To be fair the more jerkish portrayal of Odin under Fraction is a tad unusual.  Odin has always been a bit pompous and condescending, but I don't recall ever to this degree.  Fraction has the pompous side down, but has yet to grasp the more nobler side of Asgardian speech.  On the other hand considering all Asgard's been through lately and the sheer stupidity Thor has demonstrated I can see why Odin is p.o.ed.  Thor makes one incredible moronic move after another, recalls Odin to clean up his mess, and then complain when Odin calls him out on his crap.  
 
I don't think Odin is going to lose to Galactus, but I get the feeling the Serpent in Fear Itself is going to be the one to humble Odin.  It is the way these stories tend to go.

No, Odin shouldn't lose just to lose. This has been happening to far too many characters lately.

Having him lose to anyone less than an abstract being or and equal like Zeus or Surtur would only make him seem weaker to readers when depicted in the future.

Odin needs to remain a top-level, legitimate, nigh-invincible bad-ass. No matter how arrogant, pompous or condescending he is.

Beating Galactus should be an impressive feat but, considering how much Galactus jobs these days, beating him just isn't what it used to be.

@IncredibleMSJ said:

@PowerHerc: I agree that that is the case but I think Galactus would be an appropriate character to lose to... He is in the top tier of the marvel universe

You're right; if you're gonna lose to someone, it might as well be Galactus.

Still, I'd hate for Odin to start down the path Marvel put Galactus on, you know, where they use him as an opponent/jobber for anyone and everyone when they want to show how powerful he/she is by having him/her beat, stalemate or have a good showing against Galactus. Doing that to Odin would unnecessarily diminish everyone's perception of how powerful Odin really is, much like it has with Galactus.

I want to see Galactus pummeling Odin to a bloody pulp. In the most brutal way ever.

@seekquaze said:

@PowerHerc: I hope your right. Galactus started out as the great cosmic force, but turned into the guest-star who gets plummled. Odin has been largely protected to this due to mainly appearing in Thor and being the cosmic hero who fought what no one else could fight. The moment a god becomes something Captain America can fight against and win they just come across as less godlier as seen in SIEGE where just about everybody and anybody were mowing down Asgardians.

Exactly. There is no way the average superhero, let alone normal heroes of any stripe, should ever be able to realisticly go toe-to-toe with gods.

can anyone think of a fight Odin has lost? cause I can only think of 5. Odin, Zeus and another Skyfather Humbled by Arishem the Judge.  Odin after drawing every asgardian present in to the Destroyer and weilding the Odinsword along with the Uni mind made up of every eternal are bested by the fourth host.  Odin is Defeated by Surtur when Surtur is weilding the twilight sword and the casket of ancient winters.  Odin gets wooped when He faces A Super amped version of Doctor doom weilding Galactus's power plus a cosmic cube plus a bunch of other powers.  He must have been defeated by the dark Gods at some time to be imprisoned by them. but I don't think there was ever an on panel fight.

@Thor's hammmer said:

can anyone think of a fight Odin has lost? cause I can only think of 5. Odin, Zeus and another Skyfather Humbled by Arishem the Judge.  Odin after drawing every asgardian present in to the Destroyer and weilding the Odinsword along with the Uni mind made up of every eternal are bested by the fourth host.  Odin is Defeated by Surtur when Surtur is weilding the twilight sword and the casket of ancient winters.  Odin gets wooped when He faces A Super amped version of Doctor doom weilding Galactus's power plus a cosmic cube plus a bunch of other powers.  He must have been defeated by the dark Gods at some time to be imprisoned by them. but I don't think there was ever an on panel fight.

Against the Dark Gods Odin was weak from battling Seth.  In a previous battle with Seth Odin had given his Odinforce to Thor, but drew power from the land and was dominating Seth till he got distracted and lost.  Odin lost to Surtur again when Odin had to commit suicide to defeat him.  So, Odin has been defeated a few times.  These are just non-jobbing loses because there either against characters on his level or powered-up beyond his level.  Odin holds victories or close to victories over the likes of Thor, Surfer, Annhilus, Surtur, Ymir and Thanos.  An impressive list. Oh, Vishnu is the third skfyather you are thinking about. 

@Thor's hammmer:  No, Hogun defeated Seth.  He threw the Black Knight, who due to a curse had become an extension of the Ebony Blade, at Seth and it destroyed him.  After Odin is distracted and taken down by Seth he does not get up again until after Seth is defeated.  Surtur and Odin dying at the same time can easily be regarded as a stalemate depending on how you look at it and that would be the most common way.  Odin losing to Surtur is not wrong. It is true like you said in the earliest stories Surtur was easily bested by Odin, but back then Odin was pretty much God.  Things have changed since then because it would be boring if Odin had no rivals.  Since at least Simonson's run Surtur has been treated as a rival and equal to Odin.  When Odin became that huge warrior about all he could do was match Surtur's power.  I do admit Odin has superior knowledge of sorcerer and that is what allowed him to gain a temporary advantage over Surtur, but Simonson even had it so back when Odin and his brothers first met Surtur and merged their power they could not gain a victory over him.  That is why Thor with the Odinforce in Defalco's run could only get a temporary victory and admitted Surtur would soon revived to continue a battle and Thor was spent.  In Jurgen's run Surtur was at the very least equal if not superior to Odin. 

Okay. Just read Mighty Thor 4. Couldn't be more disappointed in the outcome of the battle thus far although it is to be continued. This could have been the opportunity to put Galactus back in respectable terms of power but instead the writers decided to dilute his power more. He should have more respect in my opinion and not be used simply as a plot tool to showcase how powerful other beings are. I thought it was pretty clear that skyfathers were clearly beneath the cosmics.  AHHH!