Contains Spoilers for The Immortal Thor # 20

Thorhas just obliterate a foe that he never could have hoped to defeat before – but that ’s not a good thing , and only shows that his next threat may be even too much for him . Facing down some of the first , and most savage , gods ever , Thor is die to postulate all the help he can get , and even then , it may not be enough to keep the inevitable .

InThe Immortal Thor#20 – written by Al Ewing , with art by Jan Bazaldua – Thor kill Toranos , the first ever God of Thunder , but it ’s far from a victory , even ifToranos was a former enemy .

Immortal Thor #17 cropped cover, Thor being turned to stone by a hand clutching his throat

Toranos was the antagonist of the first arc ofImmortal Thor , written by Ewing with artistic creation by Martín Cóccolo , but was defeatedwhen Thor made him " suitable , " which granted Toranos empathy . Issue # 20 reveals that Toranos returned to his fellow ‘ Utgard - deity ’ , who rejected Toranos ’ ‘ failing ’ and crucified him . It ’s in this context thatThor kills Toranos , mercy pour down the Elder God with a lightning bolt .

Thor Just Killed The Original God Of Thunder – Now He’s Got More Angry Deities To Deal With

Immortal Thor#20 – Written By Al Ewing; Art By Jan Bazaldua; Color By Matt Hollingsworth; Lettering By Joe Sabino

When he first appeared , Toranos seemed like a nigh - unstoppable threat . Though Thor was capable to vote out him through the ontological and semantic world power of worthiness , he would n’t have been able to take the first Thunder God in a straight conflict . This is a problem because Toranos is onlyone of the Utgard - Gods , the archetypical sr. Gods who have been unleash thanks to Thor ’s female parent Gaea disappointment in humans . If Thor has to go up against the Utgard - Loki or Utgard - Odin , then he ’ll call for more than this one worthiness illusion to defeat them , especially since those Udgard - Gods could overmaster even Toranos .

As Thor ends the return , he is fain to meet the Utgard - Gods , even as old foe like Skurge endeavor to prevent the inevitable by taking Thor ’s place .

This probably is n’t go bad to be the last death of a scag divinity in this series either . Throughout the whole rill and break down back further , in fact , to writer Donny Cates’Thortenure – preponderantly with artist Nic Klein – Thor ’s defeat and end has been prophesied . As Thor says to Sif inImmortal Thor#20,he ’s more than unforced to foregather his fate , but it does n’t mean that these are n’t dark fate disregarding . As Thor terminate the consequence , he is prepared to meet the Utgard - Gods , even as old foes like Skurge render to prevent the inevitable by taking Thor ’s place .

The Immortal Thor Cover, Thor sitting in his throne in contemplation

What Thor’s Mercy Killing Of Toranos Means For The Avenger Moving Forward

The Asgardian Learned A Heavy Lesson

In other consideration , killing another God might also be the catalyst for Thor depart bad . For illustration , the by and by third of writer Dan Jurgens ’ Thor discharge , collectively calledThe Reigning , come across Thor condescend into tyranny , with the al-Qur’an pushing into a sorry substitute future tense where Thor ruled Asgard and Earth . Luckily , present Thor is n’t in any peril of going down that same path . Thanks to his regretful succeeding self , Thor has hisReigningmemories , and did n’t pursue that same path . He also get a more direct admonisher of those events in the form of his son Magni .

An underrated Thor villain , [ SPOILERS ] , is gain the case to be kick upstairs to A - tier antagonist condition , by nearly killing the God of Thunder .

Magni , Thor ’s Word fromThe Reigning , lately return thanks to the skullduggery of this macrocosm ’s Enchantress , Magni ’s female parent in the next timeline . What Enchantress did n’t expect is that Magni is a zep who takes more after his mainstream Padre . Magni has make it in a human beings where ‘ our ’ Thor is definitely picture similarities to his malevolent self . Thor once again harness Asgard andhe ’s now kill Elder Gods , but there ’s a severe difference between the two incarnations of the Odinson . Thor is wiser than his malevolent opposite number ever was and has friends and family there to guide him when require assistant .

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Thor Is Just One Of Many Thunder Gods In The Marvel Universe Now

Is He The “Strongest”? Does It Even Matter?

The dying of Toranos may have plant Thor as the finalAsgardianGod of Thunder , but he ’s far from the only hell dust God forget in Marvel . In finicky , Storm#7 – compose by Murewa Ayodele with graphics by Luciano Vecchio – is set to debut ‘ Modern ’ thunder godsfrom different ethnic pantheons from around the mankind . If Thor only had his Thunder God index , then he ’d likely be the exact equal of all of these other godlike beingness . However , Thor also has the All - Power of the Asgardians , which he inherited from Odin , giving him an edge in any straight match - up .

Thor , one of the strong Avengers , just discovered the one failing to his immortality , suggesting a limit to his seemingly interminable godly power .

The Immortal Thor#20is usable now from Marvel Comics .

Thor looking downwards in sadness in front of his hammer

Thor kills Toranos with lightning in Immortal Thor #20

thor outsmarts toranos by declaring him worthy

Immortal Thor #17, Thor is reunited with his son Magni

Luciano Vecchio’s designs for new Thunder gods for Storm #7

Thor in Marvel Comics Cover Art by Manapul

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