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Thor in comics

Thor, the god of Norse mythology, has appeared as a character in various comics over the years, appearing in series from a range of publishers.

Marvel Comics Edit

Thor Odinson (often called The Mighty Thor) is a Marvel Comics superhero, based on the thunder god of Norse mythology. The superhero was created by editor Stan Lee and penciller Jack Kirby, who co-plotted, and scripter Larry Lieber, and first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 (Aug. 1962).

On a mission from his father, Odin, Thor acts as a superhero while maintaining the secret identity of Dr. Donald Blake, an American physician with a partially disabled leg. Blake can transform by tapping his walking stick on the ground; the cane becomes the magical hammer Mjolnir and Blake transforms into Thor.

Thor, a founding member of the superhero group the Avengers, often battles his evil adoptive brother Loki, a Marvel character adapted from the Norse god of mischief. He is among Marvel's most powerful superheroes. Many recurring characters in his stories are based on Norse Mythology. As with other superheroes, the Thor identity has been taken by other characters, including Jane Foster, who became a female Thor.

Apart from this main superhero, Marvel features a number of characters based on him.

Chris Hemsworth portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in the 2011 film Thor. Hemsworth reprised his role for The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Thor: Love and Thunder.

DC Comics Edit

 
Thor, as depicted by Jack Kirby in Tales of the Unexpected #16 (1957).

Jack Kirby made a story featuring Thor in Tales of the Unexpected #16. A cowboy finds Thor's hammer in the American desert and uses it for his own gain, until it is reclaimed by Thor. This version of Thor is not similar to the Marvel Comics character that Kirby would create five years later, although there are some minor similarities, such as the design of Mjolnir and the circles in Thor's chest. Kirby would often cite this adventure to claim that he was the main creator of the Marvel Comics character.[1]

Thor appears in the first issues of Jack Kirby's Fourth World by John Byrne. His appearance is explicitly based on Kirby's design of the Marvel character, but is more faithful to the original mythology having red hair, a beard and a more brutish personality. He and the other Asgard gods are stated to be related to, but not synonymous with, the Old Gods (the progenitors of the New Gods). Later Thor clarifies that they are "echoes" of the Old Gods and resemble them down to their names, thus explaining how the Norse gods can still exist in the DC Universe when the event that killed the Old Gods is implied to have been Ragnarök.[2]

Thor also appears briefly in Neil Gaiman's Sandman series in the story "Seasons of Mists". In that story, he, Odin and Loki try (and fail) to get the key of Hell. Thor is portrayed as a lewd drunk. This is in contrast to the Marvel Comics portrayal of Thor, where Thor is portrayed as very noble and earnest.[3] In the later Sandman story, "Kindly Ones", he helps Odin capture Loki.[4]

In another story, Wonder Woman and Superman travel to Valhalla and help Thor in a war for a thousand years.[5]

America's Best Comics (ABC) Edit

The deity Thor (called Þunor or Thunor as in Thor's Old English name) appears in the America's Best Comics police procedural series Top 10 by artist Gene Ha and writer Alan Moore, where officers interview the deity and other gods as witnesses to the death of Baldur at the hands of Hod.[6] The god appears here as a belligerent, red-bearded, balding man, prone to swearing, whose lack of cooperation leads to a swift takedown by Smax.[6]

Comico Comics Edit

Thor is also a fictional character in the Comico comic book series Elementals. He was created by Bill Willingham and first appeared in Elementals #23 (Volume 1).

Willy Vandersteen group (Flemish) Edit

The Flemish comic artist Willy Vandersteen started three series in which a Thor was featured. His very first published newspaper comic series (when World War II stopped US-import in 1941) was "Tor de Holbewoner", about a caveman called Tor. Taking into account that "Tor" is a Dutch word for beetle, in Dutch the difference between T and Th is hardly (if at all) heard and that it was about a caveman living way before the invention of orthography, it is no miracle that this caveman returned (still during the war) with his name changed to "Thor".

In "De Rode Ridder" series the existence of the thunder god Thor is shown in #45, (The Hammer of Thor, 1970) and the Thunderer has a role in #63 (The Valkyrie, 1974), in which the Rode/Red Knight has been chosen by Odin to complete a mission the gods cannot do themselves without causing Ragnarok. Both albums are by Karel Biddeloo. Unlike the Marvel Thor, Biddeloo's Thor is more or less a country boy, with enormous powers but bound by responsibility (avoidance of Ragnarok). The hammer of Thor was a weapon mortals could and did carry and use, but it was too powerful to control.

In the most popular series started by Vandersteen, Suske en Wiske (Spike and Suzy), Thor is featured once in #158 in a story by Paul Geerts. Thor in this version is a cruel, grey-bearded god, going a bit bald on top, thundering and lightninging with his hammer, without throwing it. (Odin in this story is the young-looking, bearded redhead). Like Biddeloo's Thor, this one is also dressed in animal skins, and that may be seen as a reference to the caveman.

