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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.

Top Ten Thor rip offs

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#1 Posted by dadaism (223 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

Was just curious to know if any one new

#2 Edited by _slim_ (12558 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

I can't really think of any, unless you count Thunderstrike and Beta Ray Bill as rip offs.

#3 Posted by Dhor (274 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

Thor himself is a rip off

#4 Posted by Walker696 (985 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

@Dhor: How is Thor a ripoff?

Beta Ray Bill

Thunderstrike (Eric Masterson)

Dargo Ktor

Thunderstrike(Eric's Son)

Ragnorok

Tanarus

Those are all the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

#5 Posted by D3athstroke (3658 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

Marvel Thor I mean pretty blond daddy's boy with hummer which calls himself Thor

(Fear Itself Team)

Nul i mean bald Hulk with Hummer

Kuurth

Attuma

Greithoth

Angrir

Skirn

Skadi

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Beta Ray Bill

Thunderstrikes

Ragnorok

Thor Girl

#6 Posted by Dhor (274 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

i wrote this like 100 times. i consider him a rip off character because he' stolen from mythology. at least that`s my opinion

#7 Posted by Vance Astro (88991 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

Everyone who has a Hammer isn't a Thor Rip-off....There really aren't any Thor rip-offs. Beta Ray Bill,Thunderstrike,Ragnarok, and anyone else that used the name Thor..ISN'T a rip-off.

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#8 Posted by PrinceIMC (5376 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

Yeah that's like saying Bucky is a rip off of Captain America.

#9 Posted by Vance Astro (88991 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio
@PrinceIMC said:
Yeah that's like saying Bucky is a rip off of Captain America.
Exactly.
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#10 Posted by danhimself (18954 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

@Dhor said:

i wrote this like 100 times. i consider him a rip off character because he' stolen from mythology. at least that`s my opinion

inspired by and ripped off are two completely different things

#11 Posted by The Impersonator (4253 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

@_slim_ said:

I can't really think of any, unless you count Thunderstrike and Beta Ray Bill as rip offs.

They're not considered as rip-offs. They are in the same Marvel universe. Not from other comic book universes. :P

#12 Edited by Vance Astro (88991 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio
@danhimself said:

@Dhor said:

i wrote this like 100 times. i consider him a rip off character because he' stolen from mythology. at least that`s my opinion

inspired by and ripped off are two completely different things

@The Impersonator said:

@_slim_ said:

I can't really think of any, unless you count Thunderstrike and Beta Ray Bill as rip offs.

They're not considered as rip-offs. They are in the same Marvel universe. Not from other comic book universes. :P

Love how so many can easily come to this conclusion, yet in the other "Rip-offs" thread, SOME people had characters from the same universe and even same line of comics and even with the same creator listed as rip-offs.Ridiculous.
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#13 Posted by PrinceIMC (5376 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

If the character itself is inspired by or somehow connected to the original they're not a rip off. Beta Ray Bill beat Thor in a fight and was given similar powers, not a rip-off. Tarene was impressed with Thor's heroic attitude so purposely patterned herself after him, not a rip off. Even Wiccan when he was calling himself Asgardian wasn't a rip-off character, he found out he had magical powers and met a few others who seemed to be inspired by the founding Avengers so he figured he could be the 'Thor' of the group.
 
To me 'rip-off' depends on the intention of the person who creates them, writer or artist who wants to capitalize on the popularity of a character but says they aren't connected to that character. I'd say Mockingbird started out as a rip-off of Black Canary. DC had Green Arrow and Marvel had Hawkeye (not saying they're rip offs of each other) but Green Arrow had a badass martial artist girlfriend with a bird name. So Marvel gave Hawkeye one.

#14 Posted by _slim_ (12558 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio
@The Impersonator said:

@_slim_ said:

I can't really think of any, unless you count Thunderstrike and Beta Ray Bill as rip offs.

They're not considered as rip-offs. They are in the same Marvel universe. Not from other comic book universes. :P

Never considered them rip-offs was just stating that some might count them as rip-offs.  
 
I know they share the same universe.
#15 Posted by vidarrodinson (137 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

You guys can add Noblius(the High Evolutionary's guy) and Red Norvell in the mix. You know, I favor both sides of this. But I'm tired of the duplicity of my guy Thor. The Highlander said, There can be only one.

#16 Posted by PowerHerc (52500 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

Red Norvell

Beta Ray Bill

Thunderstrike

He-Man (Both a Thor rip-off and a Hercules rip-off)

Perun

Mightor (Hanna-Barbera character)

Dargo

T-Strike (Kevin Masterson)

Thor (Image Comics)

Orion (somewhat)

#17 Posted by TheGoldenOne (38672 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio
@Vance Astro said:
Everyone who has a Hammer isn't a Thor Rip-off....There really aren't any Thor rip-offs. Beta Ray Bill,Thunderstrike,Ragnarok, and anyone else that used the name Thor..ISN'T a rip-off.
This.
#18 Posted by gravitypress (2061 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

Red Norvell

Beta Ray Bill

Thunder Strike

Dargo

Thor Girl

Ragnarok

#19 Posted by jeanroygrant (20191 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago - Show Bio

@PowerHerc said:

Red Norvell

Beta Ray Bill

Thunderstrike

He-Man (Both a Thor rip-off and a Hercules rip-off)

Perun

Mightor (Hanna-Barbera character)

Dargo

T-Strike (Kevin Masterson)

Thor (Image Comics)

Orion (somewhat)

orion?

#20 Posted by Jonny_Anonymous (16674 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago - Show Bio

Other than the one from Norse Mythology every Thor is existence is a rip off

#21 Posted by PowerHerc (52500 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago - Show Bio

@jeanroygrant: Yeah, kinda, if you read Kirby's early New Gods stuff there are several parallels.

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