Line #8 ComicBook/Thor2020


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Asgard’s New All-Father.]]
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4	''Thor'' is an ongoing series launched in 2020 written by Creator/DonnyCates and artist Nic Klein, following Jason Aaron’s 7-year tenure with the character. In September 2022 it was announced that Donny Cates was leaving the creative team following the 28th issue, with Torunn Grønbekk taking over as the writer.
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6	After the events of ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms'', [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor Odinson]] has become the next All-Father of Asgard and prepares for his new role. However he is filled with doubt, his hammer is getting heavier to wield, and he finds himself missing his days as a superhero. But the sudden threat of the Black Winter may force him into action once more.
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8	The series ended with its 35th issue, with a new run by Creator/AlEwing, titled ''ComicBook/TheImmortalThor'', continuing where it left off.
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10	!!Storylines and events that are part of this run
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12	* ''ComicBook/BannerOfWar''
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15	!!''Thor (2020)'' provides examples of:
16	* ADayInTheLimelight: Issue #18 is this for Throg.
17	* AdrenalineMakeover: When he lifts the hammer, [[spoiler:Adam Aziz's]] random assortment of tacky tattoos are transformed into more cohesive and intricate nordic ones.
18	* AllYourPowersCombined: Donald Blake is easily able to defeat a Thor that no longer has the Power Cosmic and Blake later gives the entire Asgard military a CurbstompBattle. Thor, now trapped in Donald's fake reality, learns from Jormungandr that Donald Blake has remnants of the Odinforce at a time when Thor had it and Blake got some of the Midgard Serpent's power as well. With these powers, Blake is able to absorb other enchantments by Odin, including the one that makes Beta Ray Bill the equal to Thor.
19	* AlternateTimeline: In Galactus and Thor's encounter with the Black Winter, the Black Winter tells Thor that his fate to become the one-eyed, one-armed King Thor is broken. So that old Thor is going to be an alternate timeline. The one they're in now seems to be heading to bad places.
20	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Even when Galactus has powered up from devouring all five planets and he gets assisted by a cosmically-powered Thor, they both get defeated by the Black Winter - [[spoiler:who claims that Galactus is actually his herald.]]
21	* AnArmAndALeg: In this case, it's Galactus who's short a limb - showing just how dangerous this Black Winter threat is. He also had some fingers and a kneecap blasted off by Mjolnir when Thor essentially draws a line in the sand on what he will or won't do for Galactus.
22	* AndIMustScream: After Thor in the Destroyer armor, Beta Ray Bill and Dr. Strange defeat Donald Blake, Thor spares Blake and wonders what to do with him. Loki has an idea and takes Blake. From the myth of Loki's punishment for the murder of Balder, Loki has Blake chained up and a venomous giant serpent to dribble poison in his eyes for eternity.
23	* AuthorAppeal: The Director's Cut for Issue #1 has Cates specify that he wanted the Power Cosmic-infused Thor to have long hair "like the nineties Thor that (he) love(s)."
24	* BackToBackBadasses: A powered up Galactus along with All-Father Thor as his herald against the Black Winter (a being whose power still dwarfed theirs)? You'd be hard pressed to find a better example than that.
25	* BadFuture: Thor foresees one when he sees his death. [[spoiler:Thanos has combined the Infinity Stones and Mjolnir, and apparently commands the ''Marvel Zombies''.]]
26	* BaitAndSwitch: Galactus [[spoiler: warns that he saw Thor bring about his end thanks to the Black Winter and blasts him, but instead of killing him like everyone expected he made Thor his new Herald to keep an eye on him until after the immediate threat is resolved. Unfortunately, he didn't stop to consider if this was ''exactly'' what would bring about his downfall]].
27	* BattleTrophy: After killing Galactus, Thor takes and incorporates Galactus's helmet as part of Asgard's castle.
28	* BishounenLine: After Thor and Galactus escape its interior by blowing it up from the inside, the Black Winter reforms into [[spoiler:a facsimile of Thor]] to continue their fight.
