THOR

[sc00ts]

best super hero ever. discuss.

[Hell Bent For Karate Mullets]

He has an awesome hammer, but I don't own a single Thor comic except those he's made special appearances in. I think a couple of Silver Surfers and a Ghost Rider. He never struck me as anything special. Same thing with The Hulk.

My two favorites have always been Wolverine and The Punisher.

[executioner]

Now that I think of it, I have a question for a Thor fan...

Is the bearded Thor the same as the clean shaven Thor, or have there been numerous Thor's?

[smcproductions]

i like thor but was never into the comic. the punisher, the hulk, venom, wolverine, lobo and spiderman have always been my favorites.

[sc00ts]

those are all the worst superheroes (except spiderman). there's nothing cool about those guys. thor is the fucking norse god of thunder, you can get any cooler than that.

[Hell Bent For Karate Mullets]

I guess I just don't get Thor. Is he actually supposed to be the mythological god? Does he just work through another person's body?

Anyway, there are certainly a lot of worse characters than Punisher, Lobo, and Wolverine. The Punisher is awesome much like Batman. No special mutant powers or anything. Just a man with extensive training desperately seeking revenge against all of crime from the death of his family. He's one-dimensionally violent on the outside, but the character is surprisingly intricate.

Wolverine is a big question mark which always makes his comics a great read. On top of that, he's distinctly written and not some hulking Superman or The Thing. Just some short little dude that likes his cigars, motorcycles, and claws. The fact he's nearly indestructable is his only downfall.

Lobo is a plain galactic badass. Pure and simple. Shallow, greedy, and psychopathic. DC Comics' best creation, ya bastich.

[sc00ts]

those guys all stink cause all they are are generic tough guys. the amount of "character" they display is negligible.

thor is an actual factual norse god that comes to earth through the body of the crippled dr donald blake (this is thor's punishment for some ancient wrongdoing whose details i forget currently). by twirling his enchanted hammer mjolnir he can fly, travel though dimensions, etc. also, only "worthy heroes" or some such can lift his hammer (i think capt america and wonder woman both did). he controls the power of storms, lightning, thunder, etc. he's thousands of years old and has battled frost giants, dragons, the cream of asgard's warrior crop, etc in his time. look up marvel's "essential thor" vol 1 which reprints like 20 issues or so in black and white, featuring the immortal team up of stan lee and jack kirby. so fucking cool.

[Hell Bent For Karate Mullets]

sc00ts said:

those guys all stink cause all they are are generic tough guys. the amount of "character" they display is negligible.

I can't argue against your point as I don't have a good idea how much character Thor displays, but from what little I read it was nothing that struck me as out of the ordinary.

Referring to Wolverine's character as negligible is ballsy, so the next time I'm in the mood for some comic reading I'll make it a point to pick up a Thor or two.

[sc00ts]

i'm not going to claim to know anything much about wolverine post issue 12 or so of his unlimited series, so if he got really "cool" after that i don't know about it. wolverine and punisher are like the two most played out also-ran characters in the marvel universe imo. thor is a god, dude. but also a man. his dad is odin for shit sake. fuuuck.

[sc00ts]

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I'd been wondering if I should say it all along, but that comic pushed me over the edge...

This whole discussion is stupid.

[smcproductions]

thor is cool, i just didnt read many of his comics. i dont care if wolverine or the punisher are generic. it's fucking marvel comics for christ's sake. the action is all that really matters.

[Shevy]

See, I don't think Wolverine or Punisher are generic at all. They have muscles and kill people, but beyond that both of them are very intricate characters.

And that Thor comic didn't do a whole lot for me, but hey, it's only one page. I'm not going to judge an entire series off of that.

[sc00ts]

THE WINDS OF A THOUSAND WORLDS

i'll break it down for you:
thor: for dudes with an imagination
wolverine/punisher/lobo/venom/etc : for dudes with small penises

[smcproductions]

when it comes to badass mortal men with absolutely no super powers, bent on revenge, gatsu is the ultimate. he practiced with a full broad sword since he was 4. by the time he was 9 he was fighting in wars as a mercenary. now his sword is 6 feet long, he has a crossbow and a cannon built into his fake arm, and is cursed with the sacrificial brand which lures powerful demons to him in unwelcome situations....the very same demons that gang raped his woman and killed everyone close to him.

punisher and wolverine got nothing on him.

[Hell Bent For Karate Mullets]

Thor is the cheesy power metal band of the Marvel Universe. As a matter of fact, here's a little power metal song I wrote just for you, Scoots.



Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
I slay mighty dragons with hammer in hand.
I yeild fists of thunder and storm through the land.
False idols fleeing from sea to the sand.
I live with my parents and sing in this band.

Followers of Thor unite!

T! - Thou hunger for my justice.
H! - Hallowed and written in stone.
O! - Oh mighty god of thunder.
R! - Raspberry ice cream cone.

[sc00ts]

thor listens to manowar and ynwie malmsteen exclusively, but he still pwns

[OneEye]

Oh shit. Fucking rasberry ice cream cone!! HAHAHA!!!
I had a Thor binder in 5th grade. It was in color and showed him smashing the street with his hammer. To a ten year old, I suppose it looked pretty cool. My Number of the Beast album cover turned folder in 9th grade was cooler.