History ComicBook / ThorVikings

* DarkerAndEdgier: To be expected since this is Marvel MAX, but so much more shocking since its supposed to take place in the normal Marvel continuity.

* WorfHadTheFlu:Thor and the Avengers are portrayed at weak and incompetent compared to their usual stories. Thor broke his on wrists the moment he decided to fight seriously. The Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch and The Vision) were took out "offscreen" by a team of zombies with moderate super-strength and some levels on invulnerability... Zombies whom got beaten later by a team of amped military (typical from Ennis) getting similar powers than the zombies and foddering them by using their own moderate super-strength. Thor still sucks at the end, struggling against Harald despite being the God of Thunder and having vastly superior strength and supposedly skills too.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Dr. Strange is more aloof and rude than he normally is and dismissively refers to his absent companion Wing as "some foreigner" who's supposed to tidy up the Sanctum Sanctorum. What makes it "adaptational" is that pretty much every writer who isn't Garth Ennis refuses to consider the miniseries canon.

Unlike [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX other prominent titles]] of the brand, the setting of this miniseries reflects the mainstream Franchise/MarvelUniverse continuity instead of explicitly creating its own stand-alone universe.

* AxCrazy: Jaekelsson and the rest of his crew are also violent maniacs along with being zombie vikings, although unlike the latter, they were always like that.

* TheFaceless: Magnus, due to wearing a helmet all the time and never removing it.

* VikingsInAmerica: After Harald Jaekelsson and his vikings have been cursed for murdering the people of Lakstad, they then set off to the New World which they have heard to lie west of Greenland. The curse not only causes their voyage to last a thousand years, it also transforms them into night-unkillable zombies who sail into New York harbor and proceed to kill everything in their path.

Unlike [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX other prominent titles]] of the brand, the setting of this miniseries reflects the mainstream Franchise/MarvelUniverse continuity instead of explicitly creating its own stand-alone universe. However, its canonical status within that continuity is ambiguous.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Despite the enormous impact that this story should have on mainstream Marvel canon, not a single reference to this story or any of the fallout from it has ever appeared in any Marvel comic that came afterwards. [[ArmedWithCanon Different authors have also contradicted Garth's claims that it was ever considered canon in the first place.]]
** Harald Jaekelsson was later made canonical when he was name-dropped in a 2018 issue of the main ''Thor'' series. However, the comic did not establish who Jaekelsson is, nor does it make any mention of anything that happened in ''Vikings''. Therefore, while the character of Jaekelsson himself is canon to the main Marvel universe, the events of ''Vikings'' are most likely not.

** TheChick: Sigrid - only girl in the group and has a clear moral compass (agreeing to fight because the zombies are killing children).

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The undead vikings are defeated and their leader suffers a very painful and deserving punishment. But the villains left such carnage in their awake that turned New York into ''a death camp'' in just three days where countless innocents were horribly murdered. The survivors won't recover very easily and its expected depression and mass suicides following this incident. While the three chosen warriors do survive the fight, they return to their respective timelines where each one of them dies in combat. Thor solemnly gives them goodbye for this will be the last time he will see them alive and ensures they are given entrance on [[WarriorHeaven Vallhala]].]]

What happens when ComicBook/TheMightyThor gets [[DarkerAndEdgier the Garth Ennis' treatment?]] You get ''Thor: Vikings'', a 2003 limited miniseries written by Creator/GarthEnnis, illustrated by Glenn Fabry and published under Creator/MarvelMAX, the R-rated imprint of Creator/MarvelComics.

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Unlike [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX other prominent titles]] of the brand, the setting of this miniseries reflects the mainstream Franchise/MarveUniverse continuity instead of explicitly creating its own stand-alone universe. However, its canonical status within that continuity is ambiguous.

Unlike [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX other prominent titles]] of the brand, this miniseries takes place in the mainstream Marvel continuity instead of its own stand-alone universe. However, its canonical status within said continuity is ambiguous.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Sigrid slaps a man laughing at her so hard, she ''[[EyeScream knocks out his eye]]''.

** Harald Jaekelsson was later made canonical when he was mentioned in a 2018 issue of the main ''Thor'' series. However, the comic did not establish who Jaekelsson is, nor does it make any mention of anything that happened in ''Vikings''. Therefore, while the character of Jaekelsson himself is canon to the main Marvel universe, the events of ''Vikings'' are likely not.

* WriterOnBoard: Garth Ennis is well known for his unabashed dislike of superheroes, and this comic shows: Thor is a borderline ButtMonkey, Dr. Strange is a DrJerk and the Avengers [[CurbStompBattle are curb-stomped by the zombies offscreen]]. Its really telling when they need the help of relatively normal people to fight the threat. That said, Thor does get to defeat Jaekelsson at the end, and it ''is'' spectacular.

-->'''Erik''': ''Compliments of the Luftwaffe, Meine Herren. And don't you fucking forget it.''

Unlike [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX other prominent titles]] of the brand, this miniseries takes place in the mainstream Marvel continuity instead of its own stand-alone universe, However, its canonical status within said continuity is ambiguous.

* TheWorfEffect: To ''astonishing levels''. How do we know that Jaekelsson and his zombies are dangerous? When Thor strikes him with Mjolnir not only he withstands the blow, but Thor ''snaps his own wrists while doing so''. It gets worse in a issue later where he defeats an Avengers team comprised of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/ScarletWitch and ComicBook/{{Vision}}, all of them formidable fighters and powerhouses, taken out ''offscreen''.