Thor (Marvel Comics) in other media
The Marvel Comics superhero, Thor has appeared in a wide variety of media outside of comic books such as video games, films, and television programs.
Television
1960s
Thor starred in the segment "The Mighty Thor" of the animated The Marvel Super Heroes, originally syndicated in 1966. There were thirteen episodes that centered on Thor, who was voiced by Chris Wiggins who also voiced his human host Donald Blake.1980s
- Thor's Donald Blake identity appeared in the 1980s Spider-Man episode "Wrath of the Sub-Mariner" voiced by Jack Angel.
- Thor appeared in an episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends titled "Vengeance of Loki".
- Thor appeared in the live action television film The Incredible Hulk Returns. Thor was played by Eric Allan Kramer, and Donald Blake by Steve Levitt. In this version Blake does not transform into Thor, but rather they were two separate individuals. Donald Blake was a former student of David Banner, and tracked down Banner to ask for his help. Blake was a mountaineer as well as a doctor and was climbing a mountain in Norway when he felt the need to get to the top of the mountain, and there he found a cave in which he found the hammer Mjölnir. When he shouted "Odin!" Blake summoned the Viking warrior Thor, who was a spirit that cannot be admitted into Asgard until he has proved himself worthy. At first Banner was skeptical of Blake's story, but when Blake summoned Thor, his story was verified. Thor accidentally caused Banner to turn into the Hulk and the two fought to a standstill, but later Thor and the Hulk worked together to defeat a common enemy. Before the events of the movie Blake was always being overruled by Thor; but with the help of his former mentor, he was able to establish a more equal footing with Thor. In this movie Thor is portrayed as a fun-loving warrior who is very happy drinking beer, fighting with men, and carousing with women.
- Artwork by Jack Kirby from a planned Thor animated series by Ruby-Spears Productions has surfaced.
1990s
- Thor guest stars in two episodes of the Fantastic Four animated series voiced by John Rhys-Davies. In "To Battle the Living Planet", the Fantastic Four help him fight Ego the Living Planet. In "When Calls Galactus", he and Ghost Rider help the Fantastic Four fight Galactus.
- John Rhys-Davies reprises his role as Thor in the Incredible Hulk episode "Mortal Bounds" with Mark L. Taylor voicing Donald Blake. Blake as Thor brought the Hulk to Detroit so that Bruce Banner can help cure a gamma-based outbreak unknowingly caused by the Gargoyle in his search to cure his disfigurement.
- Thor makes a cameo in the X-Men animated series episode "The Dark Phoenix Saga : The Dark Phoenix", when the Phoenix rises up into the sky, her mind shows Thor's hammer Mjölnir reacting to her presence.
- Thor appears in the introduction for , but was never actually featured in the show.
2000s
- A Thor TV series was in development in 2000.
- Thor is featured in the Cartoon Network animated series The Super Hero Squad Show voiced by Dave Boat, reprising his role from Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers 2. Here, he is a narcissistic, but loyal member of the team who is in love with the Valkyrie. He has an intense sibling rivalry with his brother Loki, who claims "Odin always liked you better."
2010s
- Thor appears as a major character in the animated series ', voiced by Rick D. Wasserman. In this version, Thor chooses to come 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 but the series was never produced.
- The Super Hero Squad Show version of Thor makes a cameo in Ultimate Spider-Man, voiced again by Dave Boat, in the episode "Flight of the Iron Spider". Thor later appears in the show, voiced by Travis Willingham, in the episode "Field Trip" and is turned into a frog after a fight with a Frost Giant. The spell is lifted with the help of Spider-Man and his team. In "Run Pig Pun", Thor protects Spider-Man, who has been transformed into a pig by Loki, from a boar hunt led by Executioner. In both of the episodes he appears in, Thor calls Phil Coulson "Son of Coul."
- Thor appears in the animated series Avengers Assemble with Travis Willingham reprising the role from Ultimate Spider-Man.
- Thor appeared in the summer 2013 animated special ', again voiced by Travis Willingham.
- The Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Thor and Mjölnir briefly appear via footage from Thor in the pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Skye outlines public knowledge of superhumans.
