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.
| Adaptations of Thor in other media | |
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| 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 |
Television
edit1960s
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Thor 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]
- One of the child protagonists in the 1987 teen comedy Adventures in Babysitting believes that a mechanic (played by Vincent D'Onofrio) is secretly Thor.
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
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- A Thor TV series was in development in 2000.[7]
- Thor is featured in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Dave Boat.[8][3] 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][3] 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][3]
- Thor appears in Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[12][13][3]
- The Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation of Thor makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. .
- 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
edit- 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.
- Thor appears in What If...?, voiced by Chris Hemsworth.[16][3]
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.[17]
Marvel Cinematic Universe
editChris Hemsworth stars as the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in Thor (2011),[18] The Avengers (2012),[19] Thor: The Dark World (2013),[20] Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015),[21] Thor: Ragnarok (2017)[22] Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). Hemsworth cameos in the mid-credits of Doctor Strange (2016).[23]
- 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.[24][3]
- Thor appears in Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, voiced by Michael Adamthwaite.[25][3]
- Thor appears in Hulk vs. Thor, voiced by Matthew Wolf.[26][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.[26][27][3]
- Thor appears in Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher.[28][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.[29][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]
Video games
edit- Thor appears as an assist character in Avengers in Galactic Storm.[30]
- 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. Despite this, 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.[31][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.[32]
- Thor appears in Thor: God of Thunder, with Chris Hemsworth reprising the role.[33][3]
- 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".[34]
- 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.[35][3]
- Thor 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.[36]
- 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.[37]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Colton Haynes.[38] A teenage version of Thor Noir also appears, voiced by Billy Kametz.[39]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[3]
- Three versions of Thor ("Marvel NOW", "Modern" and "Gladiator") appear as playable characters in Marvel Puzzle Quest.[40]
- 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.[41]
- Thor appears in Marvel Future Revolution, voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman.
Motion comics
edit- Thor appears in Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers, voiced by Daniel Thorn.[42][3]
- Thor appears in the Marvel Rising motion comic, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[3]
Theatre
edit- Thor appears in the Marvel Universe Live! stage show.[43]
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.[44]
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