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You are here: Home / Featured / Thor Reading Order!

Thor Reading Order!

November 1, 2017 by Dave 37 Comments

Modern Thor reading order! Loki! Angela! Kid Loki! Lady Sif! The Warriors Three (sometimes four)! And oh yeah… The Mighty Thor!

If you’ve ever wanted to explore the God of Thunder, you won’t find a better guide to Asgard. So be it!

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Updates by: Peyi Olugbodi (March 2022)

Related Reading Orders:

Loki reading order

Avengers reading order

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I) Classic Thor – Essential Thor Stories From the Past

Thor Epic Collection: The God Of Thunder

Collects: Journey Into Mystery (1952) 83-109

Robert Bernstein, Stan Lee, Larry Leiber, Al Hartley, Don Heck, Jack Kirby, Jo Sinnott- 15 October 2014

The debut of the Mighty Thor from King Kirby and Stanly the Manly. Some of my favorite 60’s Marvel comics, and a fairly astonishing debut of Asgard and Thor in the Marvel Universe. If you start down this path in Marvel Unlimited, note that Journey into Mystery becomes just plain “Thor” after issue #125. So Journey into Mystery #125 leads to Thor #126. Comics!

Thor Epic Collection: When Titans Clash

Collects: Journey Into Mystery (1952) #110-125 And Annual #1, Thor (1966) #126-130, And Material From Not Brand Echh #3

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby- 2 November 2016

Thor Epic Collection: The Wrath Of Odin

Collects: Thor (1966) #131-153, Annual (1966) #2

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby- 27 September 2017

Thor Epic Collection: To Wake The Mangog

Collects: Thor (1966) #154-174

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby- 25 February 2015

Thor Epic Collection: The Fall Of Asgard

Collects: Thor (1966) #175-194

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Marie Severin- 26 September 2018

Thor Epic Collection: Into The Dark Nebula

Collects: Thor (1966) #195-216

Gerry Conway, Stan Lee, Len Wein, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, John Romita Sr.- 25 March 2020

Thor Epic Collection: Ulik Unchained

Collects: Thor (1966) #217-241, Marvel Premiere (1972) #26, Material From Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #3

Gerry Conway, Bill Mantlo, Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler, Sal Buscema, John Buscema, Arvell Jones, Keith Pollard, Gil Kane, Ron Wilson- 22 December 2021

Thor Masterworks Vol. 15

Collects: Thor (1966) #242-253, Annual (1966) #5, Marvel Spotlight (1971) #30 And Material From Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #10

Steve Englehart, David Anthony Kraft, Len Wein, John Buscema, Pablo Marcos, Jack Kirby- 16 March 2016

Thor Masterworks Vol. 16

Collects: Thor (1966) #255-266, Annual (1966) #6

Roger Stern, Len Wein, John Buscema, Walt Simonson, Sal Buscema- 11 October 2017

Thor Masterworks Vol. 17

Collects: Thor (1966) #267-278 And Marvel Preview #10

Bill Mantlo, Roy Thomas, Len Wein, John Buscema, Val Mayerik, Walt Simonson, Jim Starlin- 14 November 2018

Thor Masterworks Vol. 18

Collects: Thor (1966) #279-290 And Annual #7-8

Don Glut, Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, Roy Thomas, Don Thompson, Maggie Thompson, Wayne Boring, John Buscema, Arvell Jones, Alan Kupperberg, Keith Pollard, Walt Simonson- 18 September 2019

Thor Masterworks Vol. 19

Collects: Thor (1966) #291-302; Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #24, 26

Jo Duffy, Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, Roy Thomas, Ken Landgraf, Keith Pollard, Ricardo Villamonte- 29 January 2020

Thor Epic Collection: A Kingdom Lost

Collects: Thor (1966) #303-319 And Annual #9-10

Chris Claremont, Alan Zelenetz, Bob Hall, Gil Kane, Alan Kupperberg, Rick Leonardi, Luke McDonnell, Keith Pollard- 17 October 2019

Thor Epic Collection: Runequest

Collects: Thor (1966) #320-336, Annual (1966) #11; Bizarre Adventures (1981) #32

Steven Grant, Bob Hall, Doug Moench, Alan Zelenetz, John Bolton, M.D.Bright, Ernie Chan, Bob Hall, Alan Kupperberg, Greg Larocque, Don Perlin, Herb Trimpe, Keith Pollard, Bob Layton- 10 August 2016

Walt Simonson’s Thor & Beyond!

