After knocking Heimdall out, Thor escaped to Earth. Simultaneously, the skyfather Zeus assigned the lion of Olympus, the fabulous Hercules, to champion for Earth as well. Coincidentally, he crossed paths with Jane Foster. Upon witnessing his beloved with Hercules, the jealous Thor gave start to a battle between immortals.[148] As the battle ensued, Odin empowered the mage Seidring with his Odinforce to halve Thor's power as punishment, which brought Thor defeat and humiliation. Feeling unworthy, Thor even rejected Foster's care. Feeling guilty, Odin shockingly asked Jane Foster not to abandon his son.[96] Betrayed by Seidring, Odin was dethroned, as Thor, feeling tormented, decided to return to Asgard. Despite his weakened state, Thor persevered against the traitor by attempting to unsheathe the Odinsword and cause the collapse of Asgard. Seidring surrendered, re-empowering Odin. Thor, however, fell unconscious due to the strain of the injuries he had sustained in battle.[149]
Thor slowly recover in the company of his dear friend Balder and, fully restored, asked for permission to get revenge at Hercules. However, he saw his rival, who had been bound to Underworld, at the mercy of Pluto and Hippolyta and chose to join forces with him instead. After defeating the hordes of the Underworld, Thor made his mission to help Hercules and ended their feud.[150] In Olympus, he fought against Pluto's army on Hercules' behalf. Recognizing the mighty of the god of thunder and the destruction he might cause, Pluto gave up on his plan and surrendered.[151] Hercules was free and expressed his eternal gratitude to his fellow friend, the prince of Asgard.[100]
Strike from Space[]
Realizing he could not fight the love Thor felt for Jane Foster, Odin accepted their relationship. A blissful Thor rushed to bring the news to his beloved, but found her missing and her apartment destroyed. Foster, who had been shared her living place with the bizarrely eccentric Tana Nile, was psychically conditioned to disappear. Tana Nile was in fact an alien colonizer from Rigel and subdued Thor alongside other colonizers when he confronted her. To complete her wish of conquering Earth, Tana Nile had Thor abducted by her companions.[100] Aboard the alien spacecraft, Thor broke free and easily stopped the Indestructible, displaying his might and causing the Rigellians to fear him. The Rigellian Grand Commissioner calls for a truce and shares that there is a dangerous threat in the universe, the Black Galaxy, from which no Rigellian had ever escaped alive. If Thor eliminates the hidden threat within it, Rigel would free Earth from its control. Accompanied by a Recorder, Thor accepted the adventure.[101] The threat they stumbled upon was Ego, the Living Planet, a sentient world who was ruthless and planned to expand his influence out of the Black Galaxy. Using Thor's body as a template, Ego generated countless Anti-bodies and dismissed Thor as an unimportant threat. Thor and the Recorder endured the harsh environment of Ego, until Thor summoned the elements and forced Ego to abandon his plans. After Ego promised not to attack Rigel anymore, Thor left.[152]
As promised, the Rigellians honored their deal. They brought Thor to Earth and interrupted Tana Nile's conquest peacefully. In order for Thor to locate Jane Foster, the Rigellians provided him with a device to psychically track her. Foster was in Mount Wundagore, in the Balkans, having been enlisted by Count Tagar to teach a mysterious class. Thor was attacked by the Knights of Wundagore upon arrival and taken to the High Evolutionary, a geneticist who transformed animals into humanoid creatures. Foster was found among the creatures, having been charged of instructing them about the outer world.[153] Their apparent peace was disturbed by one of the Evolutionary's creations, the Man-Beast. Thor and the High Evolutionary resisted his attacks, but the monster managed to take control over the High Evolutionary's Citadel. The Man-Beast was defeated after he attempted to strike back and ultimately fled to another galaxy alongside his own creations. Thor and Foster left the Citadel, which also vanished.[154]
To Die like a God[]
Thor finally had Jane Foster visit Asgard, in order to arrange for their upcoming wedding. Odin bestowed upon her the immortality blessing of a goddess. However, Foster was horrified with the experience and rejected the apparent gift. As such, she was sent back to Earth, where she became the resident nurse of Dr. Keith Kincaid on the west coast. Meanwhile, Odin assigned Thor to guard Gundershelm from an unknown threat. There, he was reunited with Lady Sif, who he initially struggled to recognize. Being with Sif reawakened feelings Thor had long hidden.[86] Her prowess in battle came in hand against Ulik, of the grotesque Rock Trolls, who attempted to steal Thor's enchanted hammer, Mjolnir. As Sif ended up being taken hostage in Realm Below, Thor emerged on New York City, and the Trolls marched to Asgard.[155] To pass unnoticed, Thor reverted to his Dr. Donald Blake persona, but Ulik still managed to capture him. Using the Orb of Orikal, the Trolls secured Mjolnir and ran away, leaving Blake powerless. Asgard was unprotected.[156] To recover the wonderful weapon, Sif transported Thor to the kingdom of the Trolls, where they learned the Trolls had forced Orikal to forge a replica of Mjolnir for Ulik. Still, Thor was able to defeat Ulik and free Orikal, thinning the Trolls' power. At Thor's mercy, the king of Trolls, Geirrodur, had no chance but to call back his invasion of Asgard.[157]
Following the Troll war, Thor returned to Earth to war against villains and take care of his patients.[158] When Odin held the Tournament of Titans, in which Thor and the Warriors Three battled the Warriors of the Thousand Galaxies for glory. From his stasis in outer space, Loki possessed the Destroyer armor to wreak havoc upon Asgard. The combatants joined forces to put him down, earning victory all and together.[159] The enraged Loki did not give up on tormenting his brother, influencing the alien warrior known as the Super-Skrull to attack Thor, with no avail.[160] Simultaneously, the stunning Sif and the brave Balder came to Earth in hopes of seeking advice from Thor to combat the Enchanters from attacking Asgard. The valiant trio of champions struck for Asgard, but although victorious became all stranded on Earth.[161] Sif and Balder complied to being returned to Asgard under Odin's orders, but Thor, as usual, refused to leave his adored mortal world. Furious, Odin removed Mjolnir from Thor, as well as his power over the storm. The enchantment left Thor unable to change into his form as Donald Blake.[50]
Counting only with his formidable strength, Thor was manipulated by the hypnotizing Ringmaster to his Circus of Crime.[50] Parallel to their spectacles, the Cricus performed heists. In an attempt to steal the Golden Bull, Thor got into confrontation against the police and was abandoned by his partners in crime, ending up in custody.[162] A mysterious benefactor who bailed Thor out of jail turned out to be none other than Loki, who wished to get revenge at the god of thunder after being released from his long-timed exile. Sif and Balder intervened as Loki knocked Thor out, only to spark the fury of Odin, who trapped all of them in response to their disobedience.[163] The banished heroes witnessed the emergence of the Wrecker, who had been immensely empowered by Karnilla, the Queen of the Norns, as a result of Loki's schemes. Amidst battle, the Wrecker teleported Sif and Balder back to Asgard, leaving an underpowered Thor to oppose him alone.[164] Stripped from his godly powers, Thor stood against the Wrecker in a catastrophic fight. However, he fell in battle and met death.[165]
The Goddess of Death, Hela, happened upon Thor in order to bring his soul to the glorious Valhalla. However, determined to still fight for Earth, he resisted death. Meanwhile, the treacherous Loki and Karnilla convinced a desperate Sif to transfer her essence to the Destroyer as a way to defeat the Wrecker and preserve Thor's life. She immediately accepted the offer and was successful in stopping the villain. However, as soon as Thor was fully revived, he could not recognize the monstrous armor as his adored Sif and unleashed his might upon her.[166] Sif had no choice but to strike back, engaging in a deadly and unwanted fight. Odin witnessed his son's struggle and recognized that he had finally reached the man beneath the god and found true humility. As a gift, the full powers of the god of thunder were restored.[167] The Destroyer was destroyed, with Thor still unaware he had actually slain his beloved Sif by doing so. Fortunately, Karnilla had restored her essence before she could fall, since Ulik ravaged the realm of the Norns. Karnilla also summoned Thor to join Sif and Balder in the battle against the horrendous Ulik. Thor met victory against the Troll, but it was sour, since during the hand-to-hand combat, Loki cunningly stole Mjolnir from his brother's possession using the magic of the Norns.[168] Out of gratitude for his previous assistance, Karnilla sent Thor to Loki's location, Earth. Without Mjolnir, however, Thor was trapped in Donald Blake's body. Sif accompanied him dueled on his behalf. Loki was fended off and Mjolnir was recovered, but Sif got injured, and Dr. Blake was the only one who could save her.[169]
As Sif recovered, Odin summoned Loki to assist him in an upcoming battle. A bad omen of the calamity was the tormenting presence of Hela, who haunted Thor. The opponent was the Mangog, a god-killing monstrosity long imprisoned by Odin who had been released by Ulik following his most recent defeat. Odin's slumber in preparation for the war allowed Loki to usurp the throne of Asgard.[170] The emerging disaster had Loki dispatch Thor, Sif and the Warriors Three alongside a legion of warriors against the Mangog, who easily went through the resistance, obliterating the forces of Asgard.[171] The monster made his way to the golden city, planning to unsheathe the Odinsword to destroy existence and bring Ragnarok upon the gods. As the Mangog succeeded, he was eliminated by the All-Father Odin, who had been awakened by the storms cast by Thor. Reinstated as the ruler of Asgard, Odin was celebrated.[172] Back to Earth, Donald Blake faced a deep crisis, since he could not recognize his human existence and conciliated it with his life as Thor.[173] The aspects of Blake's life before Thor seemed distant. In an audience with Odin, the truth about his nature was revealed as well as the reason for it. At peace, Thor maintained his Blake identity on Earth and continued his medical practice. His affinity for Earth was derived from the love for humanity and his need to experience what only mortal souls could know.[76]
Galactus[]
