![]() In another way, though, we wonder why the fuck should the frost giants of his youth be in any way comparable to the Incredible Hulk, beyond the fact that they are both large? For his part, Siegfried puts his money on Myth Thor versus Myth Hulk but says Comics Thor versus Comics Hulk is anyone’s guess. ![]() In a way, Thor’s been preparing for this fight his whole life. Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster makes Thor fight Hulk gladiator-style in Ragnarok. That means mythology doesn't let a sad Thor drunkenly fight trolls Marvel Comics, Blastr It is, however, his responsibility to protect the realm from bad guys - giants - so if we are feeling generous we can probably interpret him fighting the Incredible Hulk, or his “Friend From Work,” as a nod to that original motif. He doesn’t really ever need to prove he’s worthy he has lots of privilege, and people make allowances for him. The hammer is not so heavy Thor alone can lift it. Loki is not Thor’s adopted brother, for example. Most of the characteristics people associate with Thor’s mythology actually come from the comics and not mythology. “That courtly sort of plot was imported into the mythology by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, who created the pop culture version of Thor for Marvel Comics in the 1960s.” “There is never any idea that Thor is a young prince who will someday inherit the throne of Odin,” explains Seigfried. His activities consist of eating, drinking, fighting, scheming, and smiting, which might qualify as someone’s definition of self-destructive but is pretty much just Thor doing Thor. Thor does do some wandering, but it’s neither prodigal son-like nor especially introspective. According to Seigfried, the surviving Icelandic texts have Odin ruling Asgaard right up until Ragnarok - Norse doomsday - at which point everyone just dies, Thor included. Is there a period in mythology where Thor shirks the responsibility of his rightful throne and just wanders anonymously, feeling sorry for himself? Sad Thor in Marvel's 'Unworthy Thor' comics Gawker Media
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