Thor by Walter Simonson Vol. 1

Collects: Thor #337-345

Walt Simonson- 11 October 2017

The standard all other Thor comics are trying to meet. Likely the greatest Thor run ever, and if that’s not enough of a sell: FROG THOR.

Thor by Walter Simonson Vol. 2

Collects: Thor (1966) #346-355

Walt Simonson, Sal Buscema- 10 January 2018

Thor by Walter Simonson Vol. 3

Collects: Thor (1966) #357-363 And Balder The Brave #1-4

Walt Simonson, Sal Buscema- 18 April 2018

Thor by Walter Simonson Vol. 4

Collects: Thor (1966) #364-369 And #371-374

Walt Simonson, Sal Buscema- 11 July 2018

Thor by Walter Simonson Vol. 5

Collects: Thor #375-382

Walt Simonson, Sal Buscema- 13 December 2018

Thor Epic Collection: War Of The Pantheons

Collects: Thor (1966) #383-400

Tom Defalco, Ron Frenz, Stan Lee, Jim Shooter, Roger Stern, Bob Hall, Erik Larsen, Charles Vess- 17 October 2019

Thor Epic Collection: In Mortal Flesh

Collects: Thor (1966) #401-418, Annual #14

Tom Defalco, Randall Frenz, Ron Frenz, Roy Thomas, Tony DeZuniga, Gary Hartle, Mike Mignola, Rich Yanizeski, Jack Kirby- 2 August 2017

Thor Epic Collection: The Black Galaxy

Collects: Thor (1966) #419-436 And Annual #15

Tom Defalco, Randall Frenz, Ron Frenz, Gary Hartle, Richard Bennett, Herb Trimpe- 28 August 2019

Thor Epic Collection: The Thor War

Collects: Thor (1966) #437-450, Thor Annual (1966) #16-17

Tom Defalco, Ron Frenz, Roy Thoams, Geof Isherwood, Pat Olliffe, Herb Trimpe- 9 December 2020

Thor Epic Collection: The Final Gauntlet

Collects: Thor (1966) #451-467, Thor Corps (1993) #1-4

Tom Defalco, Ron Frenz, Ron Marz, Jim Starlin, Gary Hartle, Geof Isherwood, Pat Olliffe, M. C. Wyman, Bruce Zick- 9 June 2021

Thor: Blood & Thunder

Collects: Thor (1966) #468-471, Silver Surfer (1987) #86-88, Warlock Chronicles #6-8 And Warlock And The Infinity Watch #23- 25

Ron Marz, Jim Starlin, Tom Grindberg, Angel Medina, Tom Raney, Kris Renkewitz, Andy Smith, M. C. Wyman, Bruce Zick, Ron Lim- 28 June 2018

Thor Epic Collection: Worldengine

Collects: Thor (1966) #491-502, Captain America (1968) #449, Iron Man (1968) #326, Avengers (1963) #396, Thor: The Legend

Warren Ellis, Terry Kavanaugh, William Messner-loebs, Mark Waid, Mike Deodato Jr., Geof Isherwood, John Stameta- 13 June 2018

II) Heroes Reborn: The Return of Thor – 1998 to 2004




Thor: First Thunder

#1 – #5

First Thunder is actually a 2010 miniseries. I place it this early in the guide because it works as sort of a Season One Thor story, from the early days of the Thunder God.

