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{Download PDF} Ultimate Comics Thor Ebook, Epub ULTIMATE COMICS THOR PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Jonathan Hickman,Carlos Pacheco | 112 pages | 05 Oct 2011 | Marvel Comics | 9780785151883 | English | New York, United States Ultimate Comics: Thor - Wikipedia He easily defeated the Hulk, who was brainwashed by the Maker and injected with a Giant-Man serum. Thor later battles his son, Modi, who has tried to conquer the United States with the help of Hydra. Thor is forced to kill Modi, and is left to mourn his son, as well as rue his own failures as a father. Bruce Banner tracks Thor down and transforms into the Hulk, leading to a rematch between the two. Thor is defeated and imprisoned, but is later freed alongside the rest of his teammates. Iron Man also creates a new hammer and suit of armor for Thor by using Reed's future technology. When the Earth version of Galactus attacks the Ultimate Earth, Thor is among those to challenge the entity. During the final battle, Thor sacrifices himself in order to drive Galactus into the Negative Zone , trapping them both. After the destruction of both the Earth and Ultimate universes, Thor is among those rescued by God Doom and transported to Battleworld. Now known as Thunderer Thorlief nicknamed "Ultimate Thor" , he begins investigating the murderers of various men and women who all turn out to be alternate universe versions of Donald Blake and Jane Foster. Ultimate Thor discovers that the murders were committed by Rune Thor, who had been tasked by God Doom with eliminating the various versions of Donald and Jane in order to keep the Thor Corps from remembering that the Multiverse once existed before Battleworld. Ultimate Thor and the other members of the Thor Corps storm Doom's castle, where they are all killed. After his death, Ultimate Thor's hammer is shown to have landed on the Earth version of Asgard. Sometime later, the hammer is shown to be on a mysterious space ship, in front of an imprisoned Thor Odinson. Currently, the Collector is being challenged for possession of this hammer by Thanos ' Black Order , as well as a team-up of Odinson, Toothgnasher one of his magical goats , "Thori" a Hellhound previously owned by Loki , and Beta Ray Bill. Although able to channel its power when in proximity, Odinson chooses not to claim the hammer, but he and Bill use the power of the hammer to return Asgard to its rightful place while decimating the Collector's forces. This hammer is subsequently claimed by Volstagg , after he witnesses the brutal demise of several children in a conflict with Cindr's forces. This transforms Volstagg into the War Thor. This hammer is also seen in one alternate future wielded by synthezoid Victor Mancha. Thor possesses immense superhuman strength, stamina, and durability. At the beginning of the series, his physical powers were entirely dependent on his belt because he had no access to his divine powers. After being restored by Odin, however, it is unclear if the belt boosts his powers or, in fact, serves any purpose at all. Thor possesses the ability to control the weather on a large scale. He is capable of summoning thunderstorms and controlling massive amounts of lightning. He can teleport across space and between dimensions. It is unknown to what extent he relies on his weapons for these abilities. It is also unknown if Thor can control other types of weather. Both variations of his hammer are capable of these powers. Thor possesses some skill at combat. He is depicted with an armory of weapons ranging from different types of hammers to swords and daggers. But, in the Ultimate Thor miniseries it is revealed that the hammer resembling the Earth version was his weapon when he was a god, and was lost during Ragnarok. When he is reincarnated as Thorleif Golmen, he is given tech-based armour and a portable power supply that gives him his superhuman powers, which is turned into the recognisable axe-hammer from The Ultimates. Starting in The Ultimates 3 , Thor no longer wears the belt or uses the axe- hammer, and instead uses the "true" Mjolnir. When the Children of Tomorrow drain the Odinforce and exterminate the Asgardian race, Thor is stripped of his godly powers and gives his square hammer to his son Modi before pushing him into the World Tree. From then, he uses the belt and axe-hammer he wielded before, now more powerful due to advancements made by Tony Stark. Even after Thor's 'death' after the Incursions, his hammer survived the destruction of the multiverse and landed on Asgard. When the currently-unworthy Odinson of Earth came in close proximity of it, he experienced brief flashes of Ultimate Thor's life, even sensing that the hammer was in some way searching for its true master, and was able to channel the hammer's control of the lightning despite not being its master or worthy of his own hammer at this point. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Not to be confused with Ultimate Comics: Thor. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. Learn how and when to remove these template messages. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. 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While browsing, Ultimate Thor popped up as a recommendation. I was hesitant at first because it appeared to be another reimaging of his origin. And it is. But, it is als I've only started reading Marvel comics in the past year. But, it is also a jumping off point for a new take on the hero. The book switches between three time lines: The Present, and Asgard of various eons or ages ago. In the present, Thor appears to be in a sanitarium. They have been experimenting with something designed specifically for him but now suspect he may be crazy because he thinks he's the reincarnated Thor! In , we follow the masked Zemo as he finds the Norn stones and prepares to invade Asgard with the help of a Nazi and Frost Giant army. And, eons ago we see the three sons of Odin fighting an endless war against Jotunheim; but, it will soon end and change everything. First, I love that in this world, Loki is actually Odin's son and not adopted. It presents so many opportunities to not only reimagine the tale, but to provide explanation for his and others' actions. I mean, why would Odin put up with him for so long when he favored his real sons anyway? Here, he is a real son and it makes sense why he wouldn't give up on his child. It also provides a possible motive for Loki's treachery - a spurned mother. Zeno's army presumably achieves Ragnarok, causing the reincarnation of Thor and Balder - as men. But, we cannot have Thor without his lightning, and the remedy for that is clever and full of possibilities. Overall, I loved this Ultimate Thor, but am left unsure how to proceed. I want more of the story but since the various character often intertwine, I do not know what book to go to next Aug 20, Aarthika rated it it was amazing Shelves: superior-comics , comics-graphicnovels-manga. The reveal in the book was unexpected. Overall this was pretty impressive and was yet another Thor comic I finally actually enjoyed. I liked the art in this too and how it wasn't very dialogue heavy as most Thor comics are. Oct 05, Martin rated it really liked it Shelves: reviewed. This one was quite good, a 4-parter that seamlessly integrates 3 separate, yet interlinked storylines. Jonathan Hickman pulls it off nicely, as we see Thor "Ages Ago", in a war with the Frost Giants, in , as he and the rest of Asgard are besieged by those same Frost Giants and nazis led by Baron Zemo whose secret identity I did NOT see coming , and then in "present day" in the short period leading up to his joining the Ultimates in Mark Millar's first arc of that title.
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