Thor in the new Marvel Universe

[MyPokerShirt]

Thor would probably consider the government beneath him, but since the registration affects himself and those he works with he'd have to take some side, I guess. Since I don't see him working with the government and since he's always favored Cap over Iron Man, I think he'd side with Cap. Their views are the same and Cap is the one human being that Thor trusts completely and without question.

i think the last hero standing crossover MC2 mini-series showed his admiration for cap america and so yeah he's blato gona side with cap and fight the sentry

 

[Vartha]

Personally, IF it is somehow Don Blake that picks up the Hammer, and THOR is the same I do not see him joining anyone's government.
I just don't see Thor or Don doing that.
I do want to see how BRB and Thor react to one another tho.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

but, its not don blake is it? i thort they got rid of that alter ego yeeeears ago, non? (im not a reader but i try to keep up with these things)

 

[MJOILNIR]

I honestly might drop all of my Marvel comics in protest if 616 Thor ends up turning into Ultimate Thor. There is no worse way to bastardize the 616 character, as far as I'm concerned.

Amen

 

[MyPokerShirt]

but i hate the idea of a God in the 616 universe nowadays

 

[Vartha]

but, its not don blake is it? i thort they got rid of that alter ego yeeeears ago, non? (im not a reader but i try to keep up with these things)

Yeah they said they did, but, All sorts of goofy things could have happend since Thor stopped Raganok.
You never know they may have all sorts of Asgardians on earth.
All sorts of things can be done now since the ending of Ragnarok and we don't know what really happened to Don, they never went into detail

 

[Tropico]

but i hate the idea of a God in the 616 universe nowadays

Most people Like the idea, though. Even though Quesadilla thinks cosmic and fantasy stories don't sell.

 

[deemar325]

I can't see 616 Thor working for anybody, period.

He's a freaking Thunder God!!

 

[Vartha]

I can't see 616 Thor working for anybody, period.

He's a freaking Thunder God!!

AMEN to that.
I can't help but think tho, Asgard's basically in shambles, no life that we know of is there. How is Thor going to eat, or, is that why "DB" is being brought in?
I also wonder if Herc is going to be somehow worked into Thor returning, as well as any of the characters introduced in Blood Oath. I mean if you think about it Herc and Thor against Cuchlaine and Ares would be a cool story IMO.

 

[Vanguard07]

Well I could see him working for Cap. I mean if Cap went up to Thor and was all like "Thor I need you to help me take down some of our former friends and allies. I know it seems wrong but you're just gonna have to trust me" I think for sure Thor'd agree. Cap is like his hetero-soulmate.

Also Herc is his best friend so when Thor comes back I completely see him lining right up at Thor's side. So that's TWO major heavy hitters that Cap's side would get.

 

[MangleBoP]

I can't see 616 Thor working for anybody, period.

He's a freaking Thunder God!!

And if he wasn't a Thunder God, he wouldn't be Thor, now would he?

 

[MyPokerShirt]

Wasnt it revealed Don Blake wasnt a seperate person but Thor with his memories wiped and reborn as human by Odin to teach him a lesson in humility or something? so if DB is Thor then we might see his return. after all he cant go down Tescos in THAT get-up, can he now?

 

[Zeu]

My main gripe with thor is the guy´s WAY overpowered, a guy like that belongs in the DC universe, not Marvel.
I mean you have an immortal class 100, a GOD and to boot you give him a plot-device weapon?
Talk about over-compensating....

Sometimes I´m almost tempted to ask "Is there ANY thing you´d like to add to him to make him even MORE powerful?"

Bad question, because then you get rune thor..........

 

[MyPokerShirt]

rune thor? whats that?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

"Rune Thor" is one of the names given to Thor after he regained the Odinpower and learned to use rune magic in the "Ragnarok" story. Basically, he's the most powerful Thor ever. Here's the heirarchy:

Thor = normal Thor, one of the physically strongest characters, able to do lots of stuff with Mjolnir, able to control the weather
King Thor = Thor with the Odinpower but not a whole lot of knowledge on how to use it--basically he was normal Thor but stronger and with more energy/magic abilities
Rune Thor/Ragnarok Thor = the one I just mentioned above--full knowledge of the Odinpower, more wisdom than even Odin had, and mastery of rune magic in addition to his normal powers. He was like the Hulk, the Silver Surfer, and Dr. Strange rolled into one.

