Thor (Worthy) — power rating and matchups

These entries record encounters, feats and other events from the character's stories. Read each outcome with its version, sources and condition tags. Arena verdicts use the selected versions and matchup rules; a story result does not determine an arena result. This panel is for reference and does not feed the engine. The record is still being expanded.

Win

v Stone Men of SaturnJourney into Mystery #83

Lifts the obstructing boulder, breaks confinement and defeats the machine; separation demonstrates mortal fallback.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Journey into Mystery #83

No decisive result

v LokiJourney into Mystery #85

Loki hypnotizes Thor, has him throw Mjolnir into a river and uses an illusion of a second Thor to take it; after a minute apart from the hammer Thor reverts to Blake, which breaks the hypnosis.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Journey into Mystery #85

Feat / note

Loki — altered civilians restoredJourney into Mystery #85

Thor spins Mjolnir to summon anti-matter particles that restore people Loki's spell had turned 'negative'.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Journey into Mystery #85

Win

v ZarrkoJourney into Mystery #86

Uses linked time travel, a decoy and breath to disarm; recovers hammer and undetonated bomb.

Help: Odin supplied the instructions for the time-travel recovery

Had help

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Journey into Mystery #86

No decisive result

v HulkJourney into Mystery #112 (1965)

The ceiling collapses on both; Thor climbs out to find the Hulk has dug through the floor and escaped; Odin rules the fight undecided.

2 logged exchanges

Journey into Mystery #112 (1965)Hulk tries to crush Thor with a rock and throws mines; Thor throws Mjolnir, the Hulk catches it, tries to crush it and beats Thor with it before Thor wrests it back; they trade blows, the Hulk grabs Thor's wrist and Thor breaks free. plot summary checked
Journey into Mystery #112 (1965)The ceiling collapses on both; Thor climbs out to find the Hulk has dug through the floor and escaped; Odin rules the fight undecided. plot summary checked

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Journey into Mystery #112

Win

v Absorbing ManJourney into Mystery #115

Hammer-driven transmutation turns Creel into helium, dispersing him.

Help: A police grenade had already affected Creel

Had help

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Journey into Mystery #115

Win

v The Destroyer (hunter)Journey into Mystery #118 – Journey into Mystery #119

Loki, from his Asgard cell, makes Thor briefly intangible; Thor shields himself with the hunter's body, betting the hunter won't risk it, and the hunter abandons the armour; Thor's hammer blow starts the temple crumbling.

Help: Loki made Thor briefly intangible, saving him

Had help

3 logged exchanges

Journey into Mystery #118Injected/delivered anesthetic knocks Thor unconscious. plot summary checked
Journey into Mystery #118Armor gains the hammer and traps Thor in reshaped flooring. plot summary checked
Journey into Mystery #119Loki, from his Asgard cell, makes Thor briefly intangible; Thor shields himself with the hunter's body, betting the hunter won't risk it, and the hunter abandons the armour; Thor's hammer blow starts the temple crumbling. plot summary checked

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Journey into Mystery #119 Nick Peron — Journey into Mystery #118

Loss

v HerculesThor vol. 1 #126

Initially competitive exchange ends in Thor’s defeat after his power is halved.

Special condition: Thor's power halved mid-fight via Seidring using Odin's authority

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #126

Win

v EgoThor vol. 1 #133

Ego reads/stuns Thor; Thor’s storm pressures Ego into abandoning the attack.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #133

No decisive result

v MangogThor vol. 1 #157

Thor and allies cannot stop Mangog; Odin resolves the threat through a spell.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #157

Win

v GalactusThor vol. 1 #161

Thor channels hammer energy through a device assembled from the Wanderers’ ship; Galactus withdraws.

Help: The Wanderers rescued Thor and their ship supplied the focusing device

Had help

2 logged exchanges

Thor vol. 1 #161Hammer staggers Galactus; his defense stops follow-up and he throws Thor away. plot summary checked
Thor vol. 1 #161Thor channels hammer energy through a device assembled from the Wanderers’ ship; Galactus withdraws. plot summary checked

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #161

No decisive result

v Silver SurferSilver Surfer vol. 1 #4

Surfer pins the hammer with energy; continued fighting ends when deception is exposed.