Madsen’s Valhalla Thor (Danish) Edit

This is Thor in the European "comedic adventure" tradition of Asterix, Lucky Luke etc. with the difference that where those series are using history as source material, Peter Madsen uses mythology for his series Valhalla (1978), with the same freedom to make jokes about current reality or other works of fiction, mostly following the Eddas.

Thor is one of the main heroes of the series and can be seen as a central character.

Thor is here rather correctly put, as the honest, red bearded muscular, powerful god, with a bit of extra human weaknesses to keep the comic funny. Statements that he would be fat are false, but may be based on his disguise in #3 as Volstagg, thus parodying Marvel's Asgardians.

Thrud and Modi are his firstborn children (in #2), their mother is Sif (pregnant from the start of the series). Magni has Jarnsaxa as mother and shows up in #9.

Other uses of Thor in comics Edit

Other uses of the Norse myth in comics Edit

Other uses of the Thor of Norse mythology include:

  • Thor is a semi-regular character in the Karl Vincent: Vampire Hunter series from KRG comics
  • Thor and Dynamite Thor: The Golden Age anthology Weird Comics by the Fox Feature Syndicate featured two characters named Thor. The first, seen in issues #1-5, is a mortal man given strange lightning powers by the Norse God.[7] Grant Ferrell was chosen by the real Thor, looking down at humanity from his perch in Valhalla. Thor decided to bestow powers on a mortal, and spied Grant, a meek man who lost his girlfriend Glenda at a nightclub. Thor picked Grant up and brought him to Valhalla, where he was trained in using the powers of lightning and Mjolnir, Thor's magic hammer. Grant returns to Earth dressed in a revealing costume — just trunks, a cape and a helmet. He rescues Glenda from a group of spies, and decides to devote his life to heroic deeds.[7] He goes on to fight spies and Germans.[8] That character lasted for five issues, and was then rebooted in issue #6 as a new character, Peter "Dynamite" Thor, with different powers, but the same girlfriend.[9] Dynamite Thor was a demolitions expert who was immune to the effect of explosives. He used dynamite to propel himself through the air.[10] He used his abilities to fight spies, mad scientists and the devious War Maniac.[8] Dynamite Thor appeared in Weird Comics #6 and 7, and then moved to Blue Beetle #6-8.[7]
  • Thor, along with the other Norse gods, appears in David Brin's comic, The Life Eaters.
  • Thôrr-Sverd: The Sword of Thor #1-3, published ca. 1987 by Vincent Creations, began the telling of the story of the impact of the gods on the Proto-Indo-European people. It suggested that perhaps, contrary to canonical mythology, the giants were the good guys and the gods were the villains.
  • Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon has its own version of Thor, a red-headed villainous thunder god.
  • A villainous Thor appeared in Rob Liefeld's comic book Youngblood.
  • El Cazador de Aventuras from Argentina included in its 32-34 issues a remake of the Ragnarok, with Cazador in the middle of it.
  • In Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya, the antagonist Beatrice Flowerchild uses the Berserker Class Card to gain Thor's powers and his hammer, Mjolnir.
  • Thor and other Asgards appears in various Disney comic stories most nobly in Carl Barks's Uncle Scrooge story Mythtic Mystery first published by Dell Comics in Uncle Scrooge"#34, june, 1961[11]

Other characters by the name of Thor in comics Edit

Other characters by the name of Thor include:

References Edit

  1. ^ Jake Young (August 11, 2017). . Dorkly. Archived from the original on January 9, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  2. ^ 'Jack Kirby's Fourth World (vol. 1) #1-3 (March–May 1997). DC Comics.
  3. ^ Sandman (vol. 2) #24 (March 1991). DC Comics.
  4. ^ Sandman (vol. 2) #26 (May 1991). DC Comics.
  5. ^ Action Comics (vol. 1) #761 (January 2000). Mc Comics.
  6. ^ a b Top 10 (vol. 1) #7
  7. ^ a b c Mougin, Lou (2020). Secondary Superheroes of Golden Age Comics. McFarland & Co. pp. 45–46. ISBN 9781476638607.
  8. ^ a b Nevins, Jess (2013). Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes. High Rock Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.
  9. ^ Mitchell, Kurt; Thomas, Roy (2019). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 978-1605490892.
  10. ^ Morris, Jon (2015). The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half Baked Heroes from Comic Book History. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Quirk Books. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-59474-763-2.
  11. ^ "Thebutcheredstory".

