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While there are manyAvengerswhose exponent rival those of cosmic divinity , Thor , the God of Thunder himself , actually identify the one Avenger who is basically a god … and this bomber - in - question might be the least obvious choice of the crew .
Thor first come to Earth sometime in the ninth C for promote himself as a god worthy of worship . While on Earth , Thor battled legion villains and monsters ( even En Sabah Nur before he becamethe ten - Men villain , Apocalypse ) , which only gave Thor more believability as an all - brawny god . However , during the relatively innovative era , Loki attack the Earth with the intention of subdue the satellite , and Thor necessitate the help of some other , more recently produce heroes in purchase order to stop the God of Mischief . It is here when the Avengers were born , and when Thor first met the deadly submarine sandwich who he would afterwards regard as a deity : Tony Stark aka Iron Man .
The divine revelation arrives inThor : God of Thunder#3 by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic , Thor is hunting Gorr the God Butcher in three separate eras of his life : as a immature Supreme Being in the late 800s on Earth , as a moderately experienced god in the present Clarence Day , and as an old immortal in the far hereafter . In the past , Thor tried and run out to kill Gorr after tracking the God Butcher to a cave in the area of the human race that would become Russia . WhileThor failed as a young god , he was determined to not do so again in the present day .
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Thor Believes Iron Man is Basically a God Among Humans
Thor decided to go back to that cave to look for a sign of Gorr , as Thor realized that the God Butcher was still very much at gravid despite centuries of hearing nothing from him . There was just one trouble : Thor was n’t exactly certain where that cave was – it had been a few hundred year , after all . So , Thor recruit the help of Iron Man ( more accurately , Tony Stark ) to help him find the cave and locomote to its location with him before Thor explain that he had to go in alone . As Iron Man flew away a morsel deflate by the fact that Thor did n’t require or need his assistant , Thor enjoin him , “ you are as much a god as any immortal I have ever known , Tony Stark ” and then asked him for one more favor .
Thor did n’t just need Iron Man to rule the cave where he last campaign Gorr , but also to fly to Mount Olympus and discourage the Gods of Earth of the danger they are in with Gorr on the loose . This means that Thor not only recruited Stark to aid him find Gorr , but also to talk to other immortal deities on his behalf . If that ’s not the ultimate sign of god - grade respect , then nothing is . But , Thor ’s statement here really has a deeper meaning than just this missionary work . When looking at everything Iron Man has done throughout the comics , it becomes absolved that Tony Stark is about as snug as a deadly can be to a god – and that ’s not even count the timeIron Man bathed in the Power Cosmicand in reality did become a god . The affair Iron Man can do with his lawsuit rival cosmic beings daily , with some of his strongest pieces of armour being his Bleeding Edge armor , Endo - Sym armor , and even the Godbuster armour .
In core , Thor trust Iron Man as if he were a fellow god , and Iron Man earned that trust by essentially being a deadly - carry god with all the exhibitions of his unparalleled might through his progressively hefty , god - tier suit . So , while Iron Man is one of the fewAvengerswith no superpowers , he is still the oneThoradmits is essentially a god – and for respectable ground .
