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The MightyThorhas long been one of the Avengers ' most powerful heroes , but his battle with Zeus is demonstrate he ’s reached a whole unexampled level of godhood . In current Marvel lore , the pecking order of Marvel ’s godsis in upheaval . The cosmic wheel has turned , take to new transformations in the gods as well as the restitution of the Utgard - Gods- a higher level of divine being who pretend as the primordial archetypes for the graven image of multiple unlike pantheons . Thor has been scramble against these emerging force out , leading to a confrontation with the loss leader of the Ancient Greek pantheon , Zeus Panhellenios .
In a prevue ofImmortal Thor # 14 , Thor begins his struggle against Zeus , who was recently reborn in a dark fresh conqueror word form . While Olympus ' Sky - Father hurls a lightning bolt at Thor , Asgard ’s God of Thunder is able to turn it aside with a word . This moment shows thatThor is now able to surpass the leader of Olympus ' pantheon , who exists on the same power level as Odin and Galactus ( at least according to Thanos . )
Thor recently became the All - Father of Asgard , officially unlocking the All - Power , previously known as the Odin Force . This is the sensitive power of a creator god , and has clearly put Thor on the same level as Zeus , who antecedently possess ultimate restraint over all weather . However , Thor ’s late adventures propose he ’s give way even further , and is now more powerful than even this reborn version of Zeus .
In the MCU , Chris Hemsworth ’s Thor was able-bodied to beat Russell Crowe ’s Zeus by impaling him with his own Thunderbolt . In the comics , Zeus is a far more levy presence , and has traditionally been far , far above Thor ’s level .
The image of Zeus hurling a lightning bolt only for it to ' prefer ' to obey Thor is a major symbol of both how and why Thor is now so powerful .
Hulk and Thor have had plenty of fights in wonder history , but this time they ’re actually trying to kill each in a engagement for the ages .
The Immortal Thor # 14
All-Father Thor Is On the Same Level as Zeus
Thor’s Odin-Level Upgrade Allows Him to Deflect Zeus' Lightning with a Word
Earlier in the series , Thor explained that his force over lightningdoesn’t stanch from any power to ' dominate ' the weather . alternatively , he is tie into the cosmic order and has a singular kinship - almost friendship - with the natural world . This is part of his role as a violent storm god , but also an gist of him being part sr. God as the biological boy of Gaea . Thor loosely portrays this as a family relationship - the violent storm chooses to do as he postulate - howeverit ’s also clear that the All - Power requires him to roleplay in cosmic understanding with natural forces . The more in - tune with the world around him Thor is , the more his big businessman holds primacy over anyone else ’s .
Gaea is the embodiment of the Earth in Marvel lore , and recently warned Thor she plans to eradicate humanity due to their treatment of her . When Thor dissent that she needed to give humanity a luck , she respond that she has - she ’s given them him .
Thor has long been on a lower level of godhood than Zeus , but that ’s no longer unfeigned . Thor ’s valorousness has kept his mythology and worship alive not just on Earth , but across the galaxy . At the same metre , he has now taken Odin ’s place as the All - Father of an entire pantheon . It ’s clear that Thor now realize himself as Zeus ' adequate , declaring that their scrap will be"the byplay of Skyfathers . “The Skyfather archetype denotes Marvel ’s mighty god , but thanks to Thor ’s unexampled understanding of his limits , he ’s able-bodied to utilise his abilities in far more various ways . That ’s going to be all important in the conflict against Zeus , who is more grave than he ’s ever been .
devotee have debated what exactly ' worthy ' means for years - now , Thor testify he knows the result , as Mjolnir unlocks " infinite power . "
Zeus ' Olympians were late killed and resurrected , returning in potent new conqueror form .
Zeus Was One of Marvel’s Top Gods Even Before His Recent Rebirth
The Sky Father of the Greek Pantheon Even Crushed Hulk
Zeus has long been less interventionist in Marvel lore than Odin , though with a soft spot forhis half - human son Hercules , who has recollective stride Earth as a hero . However , the Olympians were lately kill by the nighttime goddess Nyx , and were then reincarnate in far more aggressive sort concern with conquering the cosmos and forcing humanity to worship them . Star - Lord and the Guardians of the Galaxy took on the pantheon and , thanks to help from Athena , were able to ostracise Zeus to an alternate dimension - a attribute to which Loki just send Hercules and Thor .
