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.
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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) | 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
edit1960s
editThor appears in a self-titled segment of The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Jack Creley.[1][2][3]
1980s
edit- Thor's Donald Blake identity appears in the Spider-Man (1981) episode "Wrath of the Sub-Mariner"[2] voiced by Jack Angel.
- Thor appears in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode "Vengeance of Loki".[2]
- Thor appears in The Incredible Hulk Returns, portrayed by Eric Allan Kramer.[2] This version is a spirit who possesses Donald Blake (Steve Levitt), a former student of David Banner.[4]
- Thor was intended to appear in an animated series by Ruby-Spears, with concept art designed by Jack Kirby.[5]
1990s
edit- Thor appears in Fantastic Four, voiced by John Rhys-Davies.[2][6]
- Thor appears in The Incredible Hulk episode "Mortal Bounds", voiced again by John Rhys-Davies, while Donald Blake is voiced by Mark L. Taylor.[2][3]
- Thor makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "The Dark Phoenix".[2]
- Thor appears in the introduction for The Avengers: United They Stand, but was never actually featured in the show.
2000s
edit- A Thor TV series was in development in 2000.[7]
- Thor is featured in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Dave Boat.[8] This version is a narcissistic, but loyal member of the titular team who is in love with the Valkyrie.
2010s
edit- Thor appears as a major character in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Rick D. Wasserman.[9] This version willingly came 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[10] but the series was never produced.
- Thor appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, voiced by Travis Willingham. Additionally, The Super Hero Squad Show version of the character makes a cameo appearance in the episode "Flight of the Iron Spider", voiced again by Dave Boat.[3]
- Thor appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[11]
- Thor appears in Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[12][13]
- The Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Thor and Mjölnir briefly appear via footage from Thor in the pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Skye outlines public knowledge of superhumans, as well as the episode "The Well".
- Thor appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload, voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., voiced again by Travis Willingham.[3]
- Thor appears in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers,[14] voiced by Yasuyuki Kase in the original Japanese version and again by Travis Willingham in the English dub.
- Thor appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[15]
- Thor appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[3]
- Thor appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Guardians of the Galaxy: The Thanos Threat, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[16]
2020s
edit- Thor appears in the anime series Marvel Future Avengers, voiced again by Yasuyuki Kase in the Japanese version and by Patrick Seitz in the English dub.[3]
- Thor appears in the Spider-Man (2017) episode "Maximum Venom", voiced again by Travis Willingham.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
edit- Chris Hemsworth reprised his role as Thor in the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[17]
Film
editLive-action
editIn 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
editChris 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- The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Thor appears in Marvel Animation's direct-to-video animated features Ultimate Avengers (2006) and Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006) voiced by Dave Boat.[25]
- Thor appears in Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, voiced by Michael Adamthwaite.[26]
- Thor appears in Hulk vs. Thor, voiced by Matthew Wolf.[27]
- Thor makes a non-speaking appearance in a flashback in Planet Hulk (2010).
- Thor appears in Thor: Tales of Asgard, voiced again by Matthew Wolf.[27][28]
- Thor appears in the anime film Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher.[29]
- Thor appears in Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[3]
- Thor appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[30]
- Thor appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Climate Conundrum, voiced by Ian Hanlin.[3]
- Thor appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Loki in Training, voiced again by Ian Hanlin.[3]
- Thor appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Time Twisted, voiced again by Ian Hanlin.[3]
- Thor appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[31]
Video games
edit- Thor appears as an assist character in the 1995 arcade game Avengers in Galactic Storm.[32]
- The Eric Masterson version of Thor makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Marvel Super Heroes.
- Thor appears as an assist character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.
- Thor was originally slated to appear in a cameo at the end of Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro, but due to the September 11 attacks, his scene was scrapped and the final boss fight had to change location. To replace this, the ending showed the Daily Bugle crediting Thor for saving New York from Electro, much to Spider-Man's disappointment.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance voiced by Cam Clarke.[3]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 voiced by Jim Cummings.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad, voiced by Dave Boat.[33]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, voiced again by Dave Boat.[3]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman.[34]
- A video game based on the live-action film entitled Thor: God of Thunder was developed by Sega, with Chris Hemsworth reprising his role from the 2011 film of the same name.[35]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.
- Thor is available as downloadable content for the game LittleBigPlanet, as part of "Marvel Costume Kit 2".[36]
- Thor is a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat, voiced again by Dave Boat.[3]
- A Thor table was released as part of the downloadable Vengeance & Virtue package in Marvel Pinball, with Thor being voiced by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
- Thor is a playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth, voiced by James Arnold Taylor.[3]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Heroes, voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman.[37]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes voiced again by Travis Willingham.[38]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel: Contest of Champions, voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes, voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Disney Infinity 3.0, voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel: Future Fight.[39]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Colton Haynes.[40] A teenage version of Thor Noir also appears, voiced by Billy Kametz.[41]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, with Travis Willingham reprising his role.[42]
- Three versions of Thor ("Marvel NOW", "Modern" and "Gladiator") appear as playable characters in Marvel Puzzle Quest.[43]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Powers United VR, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[44]
- Thor appears in Marvel Battle Lines, voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman.[3]
- Thor appears in Marvel Dimension of Heroes, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[3]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel's Avengers, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[3]
- Thor appears as an unlockable outfit in Fortnite Battle Royale, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[45]
- Thor appears in Marvel Future Revolution, voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman.
Motion comic
editA 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- Thor appears in the Marvel Universe Live! stage show.[47]
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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