No, not the Marvel superhero. Just the Norse god in a Thor cartoon the mush-mouthed, buttery male model had commissioned back in 1997. You know, Marvel has such a lock on Thor that it's easy for me to forget that he's in the public domain of mythology, so anyone can really write anything with the thunder god (although does DC have a Thor? I have no idea). Of course, that doesn't mean Fabio's take doesn't seem more than a little indebted to Marvel's version, plus -- as A Distant Soil's Colleen
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OnanRulz said:
In Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, Thor, Loki, and Odin play major roles in a couple of story arcs.
DoctorSmashy said:
This guy is wearing Ultimate Thor's power belt. Coincidence? I think nae.
james said:
dc does indeed have a Thor.
but they also have Viking Commando.
and he's way cooler. he's a Viking that fights Nazis.
Anonymous said:
DC Thor from 1959
RunnerX13 said:
DC seems to shy away from Norse mythology. There seems to be some unspoken, unofficial agreement between the two.
Sean C said:
....as A Distant Soil's Colleen Cover points out on her blog.... It's actually Colleen Doran's blog, she is the creator of A Distant Soil. You need to correct this. Thanks.
Wesley said:
Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios had a Thor as well. He fought Supreme. To Extreme's credit he was drawn in the curly red-headed style, rather than the Nordic Aryan type.
Captain Draino said:
Well, this is better than the news you reported about Barbie. This is the first time I have heard about this. Has anyone ever seen this?
Lawless said:
I seem to recall there were lawsuits from Marvel that put the kibosh on this...
Bill said:
If this Thor had red hair, it may not have seemed like such an obvious rip-off of Marvels version of Thor. Then again, maybe not.
LazerWolf said:
DC doesn't have a Thor, 'cause they have Wonder Woman. They got the Greek side of things. It pains me to say...but Marvel's Thor-verse totally just ripped off the Wonder Woman. Except they didn't make their own character.
EspanolBot said:
OnanRulz said:
In Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, Thor, Loki, and Odin play major roles in a couple of story arcs
Funny thing, when that storyarc came about people accused Gaiman of steal the characters from Marvel and trying to mock them by making them seem like loutish jerks.
Which is kinda of true in mythological Thor's case.
Regarding Wonder Woman and Greek mythology, Marvel are pretty much taking advantage of the whole "public domain" thing at the moment, and are now using many, many characters that have recently appeared in Wonder Woman storylines.
There was an arc consisting of Hercules fighting Hippolyta and the Amazons for example (which he did in the DC books, 'cept he was more for the slavery than the seducing until the Marvel version).
And modernised versions of Athena and co. are appearing in the books too, even though they appeared in great detail in Greg Rucka's run of the character a couple of years ago.
Fred said:
I have to say Fabio looks just like Thor. The hair, face, body and attitude. Honestly this cartoon looks cool. I like the animation style. To bad it didn't take off.
Besley said:
A list of Thors in comics. http://www.mania.com/10-thor-posers_article_117328.html
snakeeyes22 said:
I thought I read that Kirby himself introduced a Thor villain at DC before taking the idea over to Marvel.