InImmortal Thor , Loki has have on the emblematical role of Thor ’s honorable foe . Loki keeps engineering science situations that could kill Thor but which , if he see a fashion to subsist , teach an essential deterrent example he ’ll need to kill the Utgard - Gods .
Before his rising slope , Zeus was unfathomably powerful , twist realism to his whim . Even theHulk learned to value Zeus ' powerwhen he present him on Olympus , where Zeus promptly doled out a lacing that shatter the Green Goliath ’s ribs , collapse his lung , and left him disgorge greenish blood . In many ways , Zeus embodies the concept of raw power on a cosmic level . That ’s even more significant give the arrival of the Utgard - Gods , since the ideas that fundamentally define each god have renewed power , but also renewed influence over their demeanor .
Thor is take on Marvel ’s strongest case . But given how helter-skelter their major power have been so far , is the God of Thunder making a huge mistake ?
It ’s a major win for fans of Al Ewing to see Zeus return . Ewing wrote several mass ofGuardians of the Galaxy , evolving Star - Lord ’s powers and backstory in character - defining ways . Many fans felt thatEwing’sGuardians of the Galaxyended too soon , and so it ’s a backup to see the author able to continue the themes of that series by add back one of its great bads .
If Thor can not just equal Zeus ' power but find oneself a way to best the unhinged vanquisher , he ’ll have done something even Odin never could .
Over inGuardians of the Galaxy , Zeus represented a patriarchal , traditional conception of power , with a single all - powerful god - king at the top , destruct and conquering everything in his path . In many mode , he ’s the perfect opposition to test Thor ’s new , more subjective form of magnate which hinge on a form of cosmic consent . The image of Zeus hurling a lightning bolt only for it to ' choose ' to obey Thor is a major symbol of both how and why Thor is now so muscular .
Al Ewing ’s beloved 2020 run of Guardians of the Galaxy reinvented the squad as queer icon , while also giving Star - Lord an allegoric do out .
Thor’s New Power Level Is Exposing the Magic of the Gods
Thor’s Limitless Powers Are Governed by His Knowledge and Cunning
Immortal Thoris paint a raw image of Thor ’s powers where his ability are tied to his wisdom , just as they were for Odin . This means thatThorcando almost anything , but only once he finds the path that best process in conformity with cosmic order and his own rule . For good example , when Thor fought the Utgard - God Toranos , he was badly outmatched . Toranos is also known as the Utgard - Thor , and is the original form of all the idea that Thor embodies in a more human way . Because of this , Thor ’s strong point and violent storm powers could n’t make a dent .
To gain , Thor had to trust on his wisdom , prefer todeclare Toranos suitable of Mjolnir . While this made his competitor even strong , it also bound Toranos to the conception of worthiness , forcing him to confront the moral attribute of his actions and eventually give up . Toranos was unquestionably more herculean than Thor - Thor ’s godhood is just one specific shadow of Toranos ' - and yet thanks to his Wisdom of Solomon , the All - Power was able to deliver a major victory .
A win over Zeus in the same manner will truly drive home how influential Thor now is in Marvel ’s pecking order of the gods . While Toranos is a relatively newfangled threat , Zeus has been around as long as the Asgardians , and has always only had Odin as a godly equal . If Thor can not just adequate Zeus ' power but find a way to best the unhinged conqueror , he ’ll arguably have done something even Odin never could .
As Thor face up Toranos , aka the Utgard - Thor , his iconic hammer Mjolnir is revealed to be the ' tail ' of the older God ’s gigantic wheel .
Thor release aside Zeus ' lightning with a word point that he ’s reached the upper limit of godhood , previously presented as adequate to Galactus and the Celestials , and less only to the Universal Abstracts like Eternity and the Living Tribunal . Indeed , if Thor can continue to dominate Zeus , he can easily be called Marvel ’s most powerful god . That will count onThor ’s bear on ability to work from a position of wisdom and balance , continuing the journey he require to take to crush the Utgard - Gods ' terrifying plan for Earth .
The Immortal Thor # 14is coming August 14 from Marvel Comics .
