Thor (Marvel Comics) in other media

Summary

Since the 1960s, The Marvel Comics superhero, Thor has appeared in a wide variety of media outside of comic books including films, television programs and video games.

Adaptations of Thor in other media
Created byStan Lee
Larry Lieber
Jack Kirby
Original sourceComics published by Marvel Comics
First appearanceJourney into Mystery #83 (August 1962)
Films and television
Film(s)Thor (2011)
Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Television
show(s)
The Marvel Super Heroes (1966)
The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988)
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010)
Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011)
Avengers Assemble (TV series) (2013)
What If...? (TV series) (2021)
Games
Video game(s)Thor: God of Thunder

Television edit

1960s edit

 
A "Mighty Thor" title card from a segment of the 1966 animated television series The Marvel Super Heroes.
 
Donald Blake (Steve Levitt) and Thor (Eric Allan Kramer) from The Incredible Hulk Returns.

Thor appears in a self-titled segment of The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Jack Creley.[1][2][3]

1980s edit

1990s edit

2000s edit

 
Thor as depicted in The Super Hero Squad Show.

2010s edit

2020s edit

Marvel Cinematic Universe edit

  • Chris Hemsworth reprised his role as Thor in the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[17]

Film edit

Live-action edit

In 1990, after finishing with the filming of Darkman, Sam Raimi and Stan Lee originally pitched the concept of a Thor feature film to 20th Century Fox. However, they did not understand Raimi's and Lee's idea and the project was abandoned.[18]

Marvel Cinematic Universe edit

Chris Hemsworth stars as the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in Thor (2011),[19] The Avengers (2012),[20] Thor: The Dark World (2013),[21] Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015),[22] Thor: Ragnarok (2017)[23] Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). Hemsworth cameos in the mid-credits of Doctor Strange (2016).[24]

  • Dakota Goyo portrays a young Thor in the 2011 film Thor.

Animation edit

Video games edit

Motion comic edit

A four episode motion comic titled Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers, based on the graphic novel Loki by Robert Rodi and Esad Ribić, was released on March 28, 2011 on iTunes, Xbox Live, and the PlayStation Network.[46]

Theatre edit

Novels and short stories edit

  • Thor appears in two Avengers novels, The Man Who Stole Tomorrow by David Michelinie in 1979 and The Avengers vs. The Thunderbolts by Pierce Askegren in 1998.
  • Thor appears in the Loki story by Michael Jan Friedman in The Ultimate Super-Villains, edited by Stan Lee, in 1996.
  • The Ultimates version of Thor appears in the two Ultimates novels published in 2006-2007, The Tomorrow Men by Friedman and Against All Enemies by Alex Irvine
  • Thor starred in his first solo novel in 2015, Marvel's Thor: Dueling with Giants by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Book 1 of the Tales of Asgard trilogy. He also appears as a supporting character in the subsequent two books, Marvel's Sif: Even Dragons Have Their Endings and Marvel's Warriors Three: Godhood's End.

Audio serial edit

  • In early 2019, Serial Box Publishing announced a weekly audio serial starring Thor. Mandy co-write Aaron Stewart-Ahn will lead the serial's writing team, which includes Jay Edidin, Brian Keene and Yoon Ha Lee.[48]

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