Thor (Marvel Comics) in other media explained
Since the 1960s, The Marvel Comics superhero, Thor has appeared in a wide variety of media outside of comic books including films, television programs and video games.
Television
1960s
Thor appears in a self-titled segment of The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Jack Creley.[1] [2] [3]
1980s
1990s
- Thor appears in Fantastic Four, voiced by John Rhys-Davies.[6]
- Thor appears in The Incredible Hulk episode "Mortal Bounds", voiced again by John Rhys-Davies, while Donald Blake is voiced by Mark L. Taylor.
- Thor makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the episode "The Dark Phoenix".
- Thor appears in the introduction for , but was never actually featured in the show.
2000s
2010s
- Thor appears as a major character in , voiced by Rick D. Wasserman.[9] This version willingly came 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[10] but the series was never produced.
- Thor appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, voiced by Travis Willingham. Additionally, The Super Hero Squad Show version of the character makes a cameo appearance in the episode "Flight of the Iron Spider", voiced again by Dave Boat.
- Thor appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[11]
- Thor appears in , voiced again by Travis Willingham.[12] [13]
- 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, as well as the episode "The Well".
- Thor appears in , voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers,[14] voiced by Yasuyuki Kase in the original Japanese version and again by Travis Willingham in the English dub.
- Thor appears in , voiced again by Travis Willingham.[15]
- Thor appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears in , voiced again by Travis Willingham.[16]
2020s
Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Chris Hemsworth reprised his role as Thor in the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[17]
Film
Live-action
See main article: Thor (Marvel Cinematic Universe). In 1990, after finishing with the filming of Darkman, Sam Raimi and Stan Lee originally 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.[18]
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Chris Hemsworth stars as the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in Thor (2011),[19] The Avengers (2012),[20] (2013),[21] (2015),[22] (2017)[23] (2018), (2019), and (2022). Hemsworth cameos in the mid-credits of Doctor Strange (2016).[24]
- Dakota Goyo portrays a young Thor in the 2011 film Thor.
Animation
- The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Thor appears in Marvel Animation's direct-to-video animated features Ultimate Avengers (2006) and Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006) voiced by Dave Boat.[25]
- Thor appears in , voiced by Michael Adamthwaite.[26]
- Thor appears in Hulk vs. Thor, voiced by Matthew Wolf.
- Thor makes a non-speaking appearance in a flashback in Planet Hulk (2010).
- Thor appears in , voiced again by Matthew Wolf.[27] [28]
- Thor appears in the anime film .[29]
- Thor appears in Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!, voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears in , voiced again by Travis Willingham.[30]
- Thor appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Climate Conundrum, voiced by Ian Hanlin.
- Thor appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Loki in Training, voiced again by Ian Hanlin.
- Thor appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Time Twisted, voiced again by Ian Hanlin.
- Thor appears in , voiced again by Travis Willingham.[31]
Video games
- Thor appears as an assist character in the 1995 arcade game Avengers in Galactic Storm.[32]
- The Eric Masterson version of Thor makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Marvel Super Heroes.
- Thor appears as an assist character in .
- Thor was originally slated to appear in a cameo at the end of , but due to the September 11 attacks, his scene was scrapped and the final boss fight had to change location. To replace this, the ending showed the Daily Bugle crediting Thor for saving New York from Electro, much to Spider-Man's disappointment.
- Thor appears as a playable character in voiced by Cam Clarke.
- Thor appears as a playable character in voiced by Jim Cummings.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad, voiced by Dave Boat.[33]
- Thor appears as a playable character in , voiced again by Dave Boat.
- Thor appears as a playable character in and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman.[34]
- A video game based on the live-action film entitled was developed by Sega, with Chris Hemsworth reprising his role from the 2011 film of the same name.[35]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.
- Thor is available as downloadable content for the game LittleBigPlanet, as part of "Marvel Costume Kit 2".[36]
- Thor is a playable character in , voiced again by Dave Boat.
- A Thor table was released as part of the downloadable Vengeance & Virtue package in Marvel Pinball, with Thor being voiced by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as a playable character in .
- Thor is a playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics.
- Thor appears as a playable character in , voiced by James Arnold Taylor.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Heroes, voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman.[37]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes voiced again by Travis Willingham.[38]
- Thor appears as a playable character in , voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as a playable character in , voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Disney Infinity 3.0, voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as a playable character in .[39]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Colton Haynes.[40] A teenage version of Thor Noir also appears, voiced by Billy Kametz.[41]
- Thor appears as a playable character in , with Travis Willingham reprising his role.[42]
- Three versions of Thor ("Marvel NOW", "Modern" and "Gladiator") appear as playable characters in Marvel Puzzle Quest.[43]
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel Powers United VR, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[44]
Notes and References
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- Web site: Thor Odinson Voices (Thor) . January 20, 2024 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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- Web site: Voice Of Thor Odinson - Mighty Thor franchise | Behind The Voice Actors | url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Mighty-Thor/Thor-Odinson/ | work=Behind The Voice Actors|archive-url= https://archive.today/20190612185612/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Mighty-Thor/Thor-Odinson/|archive-date= June 12, 2019|url-status= live|df= mdy-all| access-date=October 14, 2018| postscript=. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources}}
- Thor appears in Marvel Battle Lines, voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as a playable character in , voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman.
- Thor appears in Marvel Dimension of Heroes, voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as a playable character in Marvel's Avengers, voiced again by Travis Willingham.
- Thor appears as an unlockable outfit in Fortnite Battle Royale, voiced again by Travis Willingham.[44]
- Thor appears in Marvel Future Revolution, voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman.
Motion comic
A four episode motion comic titled , based on the graphic novel Loki by Robert Rodi and Esad Ribić, was released on March 28, 2011 on iTunes, Xbox Live, and the PlayStation Network.[45]
Theatre
Novels and short stories
- Thor appears 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 appears in the Loki story by Michael Jan Friedman in The Ultimate Super-Villains, edited by Stan Lee, in 1996.
- The Ultimates version of Thor appears 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.[47]
External links
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