Thor was contacted by Tana Nile on the behalf of the Rigellians, who feared a destructive force in the universe: Galactus, the insatiable world-eater, who had consumed several planets and civilizations. The staggering carnage could be seen in outer space. While tracking Galactus, Thor and the Recorder found him in the Black Galaxy in an attempt to ravish Ego, the living planet. As the titans waged battle, Thor was caught in the immensely destructive outcome of their attacks.[174] He and the Recorder were rescued from the vacuum of space by the Wanderers, survivors of Galactus' obliteration who had no world to call home. Thor inspired the world-orphans to get revenge and directly attacked Galactus with Mjolnir. The blow surprised the invincible Galactus, who retaliated, but Thor was protected by Ego. Using the Wanderers' ship, Thor empowered Mjolnir to fend Galactus off. As a gesture of gratitude, Ego granted the survivors sanctuary in his lands.[175] Back to Rigel, Thor prevented the Recorder from being deactivated, claiming he had a soul and nobility instead of simply being an instrument. In Asgard, Odin alerted Thor that the menace of Galactus still lingered for his eternal hunger had been merely reached other victims after his recovery. As such, Thor and the Warriors Three were fated to confront Galactus in the future.[176]
On Earth, Thor and Sif faced Pluto, who had seized rulership of the world in a future dominated by disfigured mutates, a result of nuclear cataclysm, and wished to cause the same situation in the present day.[177] Odin commissioned Balder to join them in battle against the underwordly tyrant, who ended up being defeated thanks to the intervention of Zeus. In the research center Pluto wished to use for his plans, a wonderful artificial creature broke free.[178] Simply known as Him, the solitary being became interested in Sif, wishing to claim her as his companion and mate. After Him kidnapped Sif, Thor and Balder immediately followed them to a distant planet. However, the two rescuers were targetted by the Haag, who under Karnilla's orders attempted to capture Balder for her mistress' pleasure. Although Thor easily protected Balder, the distraction caused Him and Sif to vanish.[179] Thor raged, seeking revenge while succumbed to warrior madness, and Him tackled him. Outpowered, Him fled. As punishment for having let himself be a victim of the dreadful madness, Thor was sentenced by Odin to journey into the cosmos to find and destroy Galactus in order to regain his worthiness.[180]
Before departing to the stars, Thor requested to be on Earth one last time for his mission of finding Galactus would likely take long. There, he found Balder hospitalized due to an attack elaborated by Loki and Karnilla. Upon transforming into Dr. Blake to take care of his friend, Thor was attacked by Loki. Odin interrupted the fight, arguing that Loki should face Galactus instead if he felled Thor. The coward god of mischief retreated, and Balder was properly treated.[181] Abroad the Odinship, Thor started his quest, with Balder and the Warriors Three replacing him as protectors of Earth. Unexpectedly, Galactus himself intercepted the spacecraft, claiming it was not his intention to fight.[182] Instead, the world-eater shared the secret origins of his existence, which had been Odin's plan all along, to acquire knowledge.[183] Thor was sent back to Earth, where he resumed protecting the planet from formidable threats and helping the injured as a medical doctor.[184]
God vs. God[]
The Wrecker ran free and brought mayhem to attract the attention of the god of thunder from whom he wished for revenge. This time, Thor faced the wrath of the Wrecker being fully empowered and destroyed his enemy, enabling him to focus on his medical practice.[185] In his clinic, Dr. Blake was astonished by Jane Foster's employer, who shared that he needed help in rescuing him from the insane billionaire Kronin Krask and sought for Thor's assistance. Krask wished to acquire immortality through a mind transplant with Thor and used Foster for blackmailing. However, Krask did not survive the operation for his will could not battle that of the god of thunder. Safe, Thor parted ways with Foster.[186] As Thor investigated the activities of the Circus of Crime, Loki dispatched Ulik to hunt him down. The Ringmaster was the one who found the Troll warrior first and hypnotized him for his cause. Thor was mistaken by the Circus members as one of their own and managed to break Ulik free from the trance, leading to a duel. Emerging victorious, Thor banished Ulik back to his realm and had the Circus of Crime under police custody.[187]
After so many failed attempts at overpowering Thor and Asgard, Loki forged an alliance with a legion of giants, trolls, gnomes, and demons to strike during Odinsleep. Sif recruited Thor to lead the opposition to the god of mischief's attack. As war raged, Loki furtively stole the Ring Imperial from Odin and positioned himself as the lord of Asgard.[188] Only the Warriors Three remained loyal to the god of thunder, ending up in a dungeon cell with him and Balder, while Sif was tormented by Loki. Unexpectedly, Odin being deposed broke an important spell that maintained the fire lord Surtur imprisoned. The endless flames of Surtur consumed Asgard, causing Loki to become desperate and escape to Earth.[189] Thor led the warriors of Asgard to battle, while Sif and Balder ventured onto the Sea of Eternal Night to retrieve Odin from his deep stasis. Using the waters of the sea to extinguish the scorching fire and a planetoid to block the demon's fury, Thor resisted the invincible giant as he could, but victory was impossible. At the cost of his own life, Balder brought Odin back to Asgard. The god of fire was entombed in deep imprisonment once more by the all-father.[190]
The disgrace that fell upon Asgard turned Loki in the most wanted criminal in the realm. Thor was sent by Odin to capture him. Upon meeting up with his brother, Thor was caught in a trick, a spell that transformed his appearance into Loki's and vice-versa. By looking like Loki, Thor was attacked by his companions Sif and Balder and could not convince them about being a victim of an enchantment.[191] On Earth, Loki brought trouble pretending to be Thor. The two reversed gods clashed with each other, prompting Odin to arrest and silence Thor, banishing him to Hell afterwards. On Earth, Sif and Balder fought Loki, having realized the two brothers had really traded looks. In the infernal underworld, the demon-lord Mephisto immediately recognized he was before Thor, not Loki, and tortured him. Sif recruited the Warriors Three to save Thor.[192] Overwhelmed by the purity of Thor's heart, Mephisto had no choice but to set the Asgardians free from his pits. Back to Earth, Thor battled Loki, who had been confronting Balder. During the fight, Loki inadvertently transformed into Donald Blake, which dissipated the spell and restored both gods to their proper guises. Overpowered, Loki fled.[193] As a consequence, Thor's reputation was damaged and humankind feared the god of thunder.[194]
Knowing about the unfair kidnapping of Professor LaFarge in the country of Latveria, Thor elaborated a plan to bring its ruler, Doctor Doom, in the open. Doom wished to use LaFarge's studies to develop missiles that could destroy the major cities of the world. As Dr. Blake, Thor published about advancements in plastic surgery in the newspaper, which could restore Doom's hideous visage. After being captured by a hopeful Doom, Blake manifested his horror when seeing the monarch's face. He was able to escape, but was momentarily separated from Mjolnir. Able to restore his might and destroy the weapons, Thor was horrified to learn LaFarge was moved by the promise of money and needed no rescue. A victim of his own rage, LaFarge killed himself accidentally. Since Doom had no access to the destructive warheads, Thor left and chose not to expose LaFarge's actions to his daughter to preserve her spirit.[195]
Beta Ray Bill[]
Sometime later, a cybernetically-enhanced alien known as Beta Ray Bill arrived on Earth and proved worthy of lifting Mjolnir. Odin created a new hammer for Bill, the Stormbreaker, and transferred the enchantment that enabled Thor to change into mortal form to Bill's hammer. This allowed Bill to assume his pre-enhanced form but also removed the Blake persona from existence.[196] With the aid of Nick Fury, Public Director of SHIELD, Thor adopted a new "secret identity", that of a construction worker, Sigurd Jarlson. Thor did not actually become mortal in his Jarlson identity; he simply dressed as a contemporary human and wore glasses.[34]
Declining Rulership[]
Thor's beard
Thor grew a beard to conceal the terrible scars left on his face due to wounds inflicted by the Asgardian death goddess Hela. Hela later healed the scars on his face and Thor shaved himself smooth again. After Odin disappeared during his battle with Surtur, the people of Asgard wished to make Thor, Odin's designated heir, their new ruler. Unwilling to give up his guardianship of Earth or his life of adventure, at least not yet Thor declined the offer and instead nominated Balder the Brave to be Asgard's ruler. Balder ruled until Odin returned and reclaimed the throne.[197]
Eric Masterson[]
For a time, Thor was merged with the human Eric Masterson, an architect who first met Thor as Jarlson. The two men would exchange bodies using Mjolnir, as Thor had done before as Blake.[198] After Loki attempted to kill Susan Austin, the woman who cared for Eric's son, Thor became furious and slew Loki. As punishment he was exiled from Earth and Eric Masterson was given the thunder god's power to continue in the role of Thor.[199] Eventually, after Loki reappeared, Eric was able to find Thor, who had been hidden within Eric's own sub consciousness, and rescued him from exile.[200]
Eric had proven himself to be a hero in his own right, and Odin rewarded him with the enchanted mace Thunderstrike. Taking Thunderstrike as his alias, Eric continued to serve as a hero on Earth until he died heroically after battling the Egyptian death god Seth. Thor grieved for Eric, who had become a close friend on Midgard.[201][202]
Identity Crisis[]
Odin and Thor eventually learned that the constant shift of identity and sharing of power Odin had encouraged had driven Thor insane, marked by the appearance of a Valkyrie who was a manifestation of Thor's insanity. With the assistance of the Infinity Watch, Thanos, and Doctor Strange, Thor regained his sanity and Odin came to realize the error he had made.[203]
After a paramedic named Jake Olson was slain during a battle between the Avengers and the Destroyer, Marnot, a servant of Odin, gave Olson's form to Thor as a new secret identity. Although Thor could assume Olson's form, he had none of Olson's memories and thus found this identity to be troublesome for him. He also re-encountered Jane Foster while in this identity, and brief sparks were rekindled between them.[26]
Dark War[]
Once again attempting to thwart Ragnarok, Odin tried to trick the world-ash tree Yggdrasill into believing that Ragnarok had already happened. To do so, the Asgardians were to be transformed into mortals so that they would not be recognized as gods. Odin intended that Thor would restore the Asgardians to normal, but Seth accidentally prematurely activated the plan. When Thor returned to Earth after the Onslaught Event, the Asgardians had managed to regain their identities but were then captured by the Dark Gods. Ultimately, Thor rescued his people from the Dark Gods with the aid of Hercules and the Destroyer.[206]
King Thor[]
Thor vs. Iron Man