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Thor the god of Norse mythology has appeared as a character in various comics over the years appearing in series from a range of publishers Contents 1 Marvel Comics 2 DC Comics 3 America s Best Comics ABC 4 Comico Comics 5 Willy Vandersteen group Flemish 6 Madsen s Valhalla Thor Danish 7 Other uses of Thor in comics 7 1 Other uses of the Norse myth in comics 7 2 Other characters by the name of Thor in comics 8 ReferencesMarvel Comics EditMain article Thor Marvel Comics See also Thor Ultimate Marvel and Jane Foster comics Thor Odinson often called The Mighty Thor is a Marvel Comics superhero based on the thunder god of Norse mythology The superhero was created by editor Stan Lee and penciller Jack Kirby who co plotted and scripter Larry Lieber and first appeared in Journey into Mystery 83 Aug 1962 On a mission from his father Odin Thor acts as a superhero while maintaining the secret identity of Dr Donald Blake an American physician with a partially disabled leg Blake can transform by tapping his walking stick on the ground the cane becomes the magical hammer Mjolnir and Blake transforms into Thor Thor a founding member of the superhero group the Avengers often battles his evil adoptive brother Loki a Marvel character adapted from the Norse god of mischief He is among Marvel s most powerful superheroes Many recurring characters in his stories are based on Norse Mythology As with other superheroes the Thor identity has been taken by other characters including Jane Foster who became a female Thor Apart from this main superhero Marvel features a number of characters based on him Chris Hemsworth portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe first appearing in the 2011 film Thor Hemsworth reprised his role for The Avengers Thor The Dark World Avengers Age of Ultron Doctor Strange Thor Ragnarok Avengers Infinity War Avengers Endgame and Thor Love and Thunder DC Comics Edit nbsp Thor as depicted by Jack Kirby in Tales of the Unexpected 16 1957 Jack Kirby made a story featuring Thor in Tales of the Unexpected 16 A cowboy finds Thor s hammer in the American desert and uses it for his own gain until it is reclaimed by Thor This version of Thor is not similar to the Marvel Comics character that Kirby would create five years later although there are some minor similarities such as the design of Mjolnir and the circles in Thor s chest Kirby would often cite this adventure to claim that he was the main creator of the Marvel Comics character 1 Thor appears in the first issues of Jack Kirby s Fourth World by John Byrne His appearance is explicitly based on Kirby s design of the Marvel character but is more faithful to the original mythology having red hair a beard and a more brutish personality He and the other Asgard gods are stated to be related to but not synonymous with the Old Gods the progenitors of the New Gods Later Thor clarifies that they are echoes of the Old Gods and resemble them down to their names thus explaining how the Norse gods can still exist in the DC Universe when the event that killed the Old Gods is implied to have been Ragnarok 2 Thor also appears briefly in Neil Gaiman s Sandman series in the story Seasons of Mists In that story he Odin and Loki try and fail to get the key of Hell Thor is portrayed as a lewd drunk This is in contrast to the Marvel Comics portrayal of Thor where Thor is portrayed as very noble and earnest 3 In the later Sandman story Kindly Ones he helps Odin capture Loki 4 In another story Wonder Woman and Superman travel to Valhalla and help Thor in a war for a thousand years 5 America s Best Comics ABC EditThe deity Thor called THunor or Thunor as in Thor s Old English name appears in the America s Best Comics police procedural series Top 10 by artist Gene Ha and writer Alan Moore where officers interview the deity and other gods as witnesses to the death of Baldur at the hands of Hod 6 The god appears here as a belligerent red bearded balding man prone to swearing whose lack of cooperation leads to a swift takedown by Smax 6 Comico Comics EditThor is also a fictional character in the Comico comic book series Elementals He was created by Bill Willingham and first appeared in Elementals 23 Volume 1 Willy Vandersteen group Flemish EditThe Flemish comic artist Willy Vandersteen started three series in which a Thor was featured His very first published newspaper comic series when World War II stopped US import in 1941 was Tor de Holbewoner about a caveman called Tor Taking into account that Tor is a Dutch word for beetle in Dutch the difference between T and Th is hardly if at all heard and that it was about a caveman living way before the invention of orthography it is no miracle that this caveman returned still during the war with his name changed to Thor In De Rode Ridder series the existence of the thunder god Thor is shown in 45 The Hammer of Thor 1970 and the Thunderer has a role in 63 The Valkyrie 1974 in which the Rode Red Knight has been chosen by Odin to complete a mission the gods cannot do themselves without causing Ragnarok Both albums are by Karel Biddeloo Unlike the Marvel Thor Biddeloo s Thor is more or less a country boy with enormous powers but bound by responsibility avoidance of Ragnarok The hammer of Thor was a weapon