- Thor appears in ', voiced once more by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears in the anime series ', voiced by Yasuyuki Kase. In the English dubbed version, he was voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears in the television special ', voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears in ', voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears in the anime series Marvel Future Avengers, voiced by Yasuyuki Kase in Japanese and Patrick Seitz in English.
- Chris Hemsworth is set to reprise his role as Thor in the Disney+ animated series, What If...?
Film
Live-action
- In 1990, after finishing with the filming of Darkman, Sam Raimi and Stan Lee 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.
- Chris Hemsworth stars as the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in Thor, and subsequently appearing in The Avengers, ', ', ' ', and , after which Hemsworth's contract was complete. Hemsworth cameos in the mid-credits scene of Doctor Strange.
- Dakota Goyo portrays a young Thor in the 2011 film Thor.
Animation
- Ultimate Thor appears in Marvel Animation's direct-to-video animated features Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers 2 voiced by Dave Boat.
- Thor makes an appearance in the direct-to-video animated movie ' voiced by Michael Adamthwaite.
- Thor appears as the protagonist in the direct-to-video animated short film Hulk vs. Thor voiced by Matthew Wolf.
- Thor makes a brief appearance in the film Planet Hulk. He is seen in a flashback scene fighting Korg and his Kronan brothers alongside Beta Ray Bill.
- Thor appears again in ', an animated direct-to-video feature released in 2011, voiced again by Matthew Wolf.
- Thor appears in the anime film '.
- Thor makes an appearance in ', voiced by Travis Willingham.
Video games
- Thor appears as an assist character in the 1995 arcade game Avengers in Galactic Storm.
- The Eric Masterson version of Thor appears as a background character in Thanos' stage and in Captain America's ending in Marvel Super Heroes.
- Thor appears as a partner assist in '.
- Thor was originally slated to appear in a cameo at the end of ' conversing with Spider-Man, but due to the 9/11 attacks, his scene was scrapped and the final boss fight had to change location in the final stages of the game's development. To replace this, the ending showed the Daily Bugle crediting Thor for saving New York from Electro, much to Spider-Man's dismay.
- Thor appears as a playable character in ' voiced by Cam Clarke.
- Thor appears as a playable character in ' voiced by Jim Cummings.
- Thor appears in the Marvel Super Hero Squad game as a playable character voiced by Dave Boat.
- Thor appears as a playable character in ' once again voiced by Dave Boat.
- Thor appears as a playable character in ' and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Rick D. Wasserman reprises his role.
- A video game based on the live-action film entitled ' was developed by Sega, with Chris Hemsworth reprising his role.
- Thor is a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, in his modern and classic outfits as well as his Ultimate persona.
- Thor is available as downloadable content for the game LittleBigPlanet, as part of "Marvel Costume Kit 2".
- Thor is a playable character in ' returns, voiced by Dave Boat.
- A Thor table was released as part of the downloadable Vengeance & Virtue package in Marvel Pinball.
- Thor is a playable character in the Facebook/mobile game '.
- Thor is a playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics.
- Thor appears as a playable character in the 2012 fighting game '.
- Thor is a playable character in the MMORPG Marvel Heroes.
- Thor is a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes voiced by Travis Willingham.
- Thor is a playable character in '. He appears in his comics form, but he will also have a ' version.
- Thor is a playable character in '.
- Thor is a playable character in Disney Infinity 3.0.
- Thor is a playable character in '.
- A teenage version of Thor is a playable character in Marvel Avengers Academy, with Travis Willingham reprising his role. A teenage version of Thor Noir also appears as a playable character, voiced by Billy Kametz.
- Thor appears as a playable character in ', with Travis Willingham reprising his role.
- There are three playable versions of Thor in the match-three mobile game Marvel Puzzle Quest.
- Thor is a playable character in Marvel Powers United VR, with Travis Willingham reprising his role.
- Thor will be a playable character in ', reprised by Rick D. Wasserman.
- Thor will be playable character in Marvel's Avengers with Travis Willingham reprising his role.
Motion comic
Theatre
- Thor appears in the Marvel Universe Live! stage show.
Novels and short stories
- Thor appeared 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 also appeared in the Loki story by Michael Jan Friedman in The Ultimate Super-Villains, edited by Stan Lee, in 1996.
- The Ultimates version of Thor appeared 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
- 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.