Thor (Marvel comics)

Thor
Thor #272 (June 1978). Cover art by John Buscema.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Journey into Mystery #83 (August 1962)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) Larry Lieber (writer) Jack Kirby (artist)
In-story information
Full name	Thor Odinson
Species	Asgardian
Place of origin	Asgard
Team affiliations	Avengers Warriors Three Thor Corps God Squad Avengers Unity Squad
Notable aliases	Siegmund, Siegfried, Dr. Donald Blake, Jake Olson, Sigurd Jarlson, Eric Masterson, Odinson
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, endurance, and longevity Abilities via Mjolnir: Dimensional transportation Electric manipulation Flight Weather manipulation
Thor
	Thor battles Hercules on the cover of the character's first self-titled issue, Thor #126 (March 1966). Art by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta.
Series publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	List (vol. 1) March 1966 – September 1996 (vol. 2) July 1998 – December 2004 (vol. 3) September 2007 – January 2009 (vol. 1 cont.) April 2009 – May 2011 (The Mighty Thor) June 2011 - December 2012 (Thor: God of Thunder) January 2013 - November 2014 (vol. 4) October 2014 – July 2015 (The Mighty Thor) (vol. 2) January 2016 - Present
Number of issues	List (vol. 1) 377 plus 18 annuals (vol. 2) 85 plus 3 annuals (vol. 3) 12 (vol. 1 cont.) 23 (#600-621 and #620.1) plus 1 annual, 2 specials (The Mighty Thor) 23 (#1-22 and #12.1) (Thor: God of Thunder) 25 (vol. 4) 8 (The Mighty Thor) (vol. 2) 12 (As of December 2016[update])
Main character(s)	List of Thor (Marvel Comics) supporting characters
Creative team
Writer(s)	List (vol. 1) Stan Lee Gerry Conway Roy Thomas Bill Mantlo Len Wein Ralph Macchio Mark Gruenwald Doug Moench Alan Zelenetz Walt Simonson Tom DeFalco Ron Frenz Ron Marz Warren Ellis William Messner-Loebs (vol. 2) Dan Jurgens Michael Avon Oeming (vol. 3) J. Michael Straczynski Kieron Gillen Matt Fraction
Penciller(s)	List (vol. 1) Jack Kirby Neal Adams John Buscema Rich Buckler Keith Pollard Bob Hall Mark Bright Walt Simonson Ron Frenz M.C. Wyman Mike Deodato Pasqual Ferry (vol. 2) John Romita Jr. Erik Larsen Andy Kubert Stuart Immonen Joe Bennett Paco Medina Scot Eaton Tom Raney (vol. 3) Oliver Coipel Marko Djurdjević Billy Tan Doug Braithwaite Pasqual Ferry (vol. 1 cont.) Pasqual Ferry
Inker(s)	List (vol. 1) Vince Colletta Bill Everett George Klein Joe Sinnott Mike Esposito (vol. 2) Scott Hanna

Thor is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, based on the Norse mythological deity of the same name, is the Asgardian god of thunder and possesses the enchanted hammer Mjolnir, which grants him the ability of flight and weather manipulation amongst his other superhuman attributes.

Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 (Aug. 1962) and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller-plotter Jack Kirby. He has starred in several ongoing series and limited series, and is a founding member of the superhero team the Avengers, appearing in each volume of that series. The character has also appeared in associated Marvel merchandise including animated television series, clothing, toys, trading cards, video games, and movies.

Chris Hemsworth portrays Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World and Avengers: Age of Ultron and will reprise his role in Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, and its untitled sequel. Thor placed 14th on IGN's list of "Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time" in 2011, and first in their list of "The Top 50 Avengers" in 2012.