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 No. 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

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.

Television

1960s

Thor as depicted in The Marvel Super Heroes .

Donald Blake (Steve Levitt) and Thor (Eric Allan Kramer) as depicted in The Incredible Hulk Returns .

Thor appears in a self-titled segment of The Marvel Super Heroes , voiced by Jack Creley. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

1980s

• Donald Blake 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]
• Donald Blake and Thor appear in The Incredible Hulk Returns , portrayed by Steve Levitt and Eric Allan Kramer respectively. ^[2] Blake is a former student of David Banner while Thor is a spirit who possesses him. ^[4]
• Thor was intended to appear in an animated series by Ruby-Spears, with concept art designed by Jack Kirby. ^[5]

1990s

• Thor appears in Fantastic Four , voiced by John Rhys-Davies. ^{[2] [6]}
• Donald Blake / Thor appears in The Incredible Hulk episode "Mortal Bounds", voiced by Mark L. Taylor and again by John Rhys-Davies, respectively. ^{[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 sequence for The Avengers: United They Stand .

2000s

Thor as depicted in The Super Hero Squad Show .

• A Thor TV series was in development in 2000. ^[7]
• Thor appears in The Super Hero Squad Show , voiced by Dave Boat. ^{[8] [3]} This version is a narcissistic yet loyal member of the titular team and temporary member of the Defenders who is in love with the Valkyrie.

2010s

• Thor appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes , voiced by Rick D. Wasserman. ^{[9] [3]} This version willingly came to Earth to use his powers to help mortals despite Odin's protests.
• Marvel Animation announced a 26-episode animated series in November 2008, to air in late 2010 before the release of Marvel Studios' Thor film ^[10] but the series was never produced.
• Thor appears in Ultimate Spider-Man , voiced by Travis Willingham. Additionally, The Super Hero Squad Show incarnation 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] [3]}
• Thor appears in Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel , voiced again by Travis Willingham. ^{[12] [13] [3]}
• Thor appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload , voiced again by Travis Willingham. ^[3]
• Thor appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. , voiced again by Travis Willingham. ^{[3] [14]}
• Thor appears in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers , ^[15] 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. ^[3]
• 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. ^[3]
• Thor appears in Marvel Super Hero Adventures , voiced by David Attar. ^[3]

2020s

• Thor appears in Marvel Future Avengers , voiced again by Yasuyuki Kase in the Japanese version and by Patrick Seitz in the English dub. ^[3]
• Thor appears in Marvel Battleworld: Mystery of the Thanostones, voiced by Ian Hanlin. ^[3]
• Thor appears in the Spider-Man (2017) episode "Maximum Venom", voiced again by Travis Willingham.

Film

• In 1990, after finishing with the filming of Darkman , Sam Raimi and Stan Lee pitched a concept for a Thor feature film to 20th Century Fox. However, the project was abandoned. ^[16]
• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Thor appears in Ultimate Avengers (2006) and Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006), voiced by Dave Boat. ^{[17] [3]}
• Thor appears in Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow , voiced by Michael Adamthwaite. ^{[18] [3]}
• Thor appears in Hulk vs. Thor , voiced by Matthew Wolf. ^{[19] [3]}
• Thor makes a non-speaking appearance in a flashback in Planet Hulk (2010). ^[3]
• Thor appears in Thor: Tales of Asgard , voiced again by Matthew Wolf. ^{[19] [20] [3]}
• Thor appears in Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher . ^{[21] [3]}
• 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. ^{[22] [3]}
• 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. ^[3]
• Thor appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition, voiced again by Travis Willingham. ^[3]

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Main article: Thor (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Thor appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Chris Hemsworth as an adult and Dakota Goyo as a child. First appearing in a self-titled film (2011), ^[23] he makes subsequent appearances in The Avengers (2012), ^[24] Thor: The Dark World (2013), ^[25] Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), ^[26] Doctor Strange (2016), ^[27] Thor: Ragnarok (2017), ^[28] Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). Additionally, Thor will appear in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday . ^[29]

Furthermore, Thor makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. via archival footage while alternate timeline variants appear in What If...? , voiced by Hemsworth. ^{[30] [3]}

Video games

• Thor appears as an assist character in Avengers in Galactic Storm . ^[31]
• The Eric Masterson incarnation 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 make a cameo appearance at the end of Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro . Due to the September 11 attacks however, his scene was scrapped. Nonetheless, Thor makes a cameo appearance in a Daily Bugle article.
• 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. ^{[32] [3]}
• 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. ^[33]
• Thor, based on the MCU incarnation, appears in Thor: God of Thunder , voiced by Chris Hemsworth. ^{[34] [3]}
• Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online .
• Thor appears in LittleBigPlanet via the "Marvel Costume Kit 2" DLC. ^[35]
• Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat , voiced again by Dave Boat. ^[3]
• Thor appears in Marvel Pinball , voiced again by Travis Willingham.
• Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance .
• Thor appears as 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. ^{[36] [3]}
• Thor, based on the MCU incarnation, appears in the Thor: The Dark World tie-in game, voiced again by Travis Willingham. ^[3]
• Thor appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes , voiced again by Travis Willingham. ^[37]
• 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 . ^[38]
• Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers Academy , voiced by Colton Haynes. ^[39] Additionally, a teenage Thor based on the Marvel Noir incarnation appears as well, voiced by Billy Kametz. ^[40]
• Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite , voiced again by Travis Willingham. ^[3]
• Three incarnations of Thor ("Marvel NOW", "Modern", and "Gladiator") appear as playable characters in Marvel Puzzle Quest . ^[41]
• Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Powers United VR, voiced again by Travis Willingham. ^[3]
• 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. ^[42]
• Thor appears in Marvel Future Revolution , voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman.
• Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Rivals , voiced again by Travis Willingham. ^[3]

Miscellaneous

• Thor appears in the Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers motion comic, voiced by Daniel Thorn. ^{[43] [3]}
• Thor appears in the Marvel Rising motion comic, voiced again by Travis Willingham. ^[3]
• Thor appears in the Marvel Universe Live! stage show. ^[44]
• 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. ^[45]

Literature

• Thor appears in the novel The Man Who Stole Tomorrow (1979), by David Michelinie.
• Thor appears in the novel The Avengers vs. The Thunderbolts (1998), by Pierce Askegren.
• Thor appears in The Ultimate Super-Villains, by Michael Jan Friedman and edited by Stan Lee, in 1996.
• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Thor appears in the novel The Tomorrow Men (2006), by Michael Jan Friedman.
• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Thor appears in the novel Against All Enemies (2007), by Alex Irvine.
• Thor appears in the novel trilogy Tales of Asgard, by Keith R.A. DeCandido.

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External links

• Thor at IMDb