7 Comics Characters Who Have Defeated Thor

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7. The Fantastic Four With every good Marvel character, there's naturally a dramatic zombie-based death

It almost appears to be one of the unwritten rules of the House of Ideas. For Thor, this death takes place in the Marvel Zombies' dead days

and sees the alive Thor foolishly take on the very undead Fantastic Four

which naturally ends up getting him bitten, killed, and reanimated into the monstrosity we see in the Marvel Zombies arc

It's all of the grisly joy that makes the zombie spin-off so good, and having a hugely powerful character like Thor die at the very beginning of it all

only enhances both the excitement and the threat of the invading undead forces

It's by no means the most breathtaking superhero death ever, but there are few occasions where you get to see a Norse god chewed on by a family of scientists

so yeah, it's well worth a read. Number 6. Mikhail Rasputin Thor's death in the X-Men Age of Apocalypse storyline

may be the single most overlooked example of the hero dying in comic history

It's practically a footnote in the overall story, which kind of makes sense given that it's a story focusing on the X-Men themselves

but still feels a bit unfair given that Thor is a major character in the Marvel Universe

Admittedly, this may be because of Thor's status in this particular dimension, as within the Age of Apocalypse storyline, Thor hasn't found Mjolnir

and so believes himself to be just a regular human, totally unaware that he could have had some sweet thunder god powers

This means that when he finally gets into a fight with Colossus' equally intimidating brother Mikhail Rasputin

there's very little chance for him to escape it alive, especially when Thor decides to end the fight by launching him and Mikhail out of the top of Big Ben

where the pair fall to their deaths. Number 5. The Beyonders New Avengers number 32 marks both the death of Thor and the rise of the saddest buddy cop moment ever

as both the God of Thunder and Hyperion make one last stand against an almost endless horde of homicidal aliens

known as the Beyonders. It's clear from the offset that there's no chance of this pair winning

as only Starbrand manages to take out one of the powerful creatures, and even then

only a single Beyonder With just one proving to be a potent threat the surge of Beyonders approaching the pair feels catastrophic and makes both appear all the braver for stoically facing them despite there being no possible way that either would leave alive

Not only does this effectively work to raise the stakes of the huge storyline, but it also works as perhaps the most in-character death imaginable for Thor

bravely facing off against an unwinnable battle alongside a trusted companion, racing each other towards Valhalla

4. Thor In every superhero's time, there comes a moment when they realize that they have to sacrifice themselves for the good of something greater

For Thor, this comes in the form of Thor Dissembled, which placed the God of Thunder in a position where he discovers that the only way to prevent the destruction of the universe

is to bring about the Cycle of Ragnarok, which requires him to destroy Yggdrasil, ending his own life

While it's ambiguous if Thor totally ceases to exist, as he states that he will be in the sleep of the gods waiting to be reborn

his mortal form definitely does die at the end of the 1998-2004 run

As in the third volume of the Thor comic, he's brought back to life from the void by the summons of Donald Blake

who is able to do so due to him being the mortal host of the Lightning God for a period of time

This means in the canon Marvel Universe, Thor was essentially dead for three whole years

which creates all sorts of interesting dynamics between him and the other Avengers

not to mention a hilariously awkward storyline where he confronts Tony Stark for creating a clone of him while he was gone

Yeah, that was pretty awkward. Number 3, Mangog. It's a dying shame that fans who didn't like Jane Foster are unlikely to have followed her arc as Thor to the end of her run

as even if you didn't like her, you'd still be blown away by just how spectacularly she goes out in Mighty Thor number 705

After a brutal fight against the fearsome godkiller Mangog, Foster throws the beast into the sun

which turns out not to be enough to kill him. as in order to go down for good, Mangog needed to be unable to escape the fatal flames

Aware of this, Jane binds him with the chains made to hold Fenrir, and uses Mjolnir one final time, to fly Mangog, chains and all, deep into the sun

Both Mjolnir and Jane are lost as a result of this action, with the hammer melted inside the sun

and Jane finally succumbing to her fatal illness as she reverts back to her human form 2 Rogue What if number 66 saw a particularly unusual event even by the comic usual speculatory standards

In it, Rogue uses her power to absorb Thor's abilities, taking his lightning powers, his super strength

and crucially, his ability to will Mjolnir, which naturally means that Rogue then gains the title of being Thor

as the superhero alias belongs to whoever holds the hammer. While Rogue doesn't technically kill Thor

she does absorb him into her psyche, only for him to seemingly remove himself from existence when he claims that she is now the true Thor

Even if she hadn't accidentally removed him from existence, Rogue still completely takes over his life

with Odin claiming that he has lost a son and gained a daughter. It's a cool story and a rather novel idea, but one that makes you feel more than a little sorry for the actual Thor

It takes his dad a couple of pages before he totally forgets his son is now dead

and something about that just makes you feel bad, even if Odin wasn't exactly winning any awards for being a good father in the first place

1. The Serpent In a fight that had been predestined since the dawn of time

and in the actual Norse mythology that Thor is based off, the Fear Itself series saw the God of Thunder fight Jomondor

known as the World Serpent, or the Serpent to friends. With so much of Thor's lore in and out of Marvel being built around the fact that he will die if he fights the Serpent

the tension when the two of them appear in the same battle is pretty palpable

with the beginning of their clash being almost as exhilarating as the moment that Thor strikes down the beast

causing his own death. Even better, this moment comes as a total surprise

as several previous storylines such as Odin trying to fool the world into believing that Ragnarok has happened

or making other Thors so that they could instead die fighting the Serpent

suggested that the climactic battle may never happen in the comic universe

which makes it actually occurring all the more epic. And there we go my friends, those were 7 comic characters who have killed Thor

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