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  Thor (Marvel Comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thor often battles his adoptive brother Loki, another Marvel character adapted from a Norse god, and is a member of the all-star superhero group the Avengers.
Thor then did the unthinkable, making a deal with Surtur: in return for the reforging of Mjolnir (he felt it appropriate for Surtur to be the one to remake it), he would blast a clear path for him to Asgard.
Thor's uru hammer, Mjolnir, amplifies Thor's innate control over the elements and can be used as a missile weapon by throwing it (which in return allows the hammer to return in mere moments, unless seized by others).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Mighty_Thor   (2598 words)

  
 Marvel Directory
Thor is forever torn between his divine home -- the hallowed halls of Asgard -- and the troubled lands of his adopted home, Earth.
Among the hammer's various enchantments are its indestructibility and the ability to summon all the elements of storm (wind, rain, thunder, and lightning).
Thor's superhuman strength is matched with an immunity to all human diseases, superhuman speed, agility, and simulated flight when he hurls his enchanted hammer Mjolnir.
www.marveldirectory.com /individuals/t/thor.htm   (299 words)

  
 Thor (Marvel Comics) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thor often battles his adoptive brother Loki, another Marvel character adapted from a (Click link for more info and facts about Norse god) Norse god, and is a member of the all-star superhero group (Click link for more info and facts about The Avengers) The Avengers.
Thor was sent to encounter Bill at the request of (A protective covering or structure) SHIELD, who had observed Bill's ship destroy a star to refuel; SHIELD feared that the ship might do the same to the sun.
Thor's uru hammer Mjolnir amplifies Thor's control over the elements, grants the user the ability to fly, and always returns to its master after being thrown.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/thor_(marvel_comics)1.htm   (2087 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Mighty Thor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thors battle against the giants, by Marten Eskil Winge, 1872 Thor, Þórr (ON), Þunor (OE), Donar or Donner (German) is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder and lightning in Germanic and Norse Mythology, the son of Odin and Jord.
In Norse mythology, Sif (/siv/,relative) is a goddess of the Aesir, wife of Thor and mother of Þrúðr, Ullr and Modi.
Thor appeared on a Saturday Night Live Skit of Superman's Death, and was a guest star in several Marvel Cartoons.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mighty-Thor   (4240 words)

  
 The Mighty Thor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thor, who represents Marvel's deliberate effort to transend all other super heroes, is nothing less than a god.
Thor's powers allow him to operate on a grandiose, cosmic scale, yet the old Norse tales that Marvel adapted\Ì×Odin, the virtually omnipotent leader of the legendary gods, is Thor's father, and he rules with an iron hand.
Armed with this knowledge, Thor dropped the Blake persona, yet could not bring himself to abandon the human race that he had come to cherish.
www.geocities.com /SoHo/Den/1128/thor.htm   (304 words)

  
 The Mighty Thor #71-80
Meanwhile, Thor is haunted by nightmares recalling his final battle against Earth's mightiest heroes and the betrayal of Balder.
Thor has awakened from his Odinsleep and, in the wake of the assassination attempt, turns his powers on rooting out all evil.
Thor is still reeling over the fact that Loki used the Designate to power the Destroyer.
members.fortunecity.com /jayscomics/comics/thor_080.html   (846 words)

  
 The Mighty Thor #61-70
Thor meets with a representative of the Catholic Church and they chat about Thor's divinity and the false hope that the Church claims he creates.
Thor puts and end to the violence and restores both churches that were destroyed in fires.
Thor manages to bring her body back to life, but fails to restore the young girl's soul.
members.fortunecity.com /jshayer/comics/thor_070.html   (825 words)

  
 THE MIGHTY THOR #532   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thor, God of Thunder and Lord of the Storm, shields his eyes as another gust of frigid wind blasts his face.
At that moment, Odin's beloved son Thor notices the Giants' concentration begin to waver, as their cowardly hearts are struck with fear upon seeing Odin withstand Utgard-Loki's attack.
Thor himself flies straight into the faces of his immense enemies, cracking their giant skulls with mystical warhammer.
www.paratime.ca /mv1/avengers/thor/thor532.html   (2137 words)

  
 The Mighty Thor 337-383   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thor defeats him rather easily and learns that he is an old man. Eilif the Lost tells the tale of his viking ancestors and how they came to this land.
Thor erects a viking pyre for the fallen warrior and the Valkyrie escort his soul to Valhalla.
Thor, enamored with Lorelei, and Willis travel to England and breach the entrance to the Faerie realm.
www.myths.com /pub/comics/thor   (3114 words)

