Lets take a look at them: 7 Comics Characters Who Have Killed Thor
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00:00 Dumb as I'm Jules, this is WhatCulture.com, and these are 7 Comic Characters Who Have
00:04 Killed Thor.
00:05 7.
00:06 The Fantastic Four
00:07 With every good Marvel character, there's naturally a dramatic zombie-based death.
00:12 It almost appears to be one of the unwritten rules of the House of Ideas.
00:15 For Thor, this death takes place in the Marvel Zombies' dead days, and sees the alive Thor
00:20 foolishly take on the very undead Fantastic Four, which naturally ends up getting embitten,
00:26 killed, and reanimated into the monstrosity we see in the Marvel Zombies arc.
00:30 It's all of the grisly joy that makes the zombie spin-off so good, and having a hugely
00:34 powerful character like Thor die at the very beginning of it all only enhances both the
00:38 excitement and the threat of the invading undead forces.
00:41 It's by no means the most breathtaking superhero death ever, but there are a few occasions
00:45 where you get to see a Norse god chewed on by a family of scientists, so yeah, it's
00:50 well worth a read.
00:51 6.
00:52 Mikhail Rasputin
00:54 Thor's death in the X-Men Age of Apocalypse storyline may be the single most overlooked
00:58 example of the hero dying in comic history.
01:01 It's practically a footnote in the overall story, which kinda makes sense given that
01:05 it's a story focusing on the X-Men themselves, but still feels a bit unfair given that Thor
01:10 is a major character in the Marvel Universe.
01:12 Admittedly, this may be because of Thor's status in this particular dimension.
01:16 As within the Age of Apocalypse storyline, Thor hasn't found Mjolnir, and so believes
01:20 himself to be just a regular human, totally unaware that he could have had some sweet
01:24 Thunder God powers.
01:26 This means that when he finally gets into a fight with Colossus's equally intimidating
01:29 brother Mikhail Rasputin, there's very little chance for him to escape it alive, especially
01:34 when Thor decides to end the fight by launching him and Mikhail out of the top of Big Ben,
01:38 where the pair fall to their deaths.
01:41 5.
01:42 The Beyonders
01:43 New Avengers #32 marks both the death of Thor and the rise of the saddest buddy cop moment
01:48 ever, as both the God of Thunder and Hyperion make one last stand against an almost endless
01:53 horde of homicidal aliens known as the Beyonders.
01:56 It's clear from the offset that there's no chance of this pair winning, as only Starbrand
02:00 manages to take out one of the powerful creatures, and even then, only a single Beyonder.
02:05 With just one proving to be a potent threat, the surge of Beyonders approaching the pair
02:09 feels catastrophic, and makes both appear all the braver for stoically facing them,
02:14 despite there being no possible way that either would leave alive.
02:17 Not only does this effectively work to raise the stakes of the huge storyline, but it also
02:21 works as perhaps the most in-character death imaginable for Thor, bravely facing off against
02:26 an unwinnable battle alongside a trusted companion, racing each other towards Valhalla.
02:31 4.
02:32 Thor
02:33 In every superhero's time, there comes a moment when they realise that they have to
02:36 sacrifice themselves for the good of something greater.
02:39 For Thor, this comes in the form of Thor Dissembled, which placed the God of Thunder in a position
02:44 where he discovers that the only way to prevent the destruction of the universe is to bring
02:48 about the Cycle of Ragnarok, which requires him to destroy Yggdrasil, ending his own life.
02:54 While it's ambiguous if Thor totally ceases to exist, as he states that he will be in
02:58 the sleep of the gods, waiting to be reborn, his mortal form definitely does die at the
03:03 end of the 1998-2004 run, as in the third volume of the Thor comic, he's brought back
03:08 to life from the void by the summons of Donald Blake, who is able to do so due to him being
03:12 the mortal host of the lightning god for a period of time.
03:15 This means in the canon Marvel universe, Thor was essentially dead for three whole years,
03:20 which creates all sorts of interesting dynamics between him and the other Avengers, not to
03:25 mention a hilariously awkward storyline where he confronts Tony Stark for creating a clone
03:29 of him while he was gone.
03:30 Yeah, that was pretty awkward.
03:32 3.
03:33 Mangog
03:34 It's a dying shame that fans who didn't like Jane Foster are unlikely to have followed
03:37 her arc as Thor to the end of her run, as even if you didn't like her, you'd still
03:41 be blown away by just how spectacularly she goes out in Mighty Thor #705.
03:47 After a brutal fight against the fearsome god-killer Mangog, Foster throws the beast
03:51 into the sun, which turns out not to be enough to kill him, as in order to go down for good,
03:56 Mangog needed to be unable to escape the fatal flames.
03:59 Aware of this, Jane binds him with the chains made to halt Fenrir, and uses Mjolnir one
04:03 final time, to fly Mangog, chains and all, deep into the sun.
04:08 Both Mjolnir and Jane are lost as a result of this action, with the hammer melted inside
04:12 the sun, and Jane finally succumbing to her fatal illness as she reverts back to her human
04:17 form.
04:18 2.
04:19 Rogue
04:20 What if #66 saw a particularly unusual event, even by the comic's usual speculatory standards?
04:25 In it, Rogue uses her power to absorb Thor's abilities, taking his lightning powers, his
04:29 super strength, and crucially, his ability to wield Mjolnir.
04:33 Which naturally means that Rogue then gains the title of being Thor, as the superhero
04:37 alias belongs to whoever holds the hammer.
04:39 While Rogue doesn't technically kill Thor, she does absorb him into her psyche, only
04:44 for him to seemingly remove himself from existence when he claims that she is now the true Thor.
04:49 Even if she hadn't accidentally removed him from existence, Rogue still completely
04:52 takes over his life, with Odin claiming that he has lost a son, and gained a daughter.
04:57 It's a cool story, and a rather novel idea, but one that makes you feel more than a little
05:01 sorry for the actual Thor.
05:02 It takes his dad a couple of pages before he totally forgets his son is now dead, and
05:07 something about that just makes you feel bad.
05:09 Even if Odin wasn't exactly winning any awards for being a good father in the first
05:12 place.
05:13 1.
05:14 The Serpent
05:15 In a fight that had been predestined since the dawn of time, and in the actual Norse
05:18 mythology that Thor is based off, the Fear Itself series saw the God of Thunder fight
05:23 Jormungandr, known as the World Serpent, or the Serpent to Friends.
05:27 With so much of Thor's lore in and out of Marvel being built around the fact that he
05:31 will die if he fights the Serpent, the tension when the two of them appear in the same battle
05:36 is pretty palpable, with the beginning of their clash being almost as exhilarating as
05:40 the moment that Thor strikes down the beast, causing his own death.
05:44 Even better, this moment comes as a total surprise, as several previous storylines,
05:48 such as Odin trying to fool the world into believing that Ragnarok has happened, or making
05:51 other Thors so that they could instead die fighting the Serpent, suggested that the climactic
05:56 battle may never happen in the comic universe, which makes it actually occurring all the
06:01 more epic.
06:02 And there we go my friends, those were 7 comic characters who have killed Thor.
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