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[[File:thor_marvelcomics_2239.jpg|frame| [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|"Heed my words, evildoers! If thou dost wish to challenge the Odinson, thou will face the divine power of MIGHTY MJÖLNIR!]] '''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|NEVER SHALL THE GOD OF THUNDER RELENT!!!]]'''"]]

 

 

The Son of Odin. The God of thunder. The God with [[Drop the Hammer|The Hammer]].

** Also, Balder.

* [[Involuntary Battle to the Death]]: In the story-arc that introduces Beta Ray Bill, the otherworldly champion who is also worthy to wield Mjölnir, Odin declares that Bill and Thor must fight a duel to the death to settle the question of who gets to keep it. {{spoiler|Bill wins, but saves Thor's life; Odin gives Mjölnir back to Thor and commissions a new hammer from the dwarfs to give to Bill. It's implied that this is the outcome Odin intended all along.}}

* [[Large Ham]]: During Thor's '60s run, pretty much everybody who isn't an average guy. And even then...

* [[Legacy Character]]: The power of the Thunder God is accessible to anyone else who can prove worthy of wielding Mjölnir (see below). Mortals such as human architect Eric Masterson and the alien nicknamed Beta Ray Bill would wield the hammer when Thor was otherwise indisposed. Later on, Masterson would get a slightly weaker hammer of his own to wield, becoming the hero Thunderstrike. Likewise, Beta Ray Bill was given his own hammer, Stormbreaker, with powers roughly equal to Mjölnir. Unfortunately, this means that Bill isn't seen that much anymore, because having Thor teamed up with an equally powerful pseudo-god is [[Story-Breaker Power|ridiculous overkill for most situations]].

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Asgardians love the lusty song of battle.

* [[Public Domain Character]]: [[DC Comics]] has had Thor appear in their Universe, since Odin and other Norse gods also exist. Their Thor is also a god, but is removed from human affairs.

** There is the Kirby Connection, specifically via the Fourth World comics; when Kirby was not allowed to end Thor's story with Ragnarok, he moved to DC and created a new mythology. It ''started'' with the immortal line "There came a day when the old gods died..." (if you look very carefully at the illustration, you can even make out Thor); the ancient world from which New Genesis and Apokolips were formed is strongly implied to very much have been like Asgard, and in visions, revealed to have harbored equivalents of the Asgardians. The Asgardian gods of Earth, including Thor who actually had a walk-on role in the Fourth World comics, are believed to be "descendants" of them because they received an exceptionally large portion of the God Wave which empowered all "modern" gods (except for the Fourth World New Gods) after the Old Gods died...

* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: He ''is'' the God of Thunder. Of course this happens from time to time.

 

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