mortals could and did carry and use but it was too powerful to control In the most popular series started by Vandersteen Suske en Wiske Spike and Suzy Thor is featured once in 158 in a story by Paul Geerts Thor in this version is a cruel grey bearded god going a bit bald on top thundering and lightninging with his hammer without throwing it Odin in this story is the young looking bearded redhead Like Biddeloo s Thor this one is also dressed in animal skins and that may be seen as a reference to the caveman Madsen s Valhalla Thor Danish EditThis is Thor in the European comedic adventure tradition of Asterix Lucky Luke etc with the difference that where those series are using history as source material Peter Madsen uses mythology for his series Valhalla 1978 with the same freedom to make jokes about current reality or other works of fiction mostly following the Eddas Thor is one of the main heroes of the series and can be seen as a central character Thor is here rather correctly put as the honest red bearded muscular powerful god with a bit of extra human weaknesses to keep the comic funny Statements that he would be fat are false but may be based on his disguise in 3 as Volstagg thus parodying Marvel s Asgardians Thrud and Modi are his firstborn children in 2 their mother is Sif pregnant from the start of the series Magni has Jarnsaxa as mother and shows up in 9 Other uses of Thor in comics EditOther uses of the Norse myth in comics Edit Other uses of the Thor of Norse mythology include Thor is a semi regular character in the Karl Vincent Vampire Hunter series from KRG comics Thor and Dynamite Thor The Golden Age anthology Weird Comics by the Fox Feature Syndicate featured two characters named Thor The first seen in issues 1 5 is a mortal man given strange lightning powers by the Norse God 7 Grant Ferrell was chosen by the real Thor looking down at humanity from his perch in Valhalla Thor decided to bestow powers on a mortal and spied Grant a meek man who lost his girlfriend Glenda at a nightclub Thor picked Grant up and brought him to Valhalla where he was trained in using the powers of lightning and Mjolnir Thor s magic hammer Grant returns to Earth dressed in a revealing costume just trunks a cape and a helmet He rescues Glenda from a group of spies and decides to devote his life to heroic deeds 7 He goes on to fight spies and Germans 8 That character lasted for five issues and was then rebooted in issue 6 as a new character Peter Dynamite Thor with different powers but the same girlfriend 9 Dynamite Thor was a demolitions expert who was immune to the effect of explosives He used dynamite to propel himself through the air 10 He used his abilities to fight spies mad scientists and the devious War Maniac 8 Dynamite Thor appeared in Weird Comics 6 and 7 and then moved to Blue Beetle 6 8 7 Thor along with the other Norse gods appears in David Brin s comic The Life Eaters Thorr Sverd The Sword of Thor 1 3 published ca 1987 by Vincent Creations began the telling of the story of the impact of the gods on the Proto Indo European people It suggested that perhaps contrary to canonical mythology the giants were the good guys and the gods were the villains Erik Larsen s Savage Dragon has its own version of Thor a red headed villainous thunder god A villainous Thor appeared in Rob Liefeld s comic book Youngblood El Cazador de Aventuras from Argentina included in its 32 34 issues a remake of the Ragnarok with Cazador in the middle of it In Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya the antagonist Beatrice Flowerchild uses the Berserker Class Card to gain Thor s powers and his hammer Mjolnir Thor and other Asgards appears in various Disney comic stories most nobly in Carl Barks s Uncle Scrooge story Mythtic Mystery first published by Dell Comics in Uncle Scrooge 34 june 1961 11 Other characters by the name of Thor in comics Edit Other characters by the name of Thor include Johnny Hart s comic strip BC also features a caveman named Thor The Quality Comics version of Manhunter had a dog named Thor that assisted him References Edit Jake Young August 11 2017 6 Weird Things About Thor s Origin Story Nobody Talks About Dorkly Archived from the original on January 9 2020 Retrieved October 31 2017 Jack Kirby s Fourth World vol 1 1 3 March May 1997 DC Comics Sandman vol 2 24 March 1991 DC Comics Sandman vol 2 26 May 1991 DC Comics Action Comics vol 1 761 January 2000 Mc Comics a b Top 10 vol 1 7 a b c Mougin Lou 2020 Secondary Superheroes of Golden Age Comics McFarland amp Co pp 45 46 ISBN 9781476638607 a b Nevins Jess 2013 Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes High Rock Press p 270 ISBN 978 1 61318 023 5 Mitchell Kurt Thomas Roy 2019 American Comic Book Chronicles 1940 1944 TwoMorrows Publishing p 32 ISBN 978 1605490892 Morris Jon 2015 The League of Regrettable Superheroes Half Baked Heroes from Comic Book History Philadelphia Pennsylvania Quirk Books p 45 ISBN 978 1 59474 763 2 Thebutcheredstory nbsp This article includes a list of related items that share the same name or similar names If an internal link incorrectly led you here you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thor in comics amp oldid 1173703331, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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