During a period where Thor was injured and needed to recover, he still had responsibilities as Jake Olson that needed attention. Odin separated Olson from Thor temporarily so that "Thor" could recuperate properly while "Jake" attended to his life.[207] This temporary separation lasted far longer than intended when the Fire Giant Surtur resurfaced. After Odin fell in battle against Surtur, Asgard was left without a ruler. Thor eventually reluctantly accepted the throne and assumed his father's Odinpower, becoming much more powerful. He also remained separate from the Jake Olson aspect of himself.[208] Without the influence of "Jake Olson", the embodiment of his connection to humanity, Thor became more distant and less empathetic to the needs of man. Thor became determined to restore the gods of Asgard to their former place on Earth as beings to be worshipped, merging Earth with Asgard to accomplish this end.[209]
Thor's increased activity on Earth resulted in a resurgence of followers for the Asgardians, and a Church of Thor soon emerged. Thor's willingness to fight for the lives of his followers ultimately set him against his fellow Avengers when he attempted to overthrow the government of Slokovia.[210]
Thor ascended
Earth's citizens became increasingly wary of Thor, and the Consortium of Nations finally launched an assault upon Asgard that reduced it to rubble. In the disaster that followed, an enraged Thor lost an arm battling the humans and killed his other self, Jake Olson, finding himself no longer worthy of Mjolnir.[211]
From that point on, Thor devoted himself to Earth's conquest to bring order to humanity; he ruled Earth for nearly two hundred years. In that time, he married the Enchantress and she bore him a son, Magni. Thor finally came to realize that he had done wrong and used a device created by Zarrko to travel back in time and prevent Asgard's destruction. He re-emerged as his younger self with Jake Olson, to ensure that Olson's humanity would prevent his future from occurring in that timeline.[212]
Final Ragnarok[]
Returning Asgard to its own realm, Thor was faced with yet another Ragnarok threat when Loki teamed with Surtur using weapons created from the same forge from which Mjolnir was made.[35] Determining that the gods above all gods known as Those Who Sit Above in Shadow had manipulated Asgard into the repeating cycle of Ragnarok, feeding on the energies released by the deaths and rebirths of the gods, he sought them out and gave his life to destroy them. The Odinpower, having manifested itself as a young Asgardian, congratulated Thor on his final victory, the plan his father had always had for him. With Asgard and its people destroyed, Thor chose to rest, entering into a deep slumber.[213]
Thor's Return[]
Thor reborn
Mjolnir returned to Earth, landing in a deserted field and inadvertently freeing Doctor Doom from his extra-dimensional prison along the way. Donald Blake claimed the hammer, returned from oblivion after Odin's death and the breaking of the spell that undid his existence. Meanwhile, a clone of Thor, codenamed "Project Lightning" was also released during a battle between pro and anti registration heroes. To the shock of both sides, he killed Bill Foster during the fighting.[214]
Traveling back to "the void" Blake convinced Thor that he had ended the Ragnarok cycle and that if he returned to earth, he could rebuild Asgard and restore his Asgardian friends and allies. Informing him that he could only return "with great pain", Thor was attacked by a horde of creatures. Disappearing, Donald Blake advised Thor that if he was to live again, he had to want to live again. Through the horde, Thor saw Mjolnir and reached for it. Grabbing it, a great bolt of lightning struck, throwing the horde clear of him. And Thor stood again, reborn in a new costume.[215]
Thor used Mjolnir to recreate Asgard's capital in Oklahoma. Soon afterward, Iron Man met Thor in New Orleans. He greeted Thor as a friend but explained that he couldn't just appear and recreate Asgard here on Earth, even though he did now own the land. Thor told Stark that he knew of the clone that he used and how violated he felt that he used such an abomination to wage war against other heroes, many of whom Thor considered as close as family. Seeking a compromise, Stark rationalized that Asgard could be considered a foreign embassy, with diplomatic immunity granted to its inhabitants. Thor deemed this acceptable.[216]
Thor, the Lord of Asgard
Soon after returning, Thor found the first of the lost Asgardians, Heimdall and restored him to his true form. In Africa, Thor restored the Warriors Three to their true forms. Later, Thor attempted to free several captured Asgardians who were still trapped in mortal form from The Destroyer. He unknowingly freed Loki, reborn as a woman, who was working with Dr. Doom to allow Thor to free him from his mortal form. Although Thor successfully restored most of the Asgardians, he did not attempt to find his father. During the Odinsleep, Thor had a vision in which he discovered that on a subconscious level he did not do so because he wished to be free of his father, and that Odin fought an eternal cycle of battle with Surtur, dying and being reborn each day, between life and death.[217]
Secret Invasion[]
During the Skrull Invasion, the Skrulls pulled Beta Ray Bill out of the limbo he had been trapped within and enabled a Super-Skrull to wield his mystic hammer Stormbreaker. Balder and Beta Ray Bill commanded the gods against the Skrull troops. Thor arrived, retrieved Stormbreaker, and collapsed all of Asgard itself on top of the Skrull.[218] Thor flew to New York and joined with the gathered forces of nearly a hundred other superheroes to repel the Skrull attack. There, Thor was forced to sacrifice a fellow Avenger, the Wasp, when the Skrulls turned her into a last-resort biological weapon that would have destroyed the planet.[219]
Bor, First King of Asgard[]
Loki traveled to the past, ensuring Bor, father of Odin and first king of Asgard, would perish in battle against the Frost Giants. In the present-day Loki revived Bor in New York City and placed a spell on him to make him mistake everything around him for an enemy so he would attack everything in sight, including Thor. Sensing a portion of Odin's power inside what he saw as a demon, Bor attacked Thor, attempting to avenge his dead son. Thor was forced to kill Bor, fearing the entire planet would be destroyed in the wake of their battle. Loki reminded Balder that the resurrected Bor was technically king of Asgard when Thor killed him and the punishment for killing a king was banishment from Asgard. Balder was forced to agree and was made monarch in his place. After Thor's banishment, Loki made arrangements to have all Asgardians, but not Asgard itself, moved to Latveria at the invitation of Doctor Doom.[220]
Latverian Prometheus[]
With Mjolnir badly damaged from his battle with his revived grandfather, Thor was secluded from all but his own alter ego. Loki revealed that her female body had been meant for Sif and that the transfer from his female form to his male form would probably kill Sif's host. After seeking Doctor Strange's aid in healing Mjolnir by sacrificing the portion of the Odin Force, Thor managed to save Sif by freeing her spirit. Loki was returned to his male form. They deduced that Loki and Doom were working together and confronted Doom, Loki, and their brethren. In the end, Doom was teleported away by Loki. Balder declared that the Asgardians were returning to Asgard.[221]
Thor vs. Void
The Siege of Asgard[]
During the Siege of Asgard, Thor rushed to the aid of Asgard against Norman Osborn and his invading Dark Avengers. Osborn sent the Sentry to defeat Thor and ordered him, unaware that the Void had taken control, to destroy Asgard. Thor watched in horror as his home was destroyed by the dark entity. The Void proceeded to pummel the heroes until Loki used the Norn Stones to empower them. Realizing that the heroes' power was coming from Loki, the Void attacked him. Loki's attempts to defend himself were unsuccessful, and he apologized to Thor before dying. Spurred on by unabridged rage, Thor and the others attacked the Void, but to no avail until Tony Stark rammed a H.A.M.M.E.R Helicarrier into their opponent at full speed, turning Void into his human form of Rob Reynolds, who begged Thor to kill him. Thor refused, saying that he would pay for his crimes in prison, and prepared to arrest him, but Robert unwillingly transformed back into the Void. Left with no other choice, Thor struck the Void with a lightning blast, leaving nothing but a charred skeleton behind. Thor then wrapped his own cape around Sentry's corpse and disposed of it by throwing it into the sun.[222][223]
Balder lifted Thor's exile and appointed Thor as his adviser. Thor has since then rejoined the Avengers.[224]
Loki's Rebirth and Odin's Revival[]
After the events of Siege, Asgard was left in ruins because of Loki's doing, but still, Thor mourned for him. After fighting the Dísir and saving Hel, Thor asked Hela to speak with Loki only for Hela to tell him that her father did not dwell in Hel. In part of his deal to grant a piece of Hell for the dead, Loki had himself written out of the books of Hel, meaning his soul was out there, vulnerable to the Disir. Thor refused to believe it, knowing that his adopted brother would've had something else planned.[225]
Thor meets the reborn Loki
Asgard was rebuilt, and Thor became more melancholic and saddened. Sorrowful, Thor missed his brother who had made him laugh like no other and when they were children. Against everyone's wishes, Thor went looking for Loki and found him in Paris, reborn as a child with no memories of his past or his identity. He was living as a street hustler named "Serrure" (French for lock). After chasing the boy down, Thor revealed he was his brother and a god, and that despite Loki's former villainy, Thor couldn't imagine life without him and wanted to bring him home. Though Serrure was reluctant to believe Thor, the boy finally admitted that he couldn't remember anything about his past and that even his name was fake. Crying, Serrure told Thor that he had dreams in which he had done horrible things and that he was scared that those were his memories. Thor suggested that Loki should think of his amnesia as a "gift". Convinced, Serrure grabbed Mjolnir and turned back into Loki, though powerless, without his memories, and still a youth.[226]
When the World Eaters invaded the Nine Realms, Thor also brought Odin back to life, much to the latter exasperation who yelled at Loki, calling him a killer and an abomination responsible for Asgard's fall, scaring the boy away. Thor became angry with his father and calls him a "horrible, unlovable man" for screaming at a child who was very much the boy Odin had raised. The All-Father, in turn, angrily told Thor that he had everything with both him and Loki dead but that he "just couldn't stand the quiet". Meanwhile, Loki had stolen Dr. Solvang's car and was caught by Iron Man. Though the boy tried to apologize Stark was about to attack him, but Thor told his comrade to stop, admitting that he had indeed brought the God of Mischief back and that was all there was to say about his little brother.