Special condition: Surfer's Power Cosmic boosted by Loki's magic

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Silver Surfer #4

No decisive result

v HulkThe Defenders #10

Extended contest is interrupted without a conclusive knockout.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Looper — Hulk versus Thor encounters

No decisive result

v Space PhantomThor vol. 1 #281

Partial displacement leaves mortal Blake threatened by pressure.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #281

Win

v TempusThor vol. 1 #282

Thor topples Tempus by strength and kills it with one blow of its own club; he spends Mjolnir's time-travel power on Immortus's promised Phantus rescue, which the continuity notes call a lie.

Help: Space Phantom and Immortus assisted

Had help

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #282

No decisive result

v Arishem and the Celestial hostThor vol. 1 #300

Attacks topple/support damage and a sword strike fail to produce a decisive injury.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #300

Win

v JormungandThor vol. 1 #327

With a massive fishing rod baited with a bull, Thor pulls Jormungand away from the Earth, makes it give up the stolen golden apples and ties it to Yggdrasil.

Prepared

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #327

Loss

v Beta Ray BillThor vol. 1 #337

Thor dodges the ship's blasts and smashes through Skuttlebutt's hull; Bill bursts from a stasis pod and attacks him ferociously; after more than sixty seconds apart from Mjolnir Thor reverts to Blake, and Bill strikes the cane and gains Thor's power and Mjolnir.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #337

Win · team encounter

v SurturThor vol. 1 #353

Thor brings down a torrential storm on Surtur's flames, knocks Surtur away from the Eternal Flame and throws Mjolnir to knock Twilight from his hand; Odin then overpowers Surtur and drives them both into the fissure.

Decisive action: Odin, drove Surtur into the fissure · Thor’s part: Storm on Surtur's flames, knocked him from the Eternal Flame and knocked Twilight from his hand

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #353

No decisive result

v LoreleiThor vol. 1 #358

Enchanted perfume enthralls Thor.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #358

Win

v Absorbing ManThor vol. 1 #376

Creel breaks Thor’s ribs; Thor ultimately sends him to another world and collapses.

Fought weakened

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #376 Marvel Database — Thor #378

Win

v JormungandThor vol. 1 #380

Thor’s finishing strike destroys the serpent’s head; Thor’s own body is catastrophically damaged.

Fought weakenedSpecial condition: Hela's curse: brittle bones but unable to die; custom armour

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #380 Steve Donoghue — Thor versus the World Serpent

Win

v The DestroyerThor vol. 1 #381

Thor’s spirit overcomes the armor’s controlling spirit and takes it over.

Special condition: Thor's spirit, his body kept alive only by Hela's curse

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #381

Win

v HelaThor vol. 1 #382

Threat from Thor in Destroyer forces restoration of his body and removal of the curse.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #382

No decisive result

v HulkThor vol. 1 #385

They batter each other bloody; the Hulk runs out of anger and, when Mjolnir returns, leaves; Thor does not pursue.

Held back

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #385

Feat / note

Space transit — suffocation and crashThor vol. 1 #387

Thor struggles for air, destroys a missile and crashes unconscious.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #387

No decisive result

v ArishemThor vol. 1 #387

Thor attacks including channeling planetary magnetic power; no successful defeat.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #387

Win

v JuggernautThor vol. 1 #411 – Thor vol. 1 #412

Lightning does not stop Cain; terrain disruption and allied restraint enable vortex removal.