29	* BodyguardingABadass: The Heralds of Galactus have united to protect the injured Galactus and Thor adds Asgardian forces to the bodyguard retinue.
30	* BrickJoke: Thor gets revenge on Iron Man for writing on Mjolnir in Issue #1 by displaying his private home number on it when he sends it to Midgard again in Issue #7.
31	-->'''Thor''': Heh. Teach you to write on my hammer, you armored jackass.
32	* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: As shown in the promo art, Thor gains a Thurisaz rune design on his body armor when made a herald of Galactus.
33	* BroughtDownToBadass: With the death of Galactus and the defeat of the Black Winter, Thor loses his Cosmic powers. But he still has his normal power set as well as the Thor-Force.
34	* BystanderSyndrome: The cover of Issue #8 has Thor enjoying a sandwich while the temporary wielder of Mjolnir, [[spoiler:Adam Aziz]] is being brutally beaten by a monster outside of the restaurant.
35	* CanonImmigrant: Issue #18 introduces the 616 version of the Pet Avengers, but replaces Ms. Lion, Zabu and Redwing with Thor’s ravens and Dr. Strange’s ghost dog Bats.
36	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: At first, the God of Hammers is believed to be a newly sentient Mjolnir, but during Thor’s first showdown with the beast, Odin notes that Mjolnir has always been alive and never done anything like this and notes that something must have gotten into it. That something turns out to be none other than [[spoiler: Mangog]].
37	* CharacterDevelopment: Thor is miffed that Mjolnir is acting up, and is looking into fixing it, but he's not as covetous of the weapon as he was in Aaron's run and knows that he is still himself without it.
38	* ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out that Thanos has dealt with Asgard even before Thor was born. He went one on one against King Bor, Thor's grandfather, when the latter and his army invaded Hel.
39	* ContinuityNod:
40	** Silver Surfer appears still in his darkened form as seen in ''ComicBook/SilverSurferBlack''. He drops the subject when Thor brings it up to focus on the threat at hand when they reunite.
41	** When entering the Black Winter, the entity conjures up illusions of villains from across Jason Aaron's run, including Gorr and Mangog, to intimidate him. Thor is not amused.
42	* {{Crossover}}:
43	** The ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' event featuring Thor officially takes place during the "Herald of Thunder" storyline.
44	** 2022's ''ComicBook/BannerOfWar'' serves as one between ''Thor'' and Cates' concurrent run on ''ComicBook/Hulk2021''.
45	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: After learning of Galactus's deception, Thor decides to execute Galactus by channeling all of his power-cosmic to turn Galactus into a living bomb, not only destroying him but also the Black Winter.]]
46	* EarthShatteringKaboom: Normally when Galactus feeds, the planet still remains physically albeit devoid of life. However, he's so badly injured and in need of sustenance that he drains the planet until it explodes into nothingness. This greatly upsets Thor as he promised the evacuated inhabitants that he'd return them to their planet when it eventually recovers.
47	* EndOfAnAge: The age of Odin ends when he and his father Bor go to Valhalla along with all the other trapped souls by the end of this story arc.
48	* EnemyMine: Thor and Galactus.
49	* EnergyWeapon: Mjolnir becomes this after Galactus turns Thor into one of his heralds. In Cates' own words, "a solid Mjolnir-shaped bolt of lightning."
50	* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Dr. Doom gets involved in the series by kidnapping Hela and unleashing Nidhog into the realms to steal souls from the Norse afterlife. He's doing so to fuel a magic to end free will as he believes that humanity is too debase to avoid abusing it. This puts him in conflict with Thanos who wants to end corruption by ending life and giving the cosmos a [[FaceDeathWithDignity dignified death]].
51	* FaceHeelTurn: Donald Blake has gone nuts. He learned he's not a real person but an alter-ego of Thor that was created by Odin to teach the thunder god humility. Blake's so insane now that he murders everyone in that false reality he's been living in when Thor abandoned the Donald Blake persona.