Even though Loki couldn't remember his past acts and had become a child completely, the Asgardians still hated and despised him, bullying him mercilessly and even attempted to kill him. The only one who protected him was Thor, telling his brother that things would get better, and that trust would come along with affection. As a result, Loki came to idolize and deeply love his older brother, doing all he could to help him and trying to become a better person than he was in his previous life.[227]
Sometime after, Sin lifted a strange hammer in Antarctica and was transformed into Skadi. She then freed the enigmatic Serpent, who claimed to be the true All-Father of Asgard. Sensing this, Odin retreated from Midgard. Thor objected and so was beaten into submission by Odin.[228] Odin recreated Asgard as a war world, intending to raze Midgard and defeat the Serpent once more. After escaping with Loki's help, Thor was banished back to Midgard, though not before having Mjolnir returned to him (as Odin had taken the hammer from him the moment he was beaten).[229] After a short reunion with the Avengers he set off to Antarctica, where the Serpent had recreated his dread citadel, he confronted the Serpent but was sent to New York, where he encountered Nul and Angrir, two of the Serpent's Worthy. He managed to defeat Angrir by impaling his body with Mjolnir. Enraged by the fact that he had to hurt the Thing so badly, he attacked Nul with intense fury and then he blasted him into the upper atmosphere. He collapsed shortly after. The Avengers carried him to Asgard, where he was healed and given the Odinsword, called Ragnarok,[230] to slay the Serpent. Arriving in Broxton, he was able to kill the Serpent, who took the form of a giant snake, but died as well, fulfilling the prophecy.[59]
The Mighty Tanarus[]
Thor's corpse was buried in Asgard. As his body burned, a shape was suddenly seen within the fire, and from the flames Tanarus was born, the loud-mouthed, boisterous God of Thunder, both new hero and longtime Avenger. Welcomed by his teammates, only Loki seemed to notice that Tanarus had not always been around.[231] At the same time, Thor's spirit awoke, and Donald Blake was separated from him somehow.[232]
He found himself on a God Ark, facing the god-eating monster Demogorge. Loki was not affected by the spell which changed everybody's memories, and he tried to find a way to resurrect Thor, asking for the Silver Surfer's help and contacting Blake. Taking his cane, he turned it back into Mjolnir, which returned to Thor, and restored everyone's memories of him. He was able to escape from the afterlife and fight for (the now called) Asgardia from an invasion of trolls and to unmask Tanarus as a transformed Ulik.[60]
Gorr the God Butcher[]
After discovering the corpses of long-lost gods, Thor realized that Gorr the God Butcher was still alive and began hunting him.[102] During his quest to stop Gorr from killing every god, Thor found himself in a distant future, where he encountered his older-self. With the help of this future-self and a past-self Gorr had enslaved, Thor managed to stop Gorr from activating a bomb which would've killed every god across every time and space.[233]
Not long afterwards, Thor learned that his old love Jane Foster had cancer.[61] He additionally confronted a returning Malekith, who had set out to kill every Dark Elf who wouldn't follow him.[234] The Odinson found himself pitted against Roxxon in a confrontation which left the city of Broxton in ruins. While the rest of the Asgardians left Earth, Thor remained and moved his entire castle from Asgardia to Broxton, so the residents of the town had a place to live.[235]
Worthy No More[]
After finding the corpse of The Watcher on the Moon, Thor rallied his fellow heroes to investigate the murder.[236] When they were all exposed to the secrets contained within Uatu's eyeballs, Thor learned the existence of a secret Tenth Realm, which had been at war with Asgard eons ago. Here, his secret long-lost sister resided.[237] Thor interrupted the investigation of Uatu's death to explore this Tenth Realm with Loki's help, resulting in Odin's return from self-exile to recognize his daughter, Angela, and to stop the conflict sparked by Thor and Loki's arrival.[238] During a subsequent confrontation against Uatu's killer, Nick Fury,[239] Thor was incapacitated when Fury used the knowledge he had gained from the Watcher to confirm Odinson's hidden and hesitant belief that Gorr the God-Butcher was right about the gods being selfish and not caring about mortals. This caused Thor to lose his confidence about his godhood and consequently his ability to wield Mjolnir.[52]
Unworthy Thor
Thor fell into despair by the loss of his worthiness. He additionally lost his arm to Malekith in battle,[240] and it was replaced with a black Uru prosthesis arm.[241] Mjolnir ended in the hands of Jane Foster,[242] and she became the new mysterious wielder of Thor's weapon.[240] Thor initially came into conflict against Jane until he bitterly accepted that the hammer was no longer his. Believing himself unworthy of his own name, Thor passed it to his successor as if it was a mantle, and decided to go only by Odinson.[241] When he attempted to investigate the landing of the Mjolnir of a dead universe on the ruins of Old Asgard,[243] Odinson was captured by the Collector.[244] He spent in captivity for months until he finally managed to escape with Beta Ray Bill's help.[245] With the hammer, finally within his grasp,[246] Odinson decided to leave it alone, having come to terms with the loss of his original weapon.[52]
During the events of the Secret Empire, Odinson is recruited by an alternate Steve Rogers into joining Hydra's Avengers, having been promised a chance to save Jane, as well as restoring Midgard's connection to Asgardia.[247] However, Odinson eventually becomes disillusioned by Hydra's methods and allows for the Underground to escape during the Avengers' attack on The Mount.[248] Ultimately, Odinson defected from Hydra's Avengers during the attack on Washington, D.C., aiding the Underground in their efforts to defeat Hydra and restore the United States to normal.[249]
Odinson returned to Asgardia not long afterwards, and Jane confessed to him that she was the new Thor.[250] When Jane's human form started succumbing to her cancer, Odinson convinced her to let go of Mjolnir to receive treatment, since every time she transformed into Thor, any progress from chemotherapy became lost when she returned to her human form.[251] Unfortunately, the Mangog resurfaced and attacked Asgardia. Odinson stood by his father's side, but they failed to stop the creature.[252] Odinson assisted Thor in fighting the monster while his people evacuated Asgardia. In order to put an end to the Mangog, Thor fastened it to the hammer with an unbreakable chain and hurled them into the Sun. Since this action resulted in Mjolnir's destruction, Jane returned to her frail human form and passed away due to her cancer.[242] Unwilling to let her go, Odinson attempted to channel the God Tempest to use its power to revive her. Odin joined his endeavor since he had seen hesitation within Jane's own soul at the gates of Afterlife, and they were successful in bringing her back. With the destruction of Mjolnir and her inability to continue as Thor, Jane convinced Odinson to rise up and reclaim his name and identity.[253]
In preparation to take over the last realm standing in the War of the Realms, Malekith trapped Thor in Jotunheim before mobilizing his troops to Midgard.[254] Earth's heroes mounted a counter-offensive, and as part of their efforts, Freyja sent a team of heroes to retrieve Thor from the Land of the Giants.[255] Once back in Midgard, Thor led the final efforts to fend off the invading forces while trying to find Malekith, who had kidnapped Freyja and Odin.
Odin declaring Thor the All-Father
Malekith challenged Thor to fight him at Stonehenge, where he had erected a magic barrier that would kill his parents if anybody other than Thor passed through. In order to find a way to overcome Malekith's challenge, Thor nailed himself to Yggdrasil, which had taken root in the Sun.[256] After sacrificing his left eye and the last shards of Mjolnir in his possession, Thor figured to recruit his older and younger self with whom he had defeated Gorr the God-Butcher. They were joined by Jane Foster, temporarily returned to her Thor form by the reconstituted hammer of the War Thor. During battle against Malekith, who had empowered himself with the Venom symbiote, the God Tempest manifested in the Sun, and Thor commanded it from Earth to reforge Mjolnir. The hammer then made landfall in front of Thor, and he managed to lift it, having become worthy again after coming to the realization that his struggle to become worthy in itself was what made him worthy. Thor used his returned hammer to deliver the final blow that defeated Malekith. For proving instrumental in defeating Malekith and saving Midgard, Odin stepped down as the Asgardians' All-Father and appointed Thor as the new All-Father.[69]
A few months after his coronation, Thor began feeling dissatisfied with being the King of Asgard, missing his glory days as a hero; with both Sif and Loki taking note of his desire to shirk his duties and that Mjolnir was becoming heavier. Thor's melancholy was interrupted when a badly injured Galactus crash-landed into Asgard. Thor initially attacked the World-Devourer but was told that he faced a much greater threat: the coming of the Black Winter.
