Thor

  1. Thor is, in the Marvel Universe, the Norse God of thunder. Although he is actually just from another realm of reality called Asgard
  2. Some of Thor’s abilities, such as flight and weather manipulation, come from wielding his mythical hammer, Mjolnir
  3. Thor first appeared in Journey Into Mystery #83, August 1962, and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Larry Leiber
  4. Sometimes in the Thor story arc if he is not holding Mjolnir he is simply a “human” with super strength and goes by the name Donald Blake
  5. Thor, while wearing glasses as Donald Blake, runs into a very muscular reporter wearing glasses named Clark in The Mighty Thor #341
  6. When simply flying with Mjolnir just won’t do he calls upon a huge chariot driven by mythical flying goats named Toothnasher and Toothgrinder.
  7. Others have occasionally wielded Mjolnir besides Thor. Most notably in Thor #1, released in 2015, by Jane Foster who had been found worthy and was considered Thor, even by Odinson.
  8. Thor is often considered the protector of Earth, or Midgard as it is called in Asgard, and is under his protection from cosmic threats
  9. Thor is a founding member of the Avengers. Is considered 1st by IGN in a list of Top 50 Avengers as well as 14th of the Top 100 Comic Book Heros of All Time
  10. Cinematically Thor has been played by Chris Hemsworth

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