Help: Nova, Namorita and Firestar restrained Juggernaut; an unknown blast had saved Thor

Had helpFought weakened

2 logged exchanges

Thor vol. 1 #411Juggernaut's protective enchantment stops Mjolnir inches from his face; he grabs its thong, rides the return and smashes Thor unconscious. plot summary checked
Thor vol. 1 #412Lightning does not stop Cain; terrain disruption and allied restraint enable vortex removal. plot summary checked

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #412 Nick Peron — Thor #411

Feat / note

Worldengine — mechanism stoppedThor vol. 1 #494

Thor smashes open the Worldengine and pushes its internal clock back with all his strength until it stops.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #494

Loss

v The DestroyerThor vol. 2 #1

Issue ends with Thor apparently killed by Destroyer.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nerd in the Noke — Thor: Heroes Return omnibus

Win

v Iron ManThor vol. 3 #3

Thor answers Tony with a bolt of lightning, shrugs off an Extremis repulsor blast and bludgeons him into the ground; Tony walks home in his destroyed armour.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Book Revolution — Thor #3 Marvel Database — Thor vol. 3 #3

Win · team encounter

v Sentry / the VoidSiege #4

After the helicarrier crash Bob asks to be killed; Thor refuses; when the Void resurfaces Thor's strike leaves only a skeleton; Thor carries the remains into the Sun.

Decisive action: Thor, killing lightning strike · Thor’s part: Delivered the killing strike that left only a skeleton

Opponent already weakened

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicsAlliance — Siege #4 roundtable Marvel Database — Siege #4

No decisive result

v GorrThor: God of Thunder #11

Present Thor uses two Mjolnirs to take the Godbomb’s effect and protect the other Thors.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked AIPT — God of Thunder #11 Comic Book Bin — God of Thunder #11

Win

v Dario Agger and Ulik's trollsThor: God of Thunder #23

Thor flies through an explosion, igniting Mjolnir and himself, to take down the Minotaur and trolls; Broxton is left in ruins.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked The Latest Pull — God of Thunder #23

Win

v God of HammersThor vol. 6 #23

Thor uses Sif’s sword/Bifrost containment and breaks the weapon; prolonged exhaustion follows.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Inside Pulse — Thor #23

Feat / note

Thor Corps — worthiness grantedImmortal Thor #4–5

Thor enables the selected allies to wield his hammer for the coming fight.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Watch — Immortal Thor #5

No decisive result

v ToranosImmortal Thor #5

The Corps share the hammer and coordinate their response.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked AIPT — Immortal Thor #5 Comic Watch — Immortal Thor #5

Loss

v LokiImmortal Thor #24

Loki’s stabbing closes #24; #25 treats Thor as dead.

Special condition: Surprise stab in the back

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Watch — Immortal Thor #25

Feat / note

Sigurd — later mortal existenceMortal Thor #1

The next series presents mortal, amnesiac Sigurd Jarlson.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Watch — Mortal Thor #1

No decisive result

v Hulk and NamorAvengers (1963) #3 (1964)

When Namor joins the Hulk in trying to disarm Thor, the Hulk can't wrest Mjolnir from Thor's grasp; as the other Avengers arrive his emotions turn him back into Banner and he flees.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Avengers #3

No decisive result

v HerculesJourney into Mystery Annual #1 (1965)

Guarding an Olympus bridge, Hercules flips it into the river and hurls a boulder; Thor dodges and ambushes him; Hercules fails to catch the thrown Mjolnir and they brawl, evenly matched, neither gaining the upper hand.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Journey into Mystery Annual #1

Loss

v Utgard-LokiThor vol. 1 #272 (1978)

Thor can barely lift the cat off the ground and barely lowers the drinking horn; Elli overpowers him. Utgard-Loki reveals the cat was the Midgard Serpent, the horn drew from the ocean and Elli is age personified.

Special condition: Every contest rigged by illusion (cat was the Midgard Serpent)

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor #272 Marvel Database — Thor #272

Loss

v Beta Ray BillThor vol. 1 #338 (1983)

In Odin's fight to the death for Mjolnir, Bill ambushes and overpowers Thor and drags him toward a cliff over a lava river; both fall, survive on a rock raft and strike each other at the same moment, knocking both out. Bill wakes first, carries Thor clear of the lavafall and claims Mjolnir as victo…

Special condition: Both stripped of enchantments by Odin; double KO, Bill woke first

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron Marvel Database — Thor #338

No decisive result

v HulkIncredible Hulk (1968) #255 (Jan 1981 cover)