Gathering Galactus' former heralds, Thor was informed by the Silver Surfer that the Black Winter had destroyed the 6th iteration of the universe, and if Galactus was going to be powerful enough to oppose it, he had to consume five special planets. Thor prepared a fleet to evacuate those planets in preparation for Galactus devouring them but was stopped by the World-Devourer telling him that the Black Winter had shown him that Thor was to be his death. Stating that he would keep a close watch over Thor from then-on, Galactus imbued him with the Power Cosmic and turned him into a Herald.[24] Thor led Galactus to the five planets, during this voyage the two were transported to a strange new reality where Thor briefly lost his memory and got into a fight with its inhabitants before gaining his memories back and summoning Iron Man, Wolverine, She-Hulk, Storm, and Mystique to help him stop Galactus from devouring this reality which they eventually succeeded in.[257] Eventually Thor’s actions provoked a skirmish with Beta-Ray Bill that resulted in Stormbreaker being destroyed,[258] but when they arrived on the final planet the Black Winter attacked them. Enraged that Galactus devoured the planet without giving him time to evacuate its residents, Thor promised a reckoning after the Black Winter was dealt with.[259]
Confronting the Black Winter, Thor was forced to confront shades of his greatest enemies but managed to drive it back; learning from the Abstract Entity that Galactus was in fact its herald and had been lying to Thor in the hopes of avoiding being forced to serve it.[260] Furious, Thor stripped Galactus of the power he had acquired from devouring the five planets. When Galactus tried to attack him, Thor drained him of the Power Cosmic - leaving him a desiccated husk - and then used the dead Devourer of Worlds as a bomb to destroy the Black Winter.[261]
Prey[]
Traumatized by a vision of his possible death at the hands of Thanos, Thor withdrew into his throne room and spent the next several months drowning his sorrows in copious amounts of alcohol, only breaking his silence when comforted by the Silver Surfer.[261] Deciding to see what was wrong with Mjolnir, Thor dropped it in Broxton to confirm his theory that everyone was worthy of wielding it. Thor also apologized to Bill for their fight and the destruction of Stormbreaker, and appointed him his advisor and offered him a new divine weapon from Asgard's armory. Once his theory was proven correct,[262] Thor reclaimed Mjolnir and sought answers on how to repair its enchantment by swapping places with Dr. Donald Blake. Once inside the illusory world Blake had been placed in, Thor was horrified to discover that Blake had gone insane and was hellbent on destroying everything Odin had created; trapping Thor in the illusory world and then going on a killing spree in Asgard.[263]
While Blake banished many of Thor's allies to the Dimension Blood and attacked those who carried the power of Thor, Thor remained trapped in Blake's illusionary world. When Blake began cutting down Yggdrasill with Jarnbjorn, Thor had had enough and called out to the ravens Munin and Hugin and asked them for their help. Thor knew that while he couldn't leave Blake's world physically, he could separate his spirit from his body and leave that way with help from his ravens. Needing a vessel to put his spirit into, Thor chose the Destroyer Armor and confronted a shocked Blake.[264]
With help from his allies, Thor defeated Blake. Odin was about to put an end to Blake, but he was stopped by Thor when he was handed a piece of Blake's broken walking stick and used it to return from Blake's realm. Thor decided to spare Blake's life as he considered him his brother but did punish him by striking him with lightning. Thor then allowed Loki to deal with Blake.[265]
Shaken Throne[]
Thor arrived late to combat Knull, and although he managed to rip the dark elder god's lower jaw off with a full-power blow from Mjolnir, was overpowered and impaled by All-Black. Thor sent Hugin and Munin to find the Silver Surfer. Thor was shocked when the God of Light-empowered Eddie Brock summoned Mjolnir and the Silver Surfer's surfboard, merging them into a golden axe shaped like Venom's spider emblem. Once Knull was vanquished, Thor reclaimed Mjolnir and returned to Asgard.[21][266]
When the Phoenix Force came to Earth to claim a new host, it claimed that that Odin and Gaea had lied about his parentage, and that the Phoenix - through Firehair - was Thor's birth mother.[267] Returning to Asgard, Thor became increasingly depressed and temperamental. Unable to control Mjolnir, which began acting on its own accord to attack those it perceived as a threat - including Thor himself, Thor decided to leave it at Avengers Mountain. Lamenting his immortality, Thor revealed to Captain America that the reason he could no longer control Mjolnir was because he was now Asgard's king rather than its chief warrior. Declaring his intent to be Asgard's last king, Thor left Mjolnir in Avenger's Mountain for safekeeping until he could find another wielder worthy of being Asgard's vanguard.[268]
While discussing his troubles with Jane Foster, Thor was summoned to Vanaheim be Angela and Freyja - who had reinvented herself as the God of the Hunt - to sort things out with Odin.[269] Angela threatened to assert her birthright as Odin and Freyja's firstborn if Thor didn't restore order to Asgard and repair his relationship with Odin, but Freyja intervened before a fight could break out and told Angela to take Odin home. Apologizing, Freyja revealed she was aware that Thor was the child of the Phoenix but had been ordered to keep it secret but reaffirmed that she saw Thor as her son; Thor affirming that she was still his mother. When Freyja inquired as to the harshness of his reign, Thor told her his actions were a necessary evil to ensure Asgard's safety for all time, declaring his intent to be Asgard's final monarch. Freyja's attempt to reassure him was interrupted by Captain America, who called Thor to inform him that someone had stolen Mjolnir from Avengers Mountain.[270] Consulting the Tome of Kings, Thor learned that Mjolnir's thief was recorded as the God of Hammers and was foretold to bring an end to his reign and ruin to Asgard. Thor tracked down Odin at a gladiatorial arena called the Black Hand of God, enlisting his aid to find Mjolnir before it fell into the wrong hands. Odin took Thor to Nidavellir intending to have the dwarves track Mjolnir, only to discover that the God of Hammers had arrived there first and used Mjolnir to carry out a genocide against the dwarves.[271]
Thor tracked the God of Hammers to Earth and discovered the city of Broxton had been destroyed. Enraged, Thor called Mjolnir to himself, but it attacked him and manifested a female humanoid avatar made of lightning. Introducing herself as the God of Hammers, Mjolnir - or more accurately, the God Tempest - revealed she had been granted a voice after fusing with Mangog while inside the Sun and was lashing out due to Thor having forsaken his role as a warrior. Thor struggled to fight Mjolnir as she laid waste to him and his friends and begged his mother for help. Gaea, revealing herself once again as Thor's birth mother, granted him her powers. Odin did the same and empowered Thor with the last of the Odin-Force, though at the cost of his life.[272]
The enraged Thor used the Bifrost to teleport the God of Hammers to the forge in Nidavellir where Mjolnir was created, and then used the Power of the All-Father to ignite the forge with the heat of a billion suns. Taking Mjolnir from the God of Hammers, Thor used the forge's heat and the Power of the All-Father to burn Odin's enchantments and the God Tempest's corrupted essence out of the hammer, shattering it in the process.[273] After Odin's funeral, Thor learned from Odin's spirit that he was inside the repaired Mjolnir because Valhalla was completely empty, and therefore, he had nowhere else to go.[274]
Banner of War[]
After Bruce Banner went on a rampage El Paso, Texas due to a new evil persona called the Titan,[275][276] Thor and the Avengers hunted him down. However, Banner escaped into the Arterial Dimension Between-Space to be alone.[275] Thor eventually tracked Banner down and vowed to kill him to end his reign of terror. Thor asked Sif to take him and Banner someplace where people wouldn't get hurt. So, Sif took Thor and Banner to the Black Hand of God. Thor pinned Banner beneath Mjolnir, but Banner freed himself and overpowered Thor. To aid Thor, the spirit of Odin took control of Mjolnir and struck the arena floor, causing Banner and Thor to fall into the space below. Thor then threw Mjolnir at Banner, allowing Odin's spirit to confront Banner in his mindscape.[277]
Odin learned the truth of Banner's rampage but was removed from Banner's mindscape when Thor recalled Mjolnir before he could help. Then Iron Man arrived inside a Celestial-sized Hulkbuster Armor to fight Hulk.[276] While Iron Man wanted to fight Hulk, Thor believed that the situation was more dire than it appeared and wanted to kill Banner. When Banner lost control of the Hulk, the Hulk's rage went out of control. When Odin pinned Hulk down with Mjolnir in an attempt to help him, Thor tried to save him. Then Hulk unleashed a gargantuan explosion that wrecked Iron Man's armor and turned Thor into a gamma mutate.[278] Thor was also turned violent by the influence of Banner's Titan persona and battled the Savage Hulk. Iron Man was transported to Asgard by Sif who then attempted to teleport Thor to Asgard to help him, but Thor resisted Sif's efforts, leading to the Bifrost's destruction. Banner and Odin came up with a plan to stop Thor by empowering Hulk with Mjolnir and then battled him.[279]
As part of Odin's plan, Hulk transported Thor to Asgard. After receiving a brutal beating by Thor, Hulk forced Thor to Yggdrasill so the magical tree could purge Thor of the gamma energy that plagued him. However, Thor was too strong and yanked Yggdrasill out of the ground. As a last resort, Odin communicated with Thor and calmed him down long enough for Hulk to use Mjolnir to purge the gamma energy from Thor, returning him to normal. Now aware of the truth behind Banner in El Paso and possessing an understanding of Banner's rage, Thor protected Banner by saying to Tony Stark that Banner had died while secretly allowing Banner to escape.[280]
Fighting the Utgard Gods[]
Gaea, furious at the humans destroying her Earth, decided to unleash her fellow Elder Gods, Utgard-Loki and his pantheon, from the land of Utgard to have them exterminate humanity.[4] The first of these gods to attack human society was Toranos,[41] but Thor barely managed to defeat him even with the help of the Thor Corps.[281] In order to prevent the other malevolent gods from harming humanity, Thor went after those who contributed to Earth's pollution, starting with the Roxxon Corporation.[4] However, upon confronting CEO Dario Agger, Thor's intelligence was lowered as a result of Enchantress' spell on the comic books based on him. Thor was then forced to battle Roxxon's Thor imposter, but got carried too much away and accidentally killed him. His reputation was further tarnished after the Executioner used Thor's axe Tormod to kill Agger, framing him as a murderer.[282]
Believing the night goddess Nyx had something to do with the wheel Gaea and Toranos mentioned, Thor sought her out in Antarctica with Hercules and Loki. They battled her and her children, until Loki teleported them all to the Land Without Suns where Zeus had been banished. Thor confronted Zeus and stole his power, forging it into Yolgjörd, the second of weapons he needed to battle the Utgard Gods.[283] Back to Asgard, Thor was tricked by the Enchantress into helping her resurrect their son, Magni, from an erased future, but despite this he welcomed his child anyway and grew close to each other.[284]
All of a sudden, a crucified Toranos appeared on Asgard and told Thor of the Black Bridge which gave the Utagard Gods access to the Asgardians' realm, and with that over the All-Father mercy killed him.[285] Fearing the threat posed by the Utgard Gods, Thor went to Utgardhall to directly confront them, joined by the Executioner who wished to redeem himself.[286] Thor and the Executioner entered Nrgl, City of Death where they were reunited with the deceased Hermod and Heimdall before battling Kemur, only to be killed by Loki with an arrow-shaped Eternity Mask.[287]
This caused Nrgl to flee, and as the Asgardians made their leave Thor battled Mejed, and though difficult he managed to slay the hooded god. As he emerged from Utgard and was about to return to Asgard, Thor was killed by Loki with the arrow, causing his soul to end up in Vidbláinn. There he was met by Har, Jafnhar and Thridi who told Thor what would happen to him, Odin and Magni. Soon Thor was confronted by Donald Blake who began beating his former alter ego with Hellnir as revenge for what was done to him. Thor stole the demonic weapon and wanting to return to life struck the ground with it, allowing him to take Blake's soul and resurrect as a powerless mortal human. However, as the Rainbow Bridge was destroyed in Thor's absence, Earth forgot that the Asgardians were ever real, and because of this upon his return Thor believed himself to be just a normal man named Sigurd Jarlson, with no recollection of his past as an Asgardian.[288]
Thor's powers, abilities and strength level can vary due to a broad degree of artistic license employed by various comic book writers and artists. Below is a broad list of powers and feats Thor has shown over his more than five decades of comic appearances. If you wish to add more or discuss improvements to this section, please head to his power's discussion page.
