I'm sorry that this thing is going to sound really petty. But the one thing I have always hated about Thor is his Hair colour, that's right his hair colour. Now Thor in the comics has Blonde hair if you know anything about Norse and Germanic mythology you would know that Thor is a Red-haired Bearded character. For some reason this pisses me off I really don't know why.

this is what he SHOULD look like:

the problem here is marvel's thor was created by a guy who admittedly doesn't know much about mythology, there is actually quite a bit of thor's mythology not in the comics like his chariot pulled by giant goats or his kids, or his truly epic feats in drunkenness  

i think he dyes it so that when he shows up and people start laughing at his hair he can  beat them down more easily. just a theory.

Maybe Marvel hates gingers....lol 
(disclaimer: I have no dislike for those of the ginger persuasion. I fully support your right to have souls. lol)

he just ashamed about being a ginger

" I'm sorry that this thing is going to sound really petty. But the one thing I have always hated about Thor is his Hair colour, that's right his hair colour. Now Thor in the comics has Blonde hair if you know anything about Norse and Germanic mythology you would know that Thor is a Red-haired Bearded character. For some reason this pisses me off I really don't know why. "

Mythological Thor is supposed to be canon. 

"

Maybe Marvel hates gingers....lol 
(disclaimer: I have no dislike for those of the ginger persuasion. I fully support your right to have souls. lol)

"

What a stupid reason to hate Thor !

" What a stupid reason to hate Thor ! "

well do you know what ragarok is? The thor before the previous ragarok (not the one that was stopped by thor) was red haired.

" well do you know what ragarok is? The thor before the previous ragarok (not the one that was stopped by thor) was red haired. "

my big question has always been why did odin want to humble thor the vikings were known to love boasting about how great they were, humility was never considered at all

The recent THOR: THRONE OF BLOOD miniseries/origin story was a GREAT take on classic Norse Thor, with all the boasting, drinking, and generally bad behavior.  It gives Odin a very good reason for casting Thor out, to teach him humility.  It would actually make a fantastic starting point for the THOR MOVIE.  I gotta say, the movie is not looking too great, to be honest.

 
I wonder what Thor would have to say about this? 

Thee must be mad to insult the The Son of Odin's majestic golden hair that shines as the sun does! 
PREPARE TO FACE THE THUNDER GOD'S WRATH! 

It was the same reason hulk started grey in color, the prints were unable to render some colors properly, so, probably the colorist thought it was better to use the red on his cape, and yellow on his hair.

The first comics where more on the superhero side than on the mythological one, yet later writers made several attemps to reconcile both characters, and to use marvel thor as a vehicle for some great mythological storytelling, (there's just more than 600 of the regular series, and over 700 including limited series and one shots. so, it's okay if some of us have not read all of thor.) but they're aware that this is a superhero comic book, not history class. plenty books on norse literature and mythology by plenty scholars.

Thor's awesome just the way he is. :) Any being foolish enough to disagree shalt be smitten by the almighty hand of THOR.

" @gambit987 said:

" well do you know what ragarok is? The thor before the previous ragarok (not the one that was stopped by thor) was red haired. "

This. Marvel's Thor and Asgard as a whole has gone through repeated Ragnarok cycles, only to be resurrected with different appearances to repeat the cycle.  This was to feed the appetites of some kind of shadow gods above the Asgardians, if I remember correctly.  So our Thor of myth was just one of his incarnations, probably the one active during the time of the Vikings. Thor recently stopped the cycle, though, so he's gonna stay the way he is. "

" @Warlord said:

" What a stupid reason to hate Thor ! "

Like I Said it is a stupid thing to hate about any character. But it doesn't help that Comics Thor lacks some of Norse Thor's best traits. Norse Thor Dressed up as Freya got married to the Giant Thrym, he then out ate and drank a whole family of Giants stole back Mjöllnir then promptly murdered the whole family for stealing the hammer in the first place. "

here and there or evolve to fit within the Marvel universe. 
 
Hell, even the old Myths themselves aren't consistant. They changed over time due to war and history. The stories changed  with the influence of Christianity. 
The stories were varied greatly depending on the region. Different Gods had completely different roles or representation or even different variations on names depending what part of Europe or tribe you were from. 
Loki went from a "trickster" teacher God, as coyote would be represented in Native American Myth, to representing the Christian version of the Devil and suddenly the trickster became "evil" 
To some tribes the role of Thor was seen as an older god than Odin as well as greater.  
The tale of Ragnarok has been speculated by some scholars to have either been created or at least altered and influenced to fit with the Christian belief of Revelations 
and a new age of "One True God" after the old gods destroy themselves.
So to hold Marvel to restrictions on the details of the stories is to question the restrictions of the myths themselves to begin with. 
What Norse myths are even the "correct" ones?

I'm very into norse mythology and understand where your coming from but i think they gave him blonde hair because when people think vikings they usually think of them as a blonde haired race due to the region that they stem from. Colder climate make for more fair haired and fair skinned people... Im not to fond of the blonde either but i deal with it.

" @Night Thrasher: there are too many things missing for mythological thor to be the same guy "

You Know what is dumber than that ? His mother is Gaea

" You Know what is dumber than that ? His mother is Gaea "

Hairist

" @D3athstroke said:

" You Know what is dumber than that ? His mother is Gaea "

Not as dumb as you might think. Mythological Thor's mother was Jörd, a giantess who represented the earth. In Snorri Sturlson's Prose Edda and other works he's sometimes referred to as the son of Asgard and Midgard, meaning he has a connection with both the gods and the men of earth. This also makes a lot of sense considering he was the patron god of peasants, and was by far the most favored of the Norse pantheon among the common man. "

Hmmm....the one thing that gets on my nerves now?  The lack of respect Marvel editorial has for the character.  I would love to see them treat Thor with the same respect that DC treats Superman.   
 
Wouldn't that be nice.

" @Warlord said:

" What a stupid reason to hate Thor ! "

Like I Said it is a stupid thing to hate about any character. But it doesn't help that Comics Thor lacks some of Norse Thor's best traits. Norse Thor Dressed up as Freya got married to the Giant Thrym, he then out ate and drank a whole family of Giants stole back Mjöllnir then promptly murdered the whole family for stealing the hammer in the first place. "

Son of Goom, Hercules, Volstagg

" Hmmm....the one thing that gets on my nerves now?  The lack of respect Marvel editorial has for the character.  I would love to see them treat Thor with the same respect that DC treats Superman.    Wouldn't that be nice. "

I still like Thor as a character,but the thing that annoys me is his Classic outfit,it's goofy looking to me. 
 
WTF were they thinking with those huge azz wings on the top his head,looking like a damn erection..smh people.and the red&blue tights didn't help either..really a colorful Norse God/Viking??? 
 
i'd prefer if he looked like this =P 
 
 
now that's Yummmmy....hmmm