Hulk's thrown van misses and cracks the tunnel roof. He punches Thor, knocks Mjolnir away and lifts it after it has become Blake's cane; Blake tells him the truth and the Hulk leaves believing he has trapped Thor. Blake turns back into Thor and holds up the roof until repair crews arrive.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Incredible Hulk #255

No decisive result

v HulkIncredible Hulk (1968) #300 (1984)

Thor and the Hulk rage across Manhattan trading blow for blow; Thor deflects the Hulk's thrown adamantium statue with Mjolnir, sending shockwaves across the city.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Incredible Hulk #300

No decisive result

v Red HulkHulk (2008) #5 – Hulk (2008) #6

Thor returns from the Moon, throws Mjolnir into Red Hulk's face and fights him until the green Hulk pushes him aside; on A-Bomb's advice Thor steps back and the Hulk beats an overheating Red Hulk.

Special condition: Stranded on the Moon in #5; returned in #6 and the green Hulk beat Red Hulk

2 logged exchanges

Hulk (2008) #5Thor lands the first, strongest blow, which barely hurts Red Hulk; Red Hulk knocks him into a lighthouse and pounds him, blocks his next strike and grabs Mjolnir, leaps into space while Thor still holds it, takes it in zero gravity and beats Thor with it, then dumps Thor and the hammer on the Moon. plot summary checked
Hulk (2008) #6Thor returns from the Moon, throws Mjolnir into Red Hulk's face and fights him until the green Hulk pushes him aside; on A-Bomb's advice Thor steps back and the Hulk beats an overheating Red Hulk. plot summary checked

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #6 Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #5

Win

v Angrir and NulFear Itself #5 (2011)

After failing to reason with the Thing, Thor calls Mjolnir so it flies right through Angrir; he throws Nul out of a building, later knocks him briefly into space, then passes out from exhaustion.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan — Fear Itself #5 SpiderFan — Fear Itself #6

Draw

v The SerpentFear Itself #7 (2011)

Thor's thrown hammer is knocked away into the Avengers' battle; he hacks at the Serpent with Odin's sword and drives it into his head, killing him. Thor emerges from the wreckage and dies in Odin's arms, fulfilling the prophecy.

Special condition: Odin's armour and Odinsword; prophesied mutual death

Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan — Fear Itself #7 Marvel Database — Fear Itself #7 Wikipedia — Serpent (character)

No decisive result

v ThanosInfinity (2013) #6

Two lightning bolts hit Thanos; the third brings Thor, who hits him with Mjolnir; as Thor moves to strike again Thanos grabs the hammer and punches him to the ground.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan — Infinity #6

No decisive result

v MephistoThor Annual #13 (1985)

Mephisto pulls Thor into Hell and attacks him physically and with illusions of Odin and Sif; Thor holds firm and summons a storm that threatens to put out Hell's fires unless Mephisto releases him; Mephisto sends him back to Asgard.

Special condition: Objective achieved: escape from Hell; Mephisto released him under threat

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Thor Annual #13

No decisive result

v HulkImmortal Hulk #7 (2018)

The Hulk hits Thor in the head so hard he loses a tooth and is knocked off-balance; Thor's skull is left fractured and needing treatment.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Marvel Database — Immortal Hulk #7

Win · team encounter

v MalekithWar of the Realms #6 (2019)

Thor reveals he has reforged Mjolnir (Comic Watch: with the God Storm; WhatCulture: in the sun); Thor and his allies overpower Malekith, whose own Wild Hunt beasts then tear him apart. Marvel Database adds a single blow that separates Malekith from the symbiote (lead only).

Decisive action: Thor and allies overpowered him; his Wild Hunt beasts killed him · Thor’s part: Returned with reforged Mjolnir and helped overpower Malekith

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Marvel Database — War of the Realms #6 WhatCulture — War of the Realms #6 Comic Watch — War of the Realms #6

Tags describe recorded circumstances. They do not establish that the outcome depended on those circumstances, and an untagged entry does not guarantee equal conditions. Wins and losses include team encounters where indicated. Counts cover the entries listed here, not the character's complete fight history.