Due to being resurrected as a normal human, Thor lost all of his Asgardian powers.[1]
Former Powers
Asgardian/Elder God Physiology: As the son of Odin, All-Father of the Asgardians, and of Jord/Gaea, one of the Elder Gods Thor possesses a number of superhuman attributes common among the Asgardian. However, due to his unique birth, some are considerably more developed than those of the vast majority of his race, including his strength, endurance and resistance to injury.[75]
Like all Asgardians, Thor is incredibly long-lived and relies on periodic consumption of the Golden Apples of Idunn to sustain his extended lifespan, which to date has lasted many millennia. Being the son of Odin and the elder goddess Gaea, Thor is physically the strongest of the Asgardians.[292][190]
Godly Strength: In addition to being the God of Thunder, Thor is also the Asgardian god of strength, and as such he is physically the strongest of the Asgardian gods. The Marvel handbooks claim that he is able to lift 100 tons,[75][71] or well above 100 tons.[297][298] Thor has defeated or battled to a standstill many of the world’s most powerful creatures including the Midgard Serpent,[299] the Hulk,[300][301] the Silver Surfer,[302] the Red Hulk,[303]Gladiator,[304]Hercules,[305] and even Cul Borson,[59] at a time when the latter was strong enough to break Captain America's Shield with his bare hands.[306] Thor has physically overpowered Hela,[307] who has stated that he is a too fierce fighter for her to handle.[308] He has also defeated Mephisto in the latter's own realm,[309] and later fought the demon to a stalemate.[310] He fought Zeus, who said that Thor resisted him more strongly than any of the titans or gods of Olympus.[30] Thor has been shown be able to snap Adamantium alloy cables.[311] He has resisted the gravity of a neutron star,[312] has generated enough force to demolish worlds,[313] has sustained the weight of 20 planets,[314] destroyed Surtur's solar system-sized dimensional portal alongside Beta Ray Bill,[315] and has destroyed planets as a side effect of him fighting.[316][317] An insane Thor (unrestrained; not under Warrior's Madness)[318] was regarded by Eternity himself as a threat to a large part of the cosmic entity.[319] Thor has physically wrestled with and carried the Midgard Serpent, while it was large enough to bridge the distance between Earth and Asgard,[299] which has been described as equivalent to "endless galaxies away".[140] Thor has defeated foes such as Durok the Demolisher,[320] who had previously overpowered Thor himself and the Silver Surfer.[321] Thor was able to wound a moderately fed Galactus who was in a telepathic battle with Odin by crashing into his helmet and breaking his armor.[322] Thor has overpowered infinite gravity,[323] and by exerting himself to his utmost, overpowered the World Engine, which contained the world tree Yggdrasill, by fighting against both the engine and the tree's full might.[324] Thor has also shattered a root of Yggdrasill,[6] and his cries as a newborn created storms that shook the world tree and every realm in its branches.[53] Thor, without using the warrior's madness, belt of strength, or the Odinforce, is also physically equal to Hercules,[305] who has temporarily taken over Atlas' burden to support the Axis Mundi, which is the Greek form of Yggdrasill.[325][326][327][328] Yggdrasill has been stated to be "everything", and to have its roots and branches in "all that is", containing infinite universes and existing across all the infinite planes of reality.[329][330][331][332] Thor was able to overpower M.Y.T.H.O.S, who had assimilated the full power of Yggdrasill, even after the Odin-Force had been stripped from Thor.[16] Thor is more powerful than Eric Masterson and Dargo Ktor, whose battle fully powered a machine that could collapse infinite timelines into one.[333] Using the Belt of Strength doubles Thor's base strength level,[122] and when in the state of Warrior's Madness, Thor's strength increases tenfold.[334][318][335]
Nigh-Invulnerability: Being a god whose heritage is both half-Asgardian and half-Elder God affords Thor virtual invulnerability and immunity to any such human ailments as diseases, toxins, poisons, and highly resistant to most conventional injuries.[336] Thor has been able to withstand attacks from several of the universe's most powerful beings including the Asgardian Destroyer,[90][337][338] several blasts from Odin,[339] a multiversal skyfather, and even survived blasts from Celestials.[292] Unworthy Thor has also withstood the explosion of a solar system sized ship.[244] He has also shown immunity to lead and radiation poisoning,[340][341][311][342] and he is resistant to subzero temperatures.[343]
Superhuman Speed: Hela has stated that Thor moves at speeds beyond comprehension as fast as the space winds and lighting he commands, and can reach the speed of their lightning.[71][344] Thor can travel across the entire Marvel universe nearly instantaneously,[102] he has hurled Loki the entire way from Earth to Asgard at "the speed of thought,[74] with the distance between them being "endless galaxies away",[140] and he has consistently been able to keep up with the speeds of the Silver Surfer[302] and Gladiator.[304]
Godly Stamina: Thor is able to sustain himself almost indefinitely without any exhaustion.[344] He was capable of fighting for two years straight without food or sleep,[258] and his stamina allowed him to battle the entire Frost Giant army for nine months without any sustenance or rest.[345]
Superhuman Agility: Thor's natural balance, agility, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are far beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
Superhuman Reflexes: Thor can track objects travelling faster than the speed of light,[346] and he has consistently been able to react to objects in his path when travelling through outer space at full speed, or when fighting with opponents capable of moving and attacking at such speeds at a close distance.
Vast Energy Manipulation: Thor has the ability to manipulate vast amounts of energy, using Mjolnir he can channel the storm's energy into blasts so powerful that he can destroy Secondary Adamantium. Thor can also channel his godly energies through Mjolnir, creating rays powerful enough to kill even immortals.[347]
Weather Control: Being the God of Thunder, Thor has the ability to control the elements of storms, both with and without Mjolnir.[75] Thor can summon and control the near-infinite powers of the storm, causing rain, wind, thunder, and lightning. He has also the ability to create unnatural weather like fire rain, as well. Thor has displayed, on numerous occasions, the ability to create electrical storms, hurricane winds, tornadoes, tidal waves, blizzards, as well as earthquakes that have been shown to run across an entire planet. Thor has the ability to affect the weather on a planetary wide scale. Thor is able to stop any of the weather conditions that he creates. Thor can also discharge lightning bolts from his hands that are lethal and raw in power, also engulfing his hands in lightning to amp his punches. Even as a baby, he has created storms powerful enough to shake all of Yggdrasill and the Realms in its branches.[53]
Superhuman Longevity: It is a common misconception that Thor and the other Gods of Asgard are truly immortal, they do age but at a rate so slow that to other beings they give the appearance of immortality. This is in turn enhanced by the Golden Apples of Idunn.[75][336][71]
Superhumanly Dense Tissue: Like all Asgardians, Thor's skin, muscles, and bones are about three times denser than similar human tissue, contributing to his superhuman strength and weight.[75] He has even survived energy blasts from Celestials.[292]
Superhuman Senses: Thor's superhuman senses allow him to see objects as far out as the edge of the Solar System,[74] allow him to track objects traveling faster than light,[346] and hear cries from the other side of the planet.[348]
Rapid Healing Factor: Thor is not invulnerable to all harm and it is possible to injure him, but due to Thor's Asgardian physiology, he is able to heal from most injuries much faster than a human being could. Even after extensive torture and damage, Thor managed to repeatedly regenerate his teeth, hair, eyes, and destroyed flesh and broken limbs after a short time.[75][349]
Super Breath: Thor can use his breath to create hurricane force winds.[126]
Flight: While he prefers to fly by hurling Mjolnir Thor has shown the ability to fly and levitate, hover and glide, and through the air at great speeds without any outside assistance.[350] Although its top speed is unknown, suggesting at least that it can go beyond ultrasonic limits.
