Thor (Marvel Comics) in other media

Adaptations of Thor in other media
Created by	Stan Lee Larry Lieber Jack Kirby
Original source	Comics published by Marvel Comics
First appearance	Journey into Mystery #83 (August 1962)
Films and television
Film(s)	Hulk Vs (2009) Thor (2011) Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011)
Television show(s)	The Marvel Super Heroes (1966) The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988)
Games
Video game(s)	Thor: God of Thunder

The Marvel Comics superhero, Thor has appeared in a wide variety of media outside of comic books.

Television

1960s

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 was the focus of the segment "The Mighty Thor" of the syndicated, anthological animated television series The Marvel Super Heroes, originally syndicated in 1966. In total there were thirteen episodes that centered on Thor, who was voiced by Chris Wiggins.

1980s

• Thor's Donald Blake identity appeared in the 1980s Spider-Man episode "Wrath of the Sub-Mariner" voiced by Jack Angel.
• Thor appeared in an episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends titled "Vengeance of Loki" (1981/1982).
• Thor appeared in the live action television film The Incredible Hulk Returns. Thor was played by Eric Allan Kramer, and Donald Blake by Steve Levitt. In this version Blake does not transform into Thor, but rather they were two separate individuals. Donald Blake was a former student of David Banner, and tracked down Banner to ask for his help. Blake was a mountaineer as well as a doctor and was climbing a mountain in Norway when he felt the need to get to the top of the mountain, and there he found a cave in which he found the hammer Mjolnir. When he shouted "Odin!" Blake summoned the Viking warrior Thor, who was a spirit that cannot be admitted into Asgard until he has proved himself worthy. At first Banner was skeptical of Blake's story, but when Blake summoned Thor, his story was verified. Thor accidentally caused Banner to turn into the Hulk and the two fought to a standstill, but later Thor and the Hulk worked together to defeat a common enemy. Before the events of the movie Blake was always being overruled by Thor; but with the help of his former mentor (Banner), he was able to establish a more equal footing with Thor. In this movie Thor is portrayed as a fun-loving warrior who is very happy drinking beer, fighting with men, and carousing with women.

1990s

• Thor guest stars in two episodes of the Fantastic Four animated series voiced by John Rhys-Davies. In "To Battle the Living Planet", the Fantastic Four help him fight Ego the Living Planet. In "When Calls Galactus", he and Ghost Rider help the Fantastic Four fight Galactus.
• John Rhys-Davies reprises his role as Thor in the Incredible Hulk episode "Mortal Bounds" while Mark L. Taylor voicing Donald Blake. Donald as Thor brought Hulk to Detroit so that Bruce Banner can help cure a gamma-based outbreak unknowingly caused by Gargoyle (in his search to cure his disfigurement).
• Thor makes a cameo the X-Men animated series episode "The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 3): The Dark Phoenix", when the Phoenix rises up into the sky her mind shows his hammer Mjölnir reacting to her presence.
• Thor appears in the introduction for The Avengers: United They Stand, but was never actually featured in the show.

2000s

Thor as depicted in The Super Hero Squad Show.

Thor is featured in the Cartoon Network animated series The Super Hero Squad Show voiced by Dave Boat. Here, he is a narcissistic, but loyal member of the team who is in love with the Valkyrie. He has an intense sibling rivalry with his brother Loki, who claims "Odin always liked you better." In the comic series that followed the show, it is revealed that Thor and Iron Man are both equal leaders of the Super Hero Squad, although this was never mentioned in the show and Iron Man usually leads the Squad by himself anyway.

2010s

• Thor is featured in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Rick D. Wasserman. In this version, Thor chooses to come to Earth to use his powers to help mortals, despite the protests of Odin.
• Marvel Animation announced a 26-episode animated series in November 2008, to air in late 2010 before the release of Marvel Studios' film. However, the series was never produced.

