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* Zig-zagged with Thor in [[Marvel Comics]]. In the earliest version of Thor's origin story, ordinary human Dr. Donald Blake discovered Mjolnir, the possession and use of which let him turn into Thor, Norse god of thunder. (The story is written such that the reader might conclude that the original Thor no longer exists for some reason, and Blake has become a "new" Thor to replace him --— which [[Fridge Brilliance|might also explain]] why he's blond and cleanshavenclean-shaven when Norse myth describes Thor as a bearded redhead.) Later expansions and [[Retcon]]s subverted the trope when they revealed that Blake had been Thor all along, [[Brought Down to Normal|reduced to merely human and stripped of his divine identity]] by Odin as a punishment for arrogance.