Super-Advanced Vocal Cords: Thor's vocal cords are advanced enough to allow him to throw his voice in a super-human degree.[123]
Allspeak: Also called the All-Tongue. Thanks to the Allspeak, Thor can communicate in all of the languages of the Ten Realms, Earth's dialects, and various alien languages.[351][226][352]
Telepathy: Even without Mjolnir's power, Thor was able to establish a telepathic link with his father and communicate with him.[123]
Odin-Force/Thorforce: On various occasions, Thor has inherited the Power of the All-Father, commonly referred to as the Odin-Force, from his father. This enabled him to tap into the resources of cosmic and mystical energies of the dimension Asgard exists within, enhancing all of his abilities in turn. The sum total of Odin's power as the king of Asgard plus the power of his brothers Vili and Ve, as well as his own, the Odin-Force significantly increases Thor's powers. According to the avatar of the Odin Force, Thor recreating celestial bodies and his other accomplishments during his time on Earth were minimal compared to the Odin Force's full power. When Odin possessed the Odin-Force, his fight against Seth tore at the fabric of the multiverse itself, and sent forth shockwaves that rippled through every plane of reality, with the Silver Surfer stating that the forces unleashed by them could "rock our entire continuum".[353] Infinity, an entity created from a part of Odin, was capable of destroying the universe, and Odin was able to easily undo all of the damage to the universe caused by the villain after he became whole again.[354] After becoming the All-Father of Asgard following the War of the Realms, Thor inherited the power of the All-Father once more,[258] with Odin later sacrificing himself to give Thor access to its full power.[355]
Physical Augmentation: The Odin Force dramatically enhances Thor's strength to the point where he severely damaged Captain America's Shield by accidentally striking it.[356]
Teleportation: Thor once teleported Asgard into the skies above New York City.[357]
Force Field: Thor was able to contain a nuclear missile's explosion.[358]
Portal Creation: Thor was able to amplify Mjolnir's powers to create a dimensional portal large enough to swallow Toranos.[39]
Thorsleep: When Thor uses the Thorforce too greatly or too fast he needs to replenish his energies by entering the Thorsleep. There is no definite time frame as to when he has to enter the Thorsleep or how long he has to be in it. Having learned from his father's past experiences of being vulnerable while in the Odinsleep, Thor used a casket made by Odin's metalsmith Falki. The casket contains enchantments that create a state between life and death to reduce the time required for the Thorsleep. Once it has been closed from within, it cannot be broken by any force known to man or gods and can only be opened from the inside.[361] While asleep in the casket in the state between life and death, Thor's mortal persona Donald Blake temporarily separates from him until he awakens again.[362]
Cosmic Pyrokinesis: Owing to having been resurrected by the Phoenix as an infant,[53] Thor is capable of generating cosmic flames that he can wield in a manner similar to his usual lightning.[19] He once used them to successfully telekinetically repell the corpse of The First Firmament, which would otherwise have destroyed the entire multiverse, by collaborating with three avatars of the Phoenix Force.[363]
Geokinesis: Due to his heritage as biological child of the Elder Goddess Gaea, Thor demonstrated the ability to manipulate the earth, as he showcased during his duel against the "God of Hammers". He demonstrated the ability to combine his earth control and his energy manipulation to create a energy tornado, that didn't harm his allies and only damaged the God of Hammers. It was described as impenetrable by Reed Richards, as he stated that he didn't think that there wouldn't be a force on Earth capable of breaking through its dense field.[364]
Rune Magic: During Ragnarok, Thor acquired knowledge and use of the Runes which granted him a vast supply of mystical power and spells in addition to his other powers as a result of drinking from the Well of Mimir for wisdom and clarity of inner vision. Thor was able to cast spells generating a variety of powerful effects while in the Asgardian dimension including teleportation within a dimension, to Valhalla, to Surtur's realm, and to the Fates at the World Tree; destroy a copy of Mjolnir and channel its energy into a magical force blast sufficient to destroy two demons simultaneously, unleash a wave of mystical energy strong enough to best Loki armed with a duplicate of Mjolnir, destroy the rebuilt Valhalla and slay numerous Rock Trolls in seconds, raise circular energy shields bordered by runes to block formidable blows of Mangog, remove Loki's head without quenching his life, and see even without physical eyes (However, Thor's eyes have both been restored). Thor's command and mastery of Rune Magic and Mysticism were far greater than any Asgardian, or anyone in the Ten Realms, including Odin. Even then, Thor has already demonstrated the potential to surpass his father in the future.[102] It is unknown whether he still possesses the power of the Runes and if so to what degree since his rebirth, but there is no visible indication at any instance that the Runes have been retained.[215]
After gaining the power of the Runes in combination with the Odin Force, Thor's powers reached even greater heights and surpassed his father in power. With gaining the power of the Runes he gained understanding and enlightenment. He was able to see the future of all things, seeing beyond quantum structures; beyond cosmic architecture, into the nothingness and the end of all things.[365]
Røkkva: After being infected by the Røkkva, an eldritch antilife entity, Thor became invincible but was turned into an evil version of himself, emitting black lightning.[367]
Power Cosmic: After being imbued with the Power Cosmic by Galactus,[24] and combining it with the powers of the All-Father, Thor reached a level of power above the other previous heralds.[258] Thor lost the Power Cosmic after draining Galactus' power and using him as a bomb to destroy the Black Winter.[261] Thor retained vestiges of the Power Cosmic, which were used to resurrect Galactus to battle the Reckoning.[368]
Plant Manipulation: During the CotatiEmpyre's invasion Thor gained the power to control plant life from his mother Gaea, which allowed him to defeat the alien plants.[17] However, he then gave up this power when he used all of it to reanimate a barren planet which would serve as a permanent home for the captured Cotati.[369]
Abilities
Master Combatant: Thor is one of the most trained and most experienced warriors in the entire Marvel Universe. Even when Thor was stripped of his powers and turned into a mortal, he was able to defeat a pack of thugs and also save Captain America with his own shield and wield Mjolnir simultaneously. Thor was also able to fight Hercules unarmed, and was only shown to be a bit below in terms of skill. Thor generally prefers to use brawling-type techniques, rather than his full versatility of available powers, when fighting beings such as Juggernaut, Gladiator, and the Hulk. Despite being a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, Thor's greatest feats of skill come from his expertise in weapons. He is easily one of the greatest and most versatile weapons experts in the Marvel Universe. He is usually seen wielding his hammer, but has also demonstrated great dexterity using weapons such as axe, sword, bow and arrow, shields, and clubs. Outside of Mjolnir, Thor's most commonly used weapon is the Jarnbjorn axe, which he obtained before Mjolnir.
Gifted Intelligence: Thor has gifted intelligence. He retains the advanced medical knowledge of Donald Blake,[370] and he is an excellent strategist due to many thousands of years of combat training and experience.[citation needed]
Telepathic Immunity: Thor has the ability to resist the mental influence of powerful beings. He resisted a mind thrust attack of the Rigellians,[371] the magical music of Ares,[citation needed] a mental attack from Glory,[372] Morgana le Fay's attempt to dominate his mind,[citation needed] the power of the Eye of Horus,[373] and the mind blast of the Man-Beast.[154]
Power Restraint: Thor usually greatly restrains the full magnitude of his powers, especially when dealing with mortals and less powerful superhumans.[280][374][375][376][377][378]
Diplomatic Immunity: After Thor's rebirth, he used Mjolnir to recreate Asgard on Earth in Oklahoma. At this time, Iron Man was head of S.H.I.E.L.D. and confronted Thor about his bringing Asgard into U.S. territory. After Thor beat down Iron Man, Stark suggested that Asgard be treated as a foreign embassy, and with its citizens full diplomatic privileges, to which Thor agreed.[216]
Weaknesses
Warrior's Madness: The Warrior's Madness also known as the Sin Unpardonable,[181] is the most forbidden malady in Asgard by law of Odin. Any who fall under it must pay the penalty, only the most bitter sacrifice can atone for it.[379] The Warrior's madness enable Thor to increase his strength and stamina tenfold.[335] Despite this, it threatens Thor's sanity. The symptoms include berserker rage, massive headaches, mentally erratic, savage, animalistic, uncontrollable behavior, and unreasoning.[334][318][380][381][382]
Odinsleep: After receiving the Odinforce, Thor must rest in order to recharge the Odinforce once a year.[273]
Paraphernalia
Equipment
Former Equipment
Black Uru Arm: After Malekith cut Thor's arm off, Odin had the Dwarves of Nidavellir forge a new arm for him. It was forged of Black Uru in the same furnaces where Mjolnir was forged and took a thousand Dwarves to pound it into shape.[241] It melted away when Thor used the God Tempest's power to resurrect Jane Foster.[253]
Golden Prosthetic Arm: After the destruction of his black Uru arm,[253] Thor received a golden replacement.[383] Whether or not it's made of Uru as well is unknown. He eventually lost the arm while fighting off Frost Giants in Jotunheim.[255]
Destroyer arm prosthesis: Thor used an arm taken from the Destroyer to replace his missing left arm.[384]
Megingjord: A magical belt worn by the Thunder God that would double his natural strength, power, stamina and durability.[122][385][386] The belt is fueled by the Odin Force and can also increase the might of Mjolnir. When Odin fed a large amount of Odin Force into it, the belt increased Thor's strength so much that he was able to knockout a powered-up Thanos clone.[387]
Weapons
Thor, Asgardian God of Thunder
The Asgardian Warhammer Mjolnir: Mjolnir is a symbolic weapon of Thor, a hammer forged from Uru metal, whose chief properties are durability, the ability to maintain enchantment, and absorb energies. Mjolnir resembles more of a short handle mallet than a traditional Warhammer. Mjolnir itself is already extremely durable and combined with the various enchantments placed upon it by Odin, is even harder. It has survived heat as extreme as the heart of the Sun, and blasts powerful enough to destroy planets.[citation needed]Jane Foster, when wielding a copy of the powers of Thor, used Mjolnir to neutralise a supernova, and generated a thunderclap that shook planets half a universe away in the process.[388]
Worthiness Enchantment: This enchantment surrounding Mjolnir prevents it from being wielded by anyone save those who have been found worthy. Thus far, this includes Thor, the Red Norvell, Beta Ray Bill and Captain America.[347] To anyone else, Mjolnir cannot be lifted from the ground nor wrested from Thor's grip.[71]
Transformation: When Thor was living on Earth under a mortal guise, he could use Mjolnir to transform from his Donald Blake persona into Thor and vice versa. Thor lost this ability when this enchantment was transferred to Beta Ray Bill's hammer, Stormbreaker. Later, Odin permanently separated the two personas.[370]
Mystical Link: Mjolnir obeys Thor’s commands as though it were alive, and if Thor's will is strong enough, the hammer can pass through nearly any barrier to reach him should he so chooses;[71] Mjolnir will even return to Thor while he is in his mortal persona as Jake Olson.[389] Mjolnir can also transform Thor into his civilian guises. When Thor is a civilian, the hammer most often becomes an old wooden cane. While employing a mortal guise, Thor would transform back into his mortal form if he was separated from Mjolnir for more than 60 seconds.[124][71]