Film

Marvel Animation

Further information: Marvel Animation

• An animated version of Ultimate Thor appears in Marvel Animation's direct-to-video animated features Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers 2 voiced by Dave Boat.
• Thor makes an appearance in the direct-to-video animated movie Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow voiced by Michael Adamthwaite.
• Thor appears as the protagonist in the direct-to-video animated short film Hulk vs. Thor voiced by Matthew Wolf.
• Thor makes a brief appearance in the film Planet Hulk (2010) along side Beta Ray Bill.
• Thor appears again in Thor: Tales of Asgard, an animated direct-to-video feature released in 2011, voiced again by Matthew Wolf.

Marvel Studios

Main articles: Thor (film) and The Avengers (2012 film)

Chris Hemsworth as Thor as depicted in the film Thor.

• Chris Hemsworth plays Thor in the 2011 film Thor. In an interview Hemsworth told Access Hollywood that the film stays true to the comics stating; “I have the hammer... I have a long blond wig and a nice big red cape and all sorts of armor and interesting bits and pieces”. Dakota Goyo portrays Thor as a child.
• Thor will be featured in the live-action film The Avengers directed by Joss Whedon. Kevin Feige of Marvel Studios confirmed that Chris Hemsworth has signed multiple movie contracts and will return to appear in The Avengers. The film has a scheduled release date of May 4, 2012.
• A sequel to the 2011 film is set for a November 15, 2013 release with Chris Hemsworth reprising his role as the title hero.

Video games

• Thor appears as a background character in Thanos' stage in Marvel Super Heroes.
• Thor appears as a partner assist in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.
• Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance voiced by Cam Clarke.
• Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 voiced by Jim Cummings.
• Thor appears in the Marvel Super Hero Squad game as a playable character voiced by Dave Boat.
• Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet once again voiced by Dave Boat.
• Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Rick D. Wasserman reprises his role.
• A video game based on the live-action film entitled Thor: God of Thunder is developed by Sega, with Chris Hemsworth reprising his role.
• Thor is a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, in his modern and classic outfits as well as his Ultimate persona.
• Thor is a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat returns, voicd by Dave Boat.
• A Thor table was released as part of the downloadable Vengeance & Virtue package in Marvel Pinball.

Motion comic

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

Toys

• Thor is the fifteenth figurine in The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection.
• Diamond's Marvel Select, Toybiz's Marvel Legends, and Hasbro's Marvel Universe action figure lines have features various versions of Thor in 7 inch, 6 inch, and 4 inch scales.

References to Thor

• Thor showed up in the 1974 movie The Parallax View as a repeated image when the main character went to the Parallax Corporarion for training.
• The Marvel Comics version of Thor is idolized by an eight year old girl in the 1987 comedy film Adventures in Babysitting. At one point in the film she believes an auto mechanic named Dawson (played by Vincent D'Onofrio) to be the thunder god.
• In the 1994 Simpsons Comics storyline, "When Bongos Collide", Waylon Smithers becomes a parody of Thor known as The Mighty Smiter when the citizens of Springfield are transformed into crazed superheroes after an explosion.
• Thor was mentioned by Carlos in The Proud Family episode "Forbidden Date".
• In the 2007 The Big Bang Theory episode "The Middle Earth Paradigm", Rajesh Koothrappali dresses up as Thor, claiming to be the Norse God rather than the Marvel superhero, but there are various references to the Marvel Comics version. For example, when Howard asks where Raj is, Sheldon responds, "He's not here. Maybe the Avengers summoned him."
• Comedian Conan O'Brien parodied the Marvel Studios film in a skit on his late night talk show, Conan by replacing Chris Hemsworth's voice from the theatrical trailer with that of an effeminate male.
• In MAD, there was a movie short of Thor entitled "ArThor." In this short, the 2011 film gets spoofed along with Arthur.
• The South Park episode A History Channel Thanksgiving was a parody of the Thor (Film).

External links

• Thor at the Internet Movie Database