52	* ForeseeingMyDeath: One can see a vision of what will kill them within the Black Winter if it isn't already the last thing they see. Galactus saw Thor, and later Thor himself saw [[spoiler:Thanos wielding an Infinity Gem-studded Mjolnir]].
53	* GondorCallsForAid: Beta Ray Bill does this to help battle Mjolnir. The Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the Ben Reiliy Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, the Pet Avengers, Angela, Freyja, Wolverine and Man-Thing heed the call.
54	* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Galactus's mutilated body parts are completely restored after devouring the first planet.
55	* GoneHorriblyRight: Galactus augments Thor with the Power Cosmic so that he'll be powerful enough to help him defeat the Black Winter. It worked too well... Thor was able to use his newly increased powers to steal every bit of power from the empowered Galactus, [[OneHitKill kills him with a thrown Mjolnir]] and then uses all that power to nuke the Black Winter into a bit of dust.
56	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Odin sacrifices his life to allow Thor to obtain the full power of the Odinforce to fight back against the infected God Tempest.]]
57	* HijackedByGanon: The first arc sets the Black Winter up as a grave, new threat that Thor must overcome, only to reveal in a prophetic vision that it is past Avengers foe [[spoiler:Thanos]] who will be his ultimate challenge.
58	* JumpedAtTheCall: Thor is willing to help Silver Surfer and Galactus travel the cosmos to combat the Black Winter.
59	* LateArrivalSpoiler: The crossover with Al Ewing's ''ComicBook/{{Venom\|2021}}'' takes place after the events of the then-released ''Venom'' #17, in which Bedlam throws down with Darkoth and almost kills the cyborg demon, in the process revealing that [[spoiler:Eddie returns to his original King in Black form rather than continuing his devolution into the other Kings in Black... though the following issue reveals that this is Meridius in disguise]].
60	* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The DC Universe is depicted as a victim of the Black Winter, with its Earth's resident heroes vaguely shown as streaks of color and described in narration. Darkseid is also given a mention, indirectly described as the vision of the end that ''everyone'' saw in the depths of the Black Winter.
61	* LogicalWeakness: Gazing into the Black Winter causes the viewer to become paralyzed with fright as they see a vision of their "true death". Thor gets around with a simple blindfold.
62	* LotusEaterMachine: Whenever Thor and Donald Blake would trade places, Blake would be transported to an idyllic, infinite, sunny suburbia paradise where he can enjoy himself while Thor is doing his thing.
63	* NotQuiteDead: In ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2019, Thanos CameBackWrong before he got knocked into a black hole. But rather than being destroyed, the black hole deposited him eons in the past to Vanaheim where he recovered his wits and did a spree of killing in that realm, before he went to fight Bor in Hel.
64	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Bor's battle with Thanos over the Time Storm.
65	* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Subverted. A newfound defect in the reconstructed Mjolnir causes it to measure everyone ''except'' Thor as worthy of wielding it.
66	* OriginsEpisode: Bor and his sorcerers used the Galactus Seed to try and shatter souls into a fuel source to conquer Hel. It was believed this would create the Black Stone artifact, which was why Thanos attacked him in Hel. Turns out what was actually created was the goddess Hela.
67	* PassiveAggressiveKombat: When Loki snidely points out how Thor struggles to lift Mjolnir, Thor reminds him with a sour expression that it's customary manners for visiting kings to bow. Loki begrudgingly complies.
68	* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Being infused with the Power Cosmic in the first arc gives Thor waist-length platinum-blond hair to go with his new outfit.
69	* PowerUpFood: For a planet eater; the macguffins of the story arc are five planets Silver Surfer discovered capable of empowering Galactus to unheard of levels. This has been kept secret from him until the threat of the Black Winter forces Norrin to reveal them.
70	* ReluctantRuler: Thor has been showing signs of this ever since he became the All-Father.
71	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Thor, being a former prince and now All-Father.
72	* SecretKeeper: So far Loki seems to be the only one aware that Thor is struggling to lift Mjolnir.
