The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... The Mighty Thor
Whosoever reads this blog shall gain the publication order of the comics of Thor! It’s the Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to Marvel’s God of Thunder!
Who is The Mighty Thor?
After being humbled by his father, Thor the Norse God of Thunder returns to Earth as a superhero. Using an enchanted hammer that only he is worthy to wield, he protects Midgard and fights alongside the Avengers as the Mighty Thor!
Later, when Thor becomes unworthy of using his hammer, Doctor Jane Foster takes it up in his place as her own version of Thor.
Classic Thor
- Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Volume 1 (only on Libby)
- Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Volume 2 (only on Libby)
- Marvel-verse: Thor (a collection of stories from across Thor's publishing history)
- Thor : the mighty avenger / Langridge, Roger
- Secret invasion : Thor / Fraction, Matt
- Thor : wolves of the north
- Thor : the deviants saga / Rodi, Robert
- Thor of the realms (a collection of stories set across each of the Nine Realms)
Straczynski/Fraction run (2007-2012)
The defining aspect of this run is bringing Thor and Asgard back down to Earth - literally, as the home of the Norse gods appears hovering over the ordinary town of Broxton, Oklahoma. This era ends with Norman Osborn's invasion of this floating city in Brian Michael Bendis and Oliver Coipel's Siege.
- Thor. [Vol. 3] / Straczynski, J. Michael
- Astonishing Thor / Rodi, Robert
- Thor : the World Eaters / Fraction, Matt
- The mighty Thor [1] / Fraction, Matt
- The mighty Thor [2] / Fraction, Matt
- The mighty Thor [3] / Fraction, Matt
- The mighty Thor : journey into mystery : everything burns / Fraction, Matt
- Siege / Bendis, Brian Michael
- Avengers : prime / Bendis, Brian Michael
Marvel NOW! - Thor, God of Thunder meets the God Butcher
Beginning in 2012 with the Marvel NOW! relaunch, Thor: God of Thunder by Jason Aaron and artist Esad Ribic introduces Gorr the God Butcher, a vengeful alien who wants to destroy every god across time and space. To stop him, Thor teams up with his younger self from his Viking days and an older, surlier All-Father Thor from the future.
- Thor, God of Thunder [1] : the God Butcher / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
- Thor, God of Thunder [2] : Godbomb / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
- Thor, God of Thunder [1] and [2] are also collected together as Thor : the saga of Gorr the God Butcher
- Thor, God of Thunder [3] : the accursed / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
- Thor, God of Thunder [4] : the last days of Midgard / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
Jane Foster becomes Thor
During the Original Sin storyline, Thor learns a devastating truth that causes him to become unworthy of wielding Mjolnir. The hammer goes to Doctor Jane Foster, Thor’s ex-girlfriend, and she headlines a new series as The Mighty Thor. Meanwhile, Odinson wanders the cosmos trying to find a new hammer (and reason to be worthy) as The Unworthy Thor.
The reading order for this period is as follows:
- Original sin : Thor & Loki : the tenth realm / Aaron, Jason
- Original sin. Who shot the Watcher? / Aaron, Jason (only on Libby)
- Thor : the goddess of thunder / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
- Thor [2] : who holds the hammer? / Aaron, Jason
- Secret wars / Hickman, Jonathan
- The mighty Thor [1] : thunder in her veins / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
- The mighty Thor [2] : Lords of Midgard / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
- Thor : the goddess of thunder, [2], and The mighty Thor [1] and [2] are also collected together as Jane Foster : the saga of the mighty Thor
- The mighty Thor [3] : the Asgard/Shi’ar war / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
- The unworthy Thor / Aaron, Jason
- The mighty Thor [4] : the war Thor / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
- The Mighty Thor [5] : the death of the Mighty Thor / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
- Unworthy Thor and The Mighty Thor [4] and [5] are also collected as Thor : the complete collection. Volume 4
The War of the Realms
Jason Aaron’s last Thor series has Thor Odinson reclaim Mjolnir, while his enemies from across the Nine Realms band together to invade Midgard and take over Earth. This results in the crossover series The War of the Realms.
- Thor [1] : God of Thunder reborn / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
- Thor [2] : road to war of the realms / Aaron, Jason (also on Libby)
- The war of the realms / Aaron, Jason
- Thor [3] : war’s end / Aaron, Jason
- King Thor / Aaron, Jason
- Thor [1], [2], [3] and King Thor are also collected as Thor : Volume 5
Jane Foster, Valkyrie
After her tenure as Goddess of Thunder, Jane Foster gains a new weapon in Undrjarn the All-Weapon and becomes Valkyrie, leading souls to the afterlife while balancing her career as a doctor.
- Valkyrie : Jane Foster [1] : the sacred and the profane / Ewing, Al (also on Libby)
- Valkyrie : Jane Foster [2] : / Ewing, Al (also on Libby)
- King in black : return of the Valkyries / Aaron, Jason
- The mighty Valkyries : all Hel let loose
- Jane Foster & the Mighty Thor / Grønbekk, Torunn (also on Libby)
A variant of Valkyrie based off Tessa Thompson's portrayal in the MCU Thor films is a member of the Exiles, a multiverse-hopping team of heroes.
Donny Cates run
Venom scribe Donny Cates is the most recent Thor writer; his series so far explores Thor's new duties as All-Father of Asgard in Odin's absence.
- Thor [1] : the devourer king / Cates, Donny
- Thor [2] : prey / Cates, Donny
- Thor [3] : revelations / Cates, Donny
- Thor [4] : God of Hammers / Cates, Donny
- Thor [5] : the legacy of Thanos / Ewing, Al
- Thor [6] : blood of the fathers / Grønbekk, Torunn
Beta Ray Bill
Did you know that an alien was once worthy of wielding Thor's hammer? Beta Ray Bill from the planet Korbin got a hold of Mjolnir while Thor was inspecting his crashed spaceship, and Bill briefly took on the role of God of Thunder. Bill became an ally to Thor, and was eventually given his own Asgardian hammer named Stormbreaker.