Thor, Vol.2 #1

Collects Thor #1-8, And Peter Parker: Spider-Man #2

You don’t have to start all the way at the beginning of this era of Thor to be prepared for Avengers Disassembled. I’ll lay it out so that you can, but this era is reliant on your love of all things Asgard, and your desire to see all things to completion.

Thor by Dan Jurgens & John Romita Jr, Vol. 2

Collects Thor (1998) #9-13 And Thor Annual 1999

Thor, Vol. 3

Collects Thor #14-17, Iron Man #21-22, Peter Parker: Spider-Man #11, And Juggernaut: The Eighth Day

Thor by Dan Jurgens & John Romita Jr, Vol. 4

Thor #18-25, Annual 2000

Thor: Across All Worlds

Thor (1998) #26-35

Thor: The Death of Odin

Thor (1998) #36-43, Annual 2001

Thor: Godstorm

Collects: Thor: Godstorm #1-3; Thor (1966) #408-409 (Tales Of Asgard Backups)

Kurt Buseik, Steve Rude- September 2001

Thor: Lord of Asgard

Thor #44 – #50

Thor: Gods on Earth

Collecting Thor #51-58, Iron Man #64, And Avengers #63

Thor: Spiral

Collecting Thor 59-67 And Material From Marvel Double-Shot 1

Thor: Vikings

Collects: Thor: Vikings (2003) #1-5

Garth Ennis, Glenn Fabry- July 2003

Thor: Gods & Men

Collecting Thor (1998) #68-79

III) Thor Disassembled: Ragnarok

Avengers Disassembled: Thor

Collects Thor #80-85

For the entire event, here’s my Avengers Disassembled reading order.

Thor: Son of Asgard

Thor: Son Of Asgard #1-12

Following Thor Disassembled, we get a handful of miniseries that reflect back on Thor’s early days. A number of these are published even after the next section of Thor stories, but I place them here for reference. You do not need to read all of these to keep current on Thor continuity.

Thor: Blood Oath

#1 – #6

Loki

#1 – #4

Thor: Ages of Thunder

Thor: Ages Of Thunder (Apr 2008), Thor: Reign Of Blood (June 2008), Thor: Truth Of History (Oct 2008), Thor: Man Of War (Nov 2008), Thor God-Size Special (Dec 2008)

Thor: The Trial Of Thor

Collects: Thor: Truth Of History One-Shot, Thor: Wolves Of The North #1, Thor: The Trial Of Thor One-Shot, Thor: The Rage Of Thor #1, Thor Annual 1, Thor: Heaven & Earth #1-4, And Material From Dark Reign: The Cabal One-Shot.

Alan Davis, Mike Carey, Mike Perkins- June 2009

Astonishing Thor

Astonishing Thor 1-5

Thor and the Warriors Four

Thor And The Warriors Four #1-4

Thor: Wolves of the North

#1

Thor: For Asgard

#1 – #4

Thor: Heaven & Earth

#1 – #4

IV) Thor Returns! The J. Michael Straczynksi and Olivier Coipel Years (2007 to 2009)

Road to Civil War portion of the Thor Omnibus

Fantastic Four #536 – #537

You could just as reasonably turn to the actual Road to Civil War collection for these issues of Fantastic Four. These are surprisingly necessary components of Thor’s continuity.

Thor, Vol. 1

Thor #1-6 (July 2007 – Feb 2008)

Thor, Vol. 2

Thor #7 – #12 + #600 (March 2008 – Feb 2009)

Secret Invasion: Thor

#1 – #3 (Aug 2008 – Oct 2008)

For the full Secret Invasion reading order.

Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter

Collects Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter #1-3 And Secret Invasion Aftermath: Beta Ray Bill – The Green Of Eden

#1

Thor, Vol. 3

Collects Thor #601-603, And Thor: Defining Moments Giant-Size #1 (Apr 2009 – Sep 2009)

Thor Giant-Size

#1

V) Mighty Thor & Journey Into Mystery – The Kieron Gillen & Matt Fraction Years (2010 to 2012)

Thor: Latverian Prometheus

Thor #604-606 & Sif #1 (Dec 2009 – Jan 2010)

Thor: Siege

Thor #607 – 610 + Siege: Loki #1

For the full Siege reading order.