Weather Control: Wielding Mjolnir grants Thor the ability to control the base elements of a storm, i.e., rain, wind, thunder, ice, snow, and more.[370]
Flight: Thor is capable of hurling Mjolnir with great force and, by holding onto the leather thong, is capable of flying through the air at tremendous speeds. While in an Earth-like atmosphere, Thor generally flies at Mach 32,[71] and change course in mid-flight.[71] He can hover in mid-air with the winds like Storm.[390]
God-Blast: Thor is capable of channeling different amounts of his godly energies in combination with the mystical properties of Mjolnir. These energies can be channeled through his hammer for a single energy beam known as the God-Blast which is able to kill even immortals.[386][391] Thor used the God-Blast to destroy the Brain Dome of the mighty CelestialExitar. To do it, Thor reinforced Mjolnir with the Belt of Strength, which doubles its fortification and durability. Mjolnir shattered from the amount of power Thor channeled.[386] Thor used the God-Blast to defeat Surtur and Ymir.[392] The God-Blast is so powerful that it forced Galactus to flee for his life.[175] The God-Blast was able to stop the Juggernaut (Cain Marko) while he was in motion and to push him backwards, despite Cyttorak's unstoppability enhancement.[393] The God-Blast was also shown to be capable of knocking down the skymother Majeston Zelia, who had absorbed the Odin-Force.[394] Thor can send the God-Blast to the core of Ego the Living Planet and Alter Ego and render both comatose.[395] Two combined God-Blasts were capable of doing harm to the Phoenix Force,[250] and four God-Blasts in unison were able to temporarily hold back a collapse of the multiverse's dimensional walls,[396] that had mortally wounded the Universal Eternity.[397] Thor likely used a God-Blast to end the life of the suffering elder godToranos as an act of mercy.[398]
Anti-Force: Thor is capable of producing an indescribably powerful blast known as the Anti-Force which is capable of annihilating entire planets.[394][71] Thor was able to defeat the Mangog by shooting him the Anti-Force, with Mjolnir, inside his mouth.[387]
Thermo-Blast: Thor has the ability to produce a universe shaking Thermo-Blast capable of decimating even entire planets and beings as powerful as Ego the Living Planet.[152]
Energy Absorption and Redirection: Thor is able to use Mjolnir to absorb energy blasts directed towards him as means of attack. Once the energy is absorbed, Thor can redirect it back amplified towards the source. Thor used Mjolnir to absorb the Silver Surfer's cosmic blasts,[302] radioactive energy,[375] and magnetism[399] such as Magneto's personal magnetic field.[400] Mjolnir has even managed to redirect the energy of the Null Bomb, which was created to destroy all life in the Black Galaxy, the blast of which was shown as powerful enough to reignite a dying sun.[401] It has also absorbed mystical energies, such as Pluto's mystic flame.[325] The hammer was even able to absorb a portion of the mystical energies granted from every god pantheon on Earth.[402]
Matter Manipulation: By spinning Mjolnir in a precise manner at cyclotronic speeds, Thor can manipulate matter from a molecular level to a vast scale, which allows him to create other configurations and even allows him to transmute the elements themselves. This ability was evident when he transmuted the Absorbing Man's wood and iron body to the gas helium.[22]
Cosmic Energy: Mjolnir allows Thor to produce and control cosmic energy to an unknown limit for a variety of purposes.[404]
Energy Sensing: Mjolnir can detect practically all types of energy.[405][406][407] It reacts particularly strongly to evil psychic energy,[408] and supernatural energy.[22] Mjolnir can also track down the energy pattern of someone in hiding,[340] detect any Asgardians aura by their electrons discharge,[134] and can sense and track the energy radiating from mystical objects.[89]
Nether World Power: Thor can use Mjolnir to tap into the power of the Nether Worlds (dark dimensions).[83]
Teleportation: By grasping Mjolnir by the leather thong and rapidly swirling it, Thor can channel energies for the purpose of opening gateways through means of a vortex[94] and in this vortex time has no meaning, which means he and others can pass through it to their destinations instantaneously.[409] He can open gateways which allow him to travel across locations no matter how great the distance within moments or even across entire dimensions, as he does when he travels from Asgard to Earth and vice-versa.[410][136] Thor has used Mjolnir to rip the fabric of the Universe to send Surtur and Ymir to the Death Dimension[392] and send an entire population to Limbo,[411] Thor can also use Mjolnir to travel through portals anywhere within the same dimension.[120][71]
Life Force Absorption: Thor used this ability on the super villain the Presence, who was forced to surrender to prevent himself from being reduced to a lifeless husk.[412]
Illusion Detection: Mjolnir can distinguish images, holograms, and different illusions from reality: Thor once commanded the hammer to strike the demon lord Mephisto, who was hiding among false images of himself.[310]
Former Powers of Mjolnir
Chronokinesis: The Power of Time. Thor at one point had the ability to use Mjolnir to travel through time.[126] By spinning Mjolnir faster than light, Thor could open a portal to the fourth dimension of time to travel to the past and the future.[413][126][85] Thor no longer possesses this ability because he voluntarily let the temporal energies of the hammer be drained when Immortus asked Thor to use Mjolnir to save the planet Phantus and bring it back out of limbo and into the space-time continuum.[370]
Force Fields: With Mjolnir, Thor is capable of creating powerful barriers, force fields and vortexes that are impenetrable. Not even Earth's most advanced weapons could weaken Thor's barrier field that shielded the U.N. headquarters.[193] Thor stated that he could have contained a cosmic flash attack from Stellaris, this blast was strong enough to destroy the planet Earth.[414] These vortexes and barriers are so durable that they can contain explosions powerful enough to destroy a fifth of the Marvel Universe.[58]
Resurrection: While channeling his power through Mjolnir, Thor was able to resurrect a man he had wrongly killed.[415]
Alpha Particles: Thor's hammer can harness Alpha Particles from the atmosphere and could use it to atomize any weaponry.[85]
Negation of Mystic Energy: He used this ability on the Juggernaut himself to negate the mystical energies that grant him his mystical invulnerability, allowing him to defeat Juggernaut in combat. He was able to stop Mephisto from taking human souls to the Dark Dimension.[310]
Undead Lethality: As a former religious relic, Mjolnir is lethal to undead. Thor once threw Mjolnir at a vampire, with contact causing the vampire to burst into flame and crumble to dust.[416]
Alternate reality version of Mjolnir: When the Avengers entered in conflict with an alternate tyrant version of the team, they got hold of the alternate Thor's own version of Mjolnir, which required its wielder to be unworthy instead of worthy.[417] When Odinson traveled with other Avengers to find the source of the decay of the Multiverse and the Incursions, he used the alternate version of Mjolnir as a weapon in order to face incredibly powerful enemies.[44] He lost the ability to use this weapon after he saved Hyperion from a Beyonder, becoming worthy once more in the process.[62]
Hammer Arsenal: Following the destruction of Mjolnir,[418] Thor started wielding a wide arrange of hammers for different tasks, which were enchanted by Odin to provide Thor with the same abilities Mjolnir did. However, since they were manufactured with less pure Uru, they were much weaker than Mjolnir and could break relatively easily. These hammers included the Hulk-Smiter[419] and the self-destructive Bomb Hammer, among others.[420] One of these hammers was gold and similar in appearance to Mjolnir.[383] Eventually the hammer arsenal runs out with Thor using the last hammer to battle Malekith.[69]
Jarnbjorn: A battle axe forged by Dwarves that Thor wielded long before Mjolnir.[102] Kang tricked Thor into placing an enchantment on Jarnbjorn, in order to pierce the armour of Celestials or armour created using Celestial technology.[112] Thor lost it centuries ago, but recently reclaimed it from the Apocalypse Twins.[421] In addition to piercing Celestial armour, Jarnbjorn is an effective blunt force instrument, Thor used it to kill Gorr[105] and cleave off one of Red Onslaught's horns.[422] After the War of the Realms, Thor left Jarnbjorn in Asgard's armory.[27]
Tormod: Thor forged Tormod, an axe-hammer hybrid, with his helmet's steel, as part of a test set by Loki. Tormod bore Thor's magic, being capable of channel his divine lightning and return to his hand at call.[423]
Yolgjörd: Thor forged Yolgjörd, an enchanted belt of protection, as part of a test set by Loki. Yolgjörd is made from the absorbed power of Zeus given form, and can protect its wearer from the most potent of magics, as well as nullify the effects of Grey Gargoyle's stone touch.[350]
The Odinship: Also known as the Cosmo-Craft, a space ship crafted by Odin that can reach beyond the Universe and the End of time.[180] The ship is powered by the Odin Force[181] and is so powerful that no asteroid, no planet, or natural force can stop its progress. The only being able to halt its progress is Galactus.[182] Thor was chosen by Odin to pilot the Odinship to search for Galactus as penance for slipping into the Warrior's Madness.[180]
Odin's Eye: a large oval screen installed in the Odinship that guides Thor through the cosmos. Thor can command it by thought and it can reveal the secrets of the universe.[181]
Thor was ranked 1st in "The Top 50 Avengers" in 2012.[429]
In DC Comics' Doomsday Clock #12, when Doctor Manhattan looks forward into the history of Superman, he mentions Thor and references the Hulk (as "a green behemoth") as part of an alleged event bound to happen in the year 2030 named the "Secret Crisis." In this story, Superman would be thrown into a brawl with Thor and the Hulk.
Thor was once exposed to gamma radiation and turned into a Hulk by the Intelligencia to fight Red Hulk.[366]
While his first appearance is commonly accepted to be in 1962's Journey Into Mystery #83, an earlier depiction of Thor, more faithful to his Norse mythology counterpart, had already appeared in 1950's Venus #11, published by Timely Comics (Marvel's predecessor).
Creation by Stan Lee
"How do you make someone stronger than the strongest person (the Hulk)? It finally came to me: Don't make him human — make him a god. I decided readers were already pretty familiar with the Greek and Roman gods. It might be fun to delve into the old Norse legends.... Besides, I pictured Norse gods looking like Vikings of old, with the flowing beards, horned helmets, and battle clubs. ...Journey Into Mystery needed a shot in the arm, so I picked Thor ... to headline the book. After writing an outline depicting the story and the characters I had in mind, I asked my brother, Larry, to write the script because I didn't have time. ...and it was only natural for me to assign the penciling to Jack Kirby..."[430][431]
“I dreamed up Thor years ago because I wanted to create the biggest, most powerful superhero of all and I figured who can be bigger than a god?” Lee says of his idea for his God of Thunder, which was first scripted by Stan’s younger brother, Larry Lieber. “I chose the Norse gods,” Lee adds, “because I felt people were less familiar with them than with the Greek and Roman gods."[432][433]
However, it should be noted that the above was simply Stan's intention in 1963, and whereas the Hulk has continuously grown in power since then, Thor has not. Under Stan Lee's watch, 10 years later during the 1970's, Thor and Hulk stalemated each other in strength[301] and during the late 1980s, Stan wrote a Thor issue in which the title character clearly held an advantage against Hulk while using Mjolnir, but was later clearly disadvantaged without using Mjolnir.[434] His view as of 2013 on the topic was that the outcome simply depends on if the writer is a Hulk fan or a Thor fan.[435]
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