Wasnt it revealed Don Blake wasnt a seperate person but Thor with his memories wiped and reborn as human by Odin to teach him a lesson in humility or something? so if DB is Thor then we might see his return. after all he cant go down Tescos in THAT get-up, can he now?

Yes, that was revealed. But then it was revealed later that there was indeed a real man named Don Blake whose life Odin basically hijacked and gave to Thor. Blake was stuck in suspended animation in a cave near the one Thor rediscovered Mjolnir in for years.

Which one's the real truth at this point? No idea. It's more than likely that, with Marvel's current editorial staff and tendency to ignore or forget continuity, the revelation that Don Blake was a real person will just be tossed to the wind and we'll find that this new Don Blake is somehow Thor again, even though Thor lost the Don Blake identity at the beginning of Simonson's run in the '80s.

 

[Zeu]

rune thor? whats that?

It´s just another of those awful overcompensating superpowered characters like Superman Prime or Superman One Million or some such, one of those things with no limits who can do anything and beat anybody because he has 31 superpower flavors and can make the Presence or the Living Tribunal or some such bow to his superior mojo.

Really, I think one of these days someone should step onto the plate and tell whoever writes these characters:

Dude, it´s not about the powers, it´s about the person under the hood.

Daredevil or Batman have a HUGE fan following and they can´t even lift a car.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

yeah but who wants to be them? i want some escapism but i'll give u this:


i like to see a hero tested. spider-man's a good example. he can out-think the juggernaut and so beat him. he can beat firelord, former herald unconscious. buuuuut he still gets his ass kicked. the original underdog and the best, if u ask me. superman/sentry are just gods. thor is literally a god and no matter who he faces hulk HAS to be the strongest --- urrrrgh. bad, bad ideas. i heard superman (before this 52 stuff) had run out of good storylines years ago

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It´s just another of those awful overcompensating superpowered characters like Superman Prime or Superman One Million or some such, one of those things with no limits who can do anything and beat anybody because he has 31 superpower flavors and can make the Presence or the Living Tribunal or some such bow to his superior mojo.

Really, I think one of these days someone should step onto the plate and tell whoever writes these characters:

Dude, it´s not about the powers, it´s about the person under the hood.

Daredevil or Batman have a HUGE fan following and they can´t even lift a car.

That's a wonderfully closed-minded view of things.

 

[Zeu]

That's a wonderfully closed-minded view of things.

Why, you mean Rune Thor isn´t overpowered?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

He has a lot of power, but that's secondary to the story. The main conflict of "Ragnarok" is an internal one in Thor himself, and no amount of power makes that any more or less relatable.

 

[MJOILNIR]

"Rune" Thor is meant to be that way because hes the head of the Asgardian pantheon trying to prevent ragnarok. He's not a street level vigalante trying to take down the King Pin. Considering the scope of his character and the story within he is done very well I think.

 

[Trask]

When Thor comes back, I hope he comes back as the "Rune" Thor character (even if they do depower him to before he bacame King Thor). I really did not like the old Thor, it was always "By the power of Odin" this and "For Asgaurd" that... At least near the end he started to have more depth. I mean the guy plucks out both his eyes, hangs himself to death and creates a path for his enemy to distroy his own people. Now that is someone with a strong character and a will of iron. Not to mention he had wisdom and knowledge which I though was very lacking in the old Thor. The old Thor always led with that stupid hammer of his, I just hope that the return of the hammer does not herald the return of the old Thor.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I thought Thor had a lot of depth since Simonson's run at least, and even before that. But I would also prefer to see the wiser Thor who's basically the last survivor of his race return rather than a wholesale return to Thor's typical status quo. I'd also like to see him be a little more logical instead of the pugilistic buffoon a lot of writers tend to portray him as. He's got the education of a world-renowned surgeon in his head with all the chivalric warrior stuff, after all.

 

[MJOILNIR]

At least keep the wisdon to use Mjolnir to its full potential instead of just a warhammer.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

That and the fact that Thor should be potrayed as a highly-skilled warrior instead of just another standard bruiser. Honestly, he's supposed to be thousands of years old and trained in multiple Asgardian fighting techniques, but he's usually potrayed as a standard bar-room brawler.