Thor: Siege Aftermath

Thor #611-614 (June 2010 – Sept 2010)

Thor: The Mighty Avenger: The Complete Collection

Collecting: Thor The Mighty Avenger 1-8, Free Comic Book Day 2011

Important to clarify that Thor: The Mighty Avenger is the absolutely excellent (yet out of continuity) all ages Thor series from Roger Langridge. Highly recommended, but Matt Fraction’s “The Mighty Thor” is the in-continuity continuation of Thor’s story.

Valkyrie

#1

Thor: The Trials of Loki

Loki #1 – #4

Thor/ Iron Man: God Complex

Collects: Iron Man/Thor #1-4

Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Scot Eaton, Jaime Mendoza, Veronica Gandini, Clayton Cowles- November 2010

Thor: The World Eaters

Thor #615 – #621 (Sept 2010 – March 2011)

Chaos War: Avengers

Collects: Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1-3, Chaos War: Thor #1-2, Chaos War: Ares #1

Michael Oeming, Fred Lan Vente, JM DeMatteis, Brian Ching, Rick Ketcham- December 2010

For the full Chaos War reading order.

Thunderstrike: Youth in Revolt

Thunderstrike #1 – #5 (Nov 2010 – April 2011)

Fear Itself

Collects: Fear Itself 1-7

Matt Fraction, Stuart Immonen- April 2011

The Mighty Thor, Vol. 1

The Mighty Thor 1-6 (April 2011 – Sept 2011)

Journey into Mystery by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Volume 1

Journey Into Mystery 622-636, 626.1 (April 2011 – April 2012)

The Mighty Thor, Vol. 2

The Mighty Thor #7 – #12 (Oct 2011 – March 2012), Fear Itself #7.2: Thor

Thor: The Deviants Saga

Collects: Thor: The Deviants Saga (2011) 1-5

Rob Rodi, Stephen Segovia- November 2011

The Mighty Thor, Vol. 3

The Mighty Thor: 12.1, 13-17

Journey Into Mystery by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Volume 2

Collecting: Exiled 1; New Mutants 42-43; Journey Into Mystery 637-645; The Mighty Thor 18-22, Annual 1 (Ends October 2012)

VI) Thor NOW! God of Thunder by Jason Aaron & Esad Ribic (2012 to 2014)

Thor: God of Thunder Volume 1

Thor: God Of Thunder 1-11 (Nov 2012 – Aug 2013)

One of the best Thor runs ever begins here from Aaron and Ribic. God of Thunder is remarkably great, and a must for any Thor fan.

Journey Into Mystery Featuring Sif – Volume 1: Stronger Than Monsters (Marvel Now)

Journey Into Mystery 646-650

Journey Into Mystery Featuring Sif Volume 2: Seeds of Destruction (Marvel Now)

Journey Into Mystery 651-655

Thor: God of Thunder Volume 3: The Accursed (Marvel Now)

Thor: God Of Thunder 12-18 ( – Jan 2014)

Young Avengers by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie Omnibus

Young Avengers (2013) 1-15, Marvel Now! Point One 1 (Young Avengers Story)

More Avengers, this time to keep everyone in the loop on Kid Loki, the newest Young Avenger!

Loki: Agent of Asgard Volume 1: Trust Me

Loki: Agent Of Asgard 1-5 (Feb 2014 – June 2014)

In general I wouldn’t want to break up the 25 issue run on Thor: God of Thunder, but the first five issues of Loki: Agent of Asgard very deliberately occur prior to “The Last Days of Midgard” story arc.

Thor: God of Thunder Volume 4: The Last Days of Midgard (Marvel Now)

Thor: God Of