BIO:
Real name: Thor
Occupation: Warrior, Adventurer
Legal status: Prince of Asgard, honorary citizen
of the United States of America with no criminal record
Place of birth: A cave somewhere in Norway
Marital status: Single
Known relatives: Odin (father), Jord (Gaea,
mother), Frigga (adoptive mother), Loki (adoptive
brother), Vidar (half-brother), Buri (Tiwaz,
great-grandfather), Bor (grandfather, possibly deceased),
Vili, Ve (uncles, presumed deceased), Sigyn (former
sister-in-law)
Group affiliation: East Coast Avengers, Gods of
Asgard
Base of operations: Asgard, New York City
First appearance: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #83History:
Thor is the bloodson of Odin, lord of the gods of Asgard,
and Jord, who is also known as Gaea, the elder goddess of
the Earth. Odin sought to father a son whose power would
derive from Earth as well as Asgard, and hence he sought
to mate with Jord. Odin created a cave in Norway where
Jord gave birth to Thor. Months after the infant Thor was
weaned, Odin brought him to Asgard to be raised. From
that time onward Odin's wife, the goddess Frigga, acted
as Thor's mother. Not until recent years did Thor learn
that Jord was his mother.
A severed eye of Odin once grew to
great size, achieved sentience, and informed Thor that
another Thor had existed before the current Thor's birth.
This previous Thor is said to have killed the Midgard
Serpent, and to have been killed himself by the dying
monster's venom, at Ragnarok, the destruction of a
previous version of Asgard. Odin himself was killed, but
a new Odin appeared in the place of several gods who
survived Ragnarok, and it was this new Odin who fathered
the current version of Thor.
Possibly these previous versions of
Odin and Thor were earlier physical incarnations of the
Odin and Thor of today. However, this account of Thor's
origin by the severed eye of Odin may very well be
entirely false. The eye's motives for constructing such a
story, if it is false, are unknown.
The young Thor was raised alongside
Loki, who had been adopted by Odin after Loki's father,
the Frost Giant Laufey, had been killed in battle. From
childhood Loki was jealous of Thor, and his hatred grew
over the years to a wish to destroy him. Thus began
Loki's enmity for Thor, which persists to this day.
When Thor was eight, Odin sent him to
Nidalvelir, the land of the dwarves, to bid the dwarves
Brokk and Eitri to create three treasures for Asgard's
ruler. Among the three treasures that Brokk and Eitri
created was the uru hammer Mjolnir (although Loki
sabotaged the creation of the hammer so that its handle
was made too short). Odin bestowed various enchantments
upon the hammer, including one that made it impossible
for anyone to lift it except someone who was truly worthy
of wielding it. Odin then declared that he was reserving
the use of Mjolnir for Thor, who would receive it on the
day that great deeds of selfless valor had proved him
worthy of it.
For years Thor strove to become strong
and worthy enough to wield the hammer, and was
responsible for many heroic deeds. Finally, when Thor was
sixteen, Odin presented him with the hammer, declaring he
was indeed worthy of it. Thor became Asqard's greatest
warrior.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 640 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
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POWERS AND ABILITIES
Strength: Thor possesses Class 100 strength,
enabling him to lift (press) over 100 tons. Thor's
strength is doubled when he wears his enchanted belt of
strength.
Known superhuman powers: Thor possess the
superhuman physical attributes of an Asgardian, but as
the son of Odin, lord of the Asgardians, and Jord, elder
goddess of the Earth, his strength, endurance, and
resistance to injury are greater than those of the vast
majority of his race. Like all Asgardians Thor is
extremely long-lived (although not immortal like the
Olympians) superhumanly strong (the average Asgardian
male can lift about 30 tons over his head; Thor can lift
over 100 tons above his own), is immune to all Earthly
diseases, and is resistant to conventional injury.
(Asgardian flesh and bone is about three times as dense
as similar human tissue, contributing to the Asgardians'
superhuman strength and weight.) Thor's Asgardian
metabolism gives him far greater than human endurance at
all physical activities.
Weapons:
Thor's principal weapon is the enchanted hammer named
Mjolnir, one of the most formidable weapons known to man
or god. Forged out of the mystical metal uru, whose chief
properties are durability and ability to maintain
enchantment, the hammer is two feet long and its handle
is wrapped in leather which terminates in a thong.
Besides being a nearly indestructible throwing weapon,
the hammer has been given six enchantments by Odin to
augment its physical qualities.
Enchantment #1: No living being
can lift the hammer from the ground unless he or she is
worthy.
Enchantment
#2: The hammer will return to the exact spot from
which it is thrown after striking its target.
Enchantment #3: The hammer
enables the wielder to summon the elements of storm
(wind, rain, thunder, lightning, etc.)
Enchantment #4: The hammer can
open interdimensional portals, allowing its wielder to
travel to other dimensions, such as from Earth to Asgard.
Enchantment #5: Bestowed on the
hammer by Odin in recent times, it enabled Thor to
transform into the mortal Don Blake by stamping the
hammer once upon the ground and willing the change to
occur. Since Thor has not had the alterego of Don Blake
for quite some time now it is unknown if this power is
still in effect or if it has been modified.
Enchantment #6: By throwing the
hammer and grasping its leather thong, Thor can magically
propel himself through the air in the semblance of
flight. Just as the hammer can magically change its
course in order to return to his hand when he throws it,
so can it be influenced by its wielder to change its
course while it is in his grasp in flight.
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