  
 Norse Mythology in Comic Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
"Thor was a reassuring supernatural presence in both divine and human crises, be they encroachments by giants on gods, or petty tyrants on peasant freeholders, or overzealous Christian missionaries on idols of the old religion; no wonder he had eclipsed Odin in the temple at Uppsala and elsewhere in the twilight of paganism" (Puhvel, 201).
Thor's most recent acquisition of a secret identity is perhaps his most interesting; during the course of a battle alongside the Avengers, an EMT named Jake Olson was caught in the crossfire.
Just because Marvel Comics provides the mighty Thor with his own title does not mean that the Aesir are limited to being his supporting cast; in many ways, these characters stand independent of the Thunder God and enjoy a certain amount of fame as heroes in their own right.
www.gettysburg.edu /academics/english/vikingstudies/davidsen/researchdocument.html   (18309 words)

  
 The Mighty Thor #14 - September 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thor looks amused, as he listens to the tales woven by Fandrall the dashing, while lifting a large mug of Asgardian ale to his lips.
Thor, however, does not notice her, lost as he is in his own private thoughts.
Thor ponders events to which he was not apart, as he was not in Asgard at the time.
m2k.rlk7.com /thor/MT14.html   (2442 words)

  
 The Mighty Thor, Marvel Legends III
The biceps have a big gap for the joint, and the back shoulders are open in a crab-like hinge-joint that allows the Mighty Thor and the other Marvel Legends figures to clap their hands together.
The Hammer of Thor is nice and big, and it could be used for a larger figure, such as a 9" or 12" custom Thor.
The comic book reprint included with Thor is of  The Mighty Thor volume 2, #39 the story is interesting but the art looks like it was drawn with crayons.
www.actionheroes.homestead.com /reviewshundredthirtysix.html   (296 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: The Mighty Thor
It claimed that the stick could be transformed into the hammer of Thor, imbuing its wielder with all the power of the legendary Teutonic thunder god.
It became hard to reconcile the lame doctor with Thor's eons-old relationships with his fellow deities, so a retcon was concocted by way of explanation: Blake had been Thor all along, sentenced by Odin to inhabit a less magnificent body, his memory erased, until he got over his rather insufferable pride.
Thor has maintained active participation in the group fairly steadily over the years, and even now, frequently appears as part of it.
www.toonopedia.com /thor.htm   (692 words)

  
 The Mighty Thor 528   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Just as Thor is about to try his next plan, pounding Ultimo's head into scrap with Mjolnir, he sees Iron Man streak into view behind the giant robot and fire his scanalyzer into Ultimo's form.
Thor braces for the impact, but still falls down onto the roof's surface as the projectile that is also one of his closest friends impacts into his godly frame.
Thor slowly rises to his feet, his long blond hair falling into his eyes without his helmet to hold it back.
paratime.ca /mv1/avengers/thor/thor528.html   (1810 words)

  
 The Mighty Thor #81-90
Thor is reunited with a thin Volstagg who informs him that Fandral and Hogun are dead.
In exchange for this favour, Thor opens a path for Surtur and his minions to lay waste to Vanaheim and Valhalla.
As Ragnarok closes, Thor visits the Norns and destroys their weave which was being used by Those Who Sit Above In Shadow to draw their powers from the endless Ragnarok cycle.
members.fortunecity.com /jayscomics/comics/thor_090.html   (617 words)

  
 Mjollnir
In Norse myth, the hammer that belongs to the mighty god Thor.
Every time Thor threw the hammer lightning flashed, after which it returned to his right hand, on which he wore an iron glove.
Mjollnir was greatly feared by the frost giants, the enemies of the gods, for Thor had dispatched a large number of them, among which the giant Hrungnir.
www.pantheon.org /articles/m/mjollnir.html   (116 words)

  
 Ideas & Screening | Reuters.com
In Norse mythology, Thor is the god of thunder, war and strength - a formidable presence, indeed.
Thor Industries (THO.N) also has a formidable presence, as the largest manufacturer of recreation vehicles and mid-size buses.
But, the company's name has nothing to do with the hammer-wielding Norse god, but instead was formed by combining the first two letters of the last names of its early owners.
www.investor.reuters.com /goto.aspx?docid=7157&.t=companyoftheday   (1716 words)

  
 Moviefone: Mighty Thor Movie
Mighty Thor - Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussion,...
Amazon.com: The Mighty Thor - Enter Hercules and Battle of the Gods...
If Marvel intends to do a movie based on "The Mighty Thor", I think they need to cast the WWE's Triple H as the hero.
movies.aol.com /movie/main.adp?mid=1023165   (243 words)

