Trivia / The Mighty Thor

• Executive Meddling: A preemptive attempt to avert it resulted in Kid Loki being erased from existence and his rebirth as a young Draco in Leather Pants, as the author wanted to avoid blatantly out of character scenarios such as Kid Loki gone evil or Loki vs Kid Loki.
• Referenced by...: The Professional Wrestling promotion CHIKARA had The Estonian Thunderfrog, who was basically Thor as a frog. From Estonia. He carried around a big hammer (alternately the Hammer of War or the Hammer of Peace), and only he who was worthy could wield it, with the only ones qualifying for it being the Frog himself and Icarus.
• Torch the Franchise and Run: Kieron Gillen, the creator of Loki's young self's very well-regarded run on Journey into Mystery gave this as the reason why, and here come the spoilers so avoid highlighting or clicking any following links to avoid being sullied, Loki's younger self had to not only die, but be absolutely removed from existence. He was well aware letting him survive, or even "simply" die, would have provided someone with the opportunity in the future to do an ill-conceived "let's have him turn evil and completely undercut the importance of his earlier stories" plot. Even this, he admits, will not necessarily keep later writers from finding some way to bring Loki's younger self back into existence. He kindly advises, though, that they not do this, as even if they care about the character, it will only allow even later writers the same vicious opportunity.
  Loki: [miserably] The House always wins.
• Urban Legend of Zelda: Fans vividly remember an issue where Thor is badly injured after a battle and a random paramedic hands him Mjölnir, being deemed one of the few people worthy enough to wield it. However, no one's been able to track down the specific issue where this happens. It's believed that fans were misinterpreting a scene from Thor #35 where the Enchantress helps Thor lift Mjölnir while he's unconscious.
• What Could Have Been: Jack Kirby originally envisioned his New Gods as a literal successor to the Thor comics, with the titular New Gods taking the place of the Asgardians after they had died in Ragnarok. Many of the New Gods have counterparts to the Asgardians, making it easy to tell who was supposed to be the successor of who.