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Character » Thor appears in 4516 issues.

Thor, the Asgardian God of Thunder. The son of Odin - All-Father of Asgard - and Gaea - the Elder Earth-Goddess - Thor is the mightiest warrior of Asgard and one of the most powerful beings on Earth.

Beginning for Thor

Posted by Aeroman (423 posts) - 2 years, 5 months ago - Show Bio

I was thinking that since the movie is about to come I was wondering where to start reading with the thunder god

#1 Posted by tensor (3315 posts) - 2 years, 5 months ago - Show Bio

you have to start from classic thor to get a full understanding an see some of his best feat

#2 Posted by PowerHerc (50957 posts) - 2 years, 5 months ago - Show Bio

I'd check out the Surtur saga by Simonson, the Disassembled story-arc and the Celestial saga.   
Each one of these is very cool even though they're all quite different from each other.    
They each convey Thor's power and nobility with truly epic stories (and they were epic before the word became so overused). 
#3 Posted by Mercy_ (83772 posts) - 2 years, 5 months ago - Show Bio

The where should I start thread.

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#4 Posted by SC (9864 posts) - 2 years, 5 months ago - Show Bio
If you are going the trade paper back route, I would recommend  
 
THOR DISASSEMBLED TPB Which is a sweeping epic, and contains a lot of Thor's Asgardian related characters, friends and foes, probably more in one story, than any other Thor story. The art is beautiful and its very acclaimed and very popular with fans.  
 
Then you should get, if you can, the first two JMS TPB's which are just know as THOR VOLUME #1 by JMS, and THOR VOLUME #2 by JMS, and these stories are great, slow, quite decompressed but are primarily responsible for relaunching Thor as the character he is today. This is where he got a new armor, and also vol 2 has the very epic issue #600 issue. All the characters are written very well here.  
 
Good luck, and feel free to ask more questions, maybe you don't mind older issues? Or you prefer lighter, less heavy material? Since Thor has those, and he also has some quite disgusting (in the good way) violent and dark story arcs as well lol
#5 Posted by Ry Fryy (337 posts) - 2 years, 5 months ago - Show Bio

Not really a good starting place, but the Ages of Thunder book is a great read.

#6 Posted by Aeroman (423 posts) - 2 years, 5 months ago - Show Bio
@Ry Fryy:  i have ages of thunder so would be OK to get the ongoing series
#7 Posted by dewboy01 (1826 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago - Show Bio

I've read and collect a lot of thor comics. But I can't wait for that movie to come out!
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