  
 Comics2Film: The Mighty Thor (Archive)
Thor had always been talked about as a property to be developed for TV and not for film.
Thor was announced, and so far has only been talked about as a potential TV show.
Arad says a Thor cartoon would be "one of the greatest stories ever told." Arad envisions, the epic tale of the Thunder God and the rich worlds he occupies as requiring a minimum of 65 half-hour segments.
www.comics2film.com /MightyThorArch.shtml   (2626 words)

  
 The Mighty Thor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mjolnir: CL1000, Thor's Fighting is Sh-Y & inflicts Un damage.
-Alter Ego: When Thor is struck against a hard surface, Jake Olsen may change forms.
If separated from Mjolnir for more than 1 minute, Thor returns to his mortal form.
www.angelfire.com /mi/spiderman/thor.html   (140 words)

  
 The Superhero Hype! Boards - Superman Vs. The Mighty Thor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thor can move at or near light speed just like Superman, Thor is incredibly strong nearly as strong as the Hulk, although I give Superman the edge there.
Thor has been fighting for eons, that much experience fighting against giant trolls, Gods, eternals, and elders of the universe must count for something.
Thor's hammer is also indestructable and will hurt anyone, "man of steel," or not!Don't get me wrong, I'm not clowning Superman, nor doubting his abilities, I just think The Mighty Thor is more powerful, and way cooler!
www.superherohype.com /forums/showthread.php?t=124989   (143 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Thor Visionaries Vol. 1: Walt Simonson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thor was always one of the toughest assignments at Marvel.
Frank Miller on Daredevil, John Byrne on Fantastic Four, Bruce Jones and Brent Anderson on Ka-Zar....But when Walter Simonson quietly took over The Mighty Thor with issue #337, he took the character and brought him to the forefront of the comics industry, and the fans sat up and took notice.
This is one of the most important runs in the history of Thor and some of the best stories of the time.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0785107584?v=glance   (1921 words)

  
 Hellride Music - The mighty THOR!
I hope Seth is not trying to mock mighty Thor there!
That video where Thor bends steel bars with nothing but the power of his muscles, explodes hot water bottles with his lungs and even gets stone plates destroyed on his stomach with a steamhammer?
I've seen some pics on his homepage and according to them he's still doing his oldschool metal show with steel bending, water bottle exploding and even helmets, swords, armors and stuff...
www.hellridemusic.com /forum/printthread.php?t=5523   (476 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Thor Legends Vol. 2: Walt Simonson Book 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His work on the Mighty Thor swept the Norse God of Thunder to heights never before seen and rarely achieved since.
From the majesty and mystery of Asgard to the gritty streets of New York City, Thor was never the same.
If you'verecently read the MIGHTY THOR comic series by Dan Jurgens and either found it lacking or very creative, SIMONSON I believe is the oen that inspired his stories.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0785110461?v=glance   (1103 words)

  
 The Mighty Thor, Lord of Earth #68/#570 Review - Silver Bullet Comics
Old Thor flame, Jane Foster, is the focus of this months installment as the Scarlet Witch gives birth to a child that is then secreted away by her brother, Pietro, in order to circumvent Thor’s program of birth registration.
Loki is strutting around in Dr. Strange’s cloak, Thor and Amora are now parents, and Tony Stark (whose technology was almost a match for the Asgardians) is apparently dead after some brutal interrogation techniques.
Eaton’s artwork is workmanlike and keeps the storytelling clear and fluid, although the shot of Odin’s statue overlooking Mount Rushmore doesn’t really work from a realistic point of view, taking up what should be empty sky.
www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/106328666351848.htm   (297 words)

  
 Avengers: Earth's Mightiest WebRing
Everything dealing with Simon Williams A.K.A. Wonder Man, the man with fists that strike like Thor's hammer and is nigh-invulnerable.
Thor's Glory: News, info & links about the mighty Thor
Thor's Glory has been created to inform fans of the Thunder God about upcoming issues, conventions and events about Thor and Marvel Comics.
g.webring.com /hub?ring=redskull   (810 words)

  
 The Mighty Thor Script
The energy field pulsates and Thor begins to regress in size and age, turning from man to boy as the energy field glows and expands to become a burst of lightning which fills the screen and then dissolve through to
Weary, lost in thought, Don resembles the Mighty Warrior in the boy's dream but his hair is short and his clothing and demeanor mark him as an overworked, modern doctor
Then Don and his cane vanish, transformed in the Mighty Thor and Mjolnir, his thunder hammer.
www.immortalthor.net /merchandise-thorscript.html   (10577 words)

  
 Hellride Music - The mighty THOR!
Cheers for that Thor: Mutant compilation for the Metal Coven people!!!
Everybody knows the monkey, but the monkey does not know anybody.
I don't have balls to contact THOR HQ.
www.hellridemusic.com /forum/showthread.php?p=76204   (350 words)

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