73	* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: Galactus brought Thor along as he saw him as the bringer of his death. As it turns out, it was this exact act that brought about his end, when Thor, disgusted with Galactus's deceptions, uses him as a living bomb to destroy the Black Winter.]]
74	* SentientCosmicForce: The Black Winter, which is a cosmic entity that devours universes in much the same way Galactus devours planets.
75	* ShoutOut: In ''Thor'' #27 -- a crossover with Al Ewing's ''ComicBook/{{Venom\|2021}}'' -- Odin paraphrases the SSU Venom's "[[OhCrap That... is a red one!]]" line from ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'' in response to [[spoiler:the symbiote-controlled Darkoth creating a Promethium replica of Mjolnir]].
76	* SigilSpam: Thor has taken to putting up the Thurisaz rune everywhere as the symbol of his reign.
77	* SignificantWardrobeShift: Thor gets his new look [[spoiler:when Galactus makes him his new Herald, and keeps it even after being divested of the Power Cosmic]]. He later adds his old helmet to the ensemble.
78	* TheSoulless: Happens to Thanos's lieutenant Corvus Glaive. Thor kills him in a region of Hel corrupted by BlackMagic designed to shatter the soul. So when Thor's sister Laussa returns his glaive to him, it restores his body completely from the puddle of meat soup he used to be but without a soul.
79	* SubspaceAnsible: In almost an instant, Thor's "ravens" Hugin and Munin allow Thor to talk and listen to people many star systems away. This allows him to command Sif and Volstagg to rescue and care for the natives of the first planet to feed Galactus.
80	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Thor explains to [[spoiler: Beta Ray Bill]] that he is aiding Galactus for the greater good, [[spoiler:Bill]] retorts by pointing out that Thor has allies across the cosmos he could have called upon to tackle the danger, himself included.
81	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In issue #27, Thor notices that Darkoth has been taken over by a red-and-black symbiote and grimly recalls that he's heard that [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]] has been [[ComicBook/Carnage2022 rampaging through Svartalfhem and Hel]], surmising that it's responsible. As pieces of the symbiote ooze begin to form into a humanoid avatar, Thor braces himself for combat with the Bleeding King... only to see [[ComicBook/Venom2021 Eddie Brock as the King in Black]] instead.
82	* TookALevelInBadass:
83	** The already mighty Thor has been given the Power Cosmic and he's had his lost arm and eye regenerated (though losing the Destroyer's arm might be something of a downgrade).
84	** [[spoiler:Thor getting caught at ground zero of a Hulk-powered nuclear explosion causes him to mutate into a Hulk himself. In response, the Hulk takes up Mjolnir and gains Thor's powers.]]
85	* TranslatorMicrobes: Thor uses the All-Tongue to try and speak to the natives of the first planet, unfortunately they're too enraged and frightened to listen to him
86	* VillainsNeverLie: The Black Winter outright invokes this. It is usually the same case for Galactus; everything he said about the Black Winter is true [[spoiler: with the glaring exception of the reason why it came in first place.]]
87	* WhamLine: At the end of Issue #5, the Black Winter claims it has not come to destroy the universe. Thor then demands to know why it is there:
88	-->'''Black Winter:''' For Galactus. [[spoiler:My herald.]]
89	* WhamShot:
90	** The first issue ends with Thor revealed [[spoiler: to have become the Herald of Thunder thanks to Galactus]]. The second issue ends with [[spoiler: Galactus getting blasted in the back and it turns out the attacker is Beta Ray Bill with his warship, the ''Scuttlebutt''.]]
91	** Near the beginning of the fourth issue, Sif sends Mjolnir to Jotunheim where no one can lift it. When Loki tries to lift it, [[spoiler:he does so without effort]].
92	** Issue #6 has a massive one when the Black Winter shows Thor what will be his end: [[spoiler: A resurrected Thanos, wielding Mjolnir and the Infinity Stones, with the Marvel Zombies at his back.]]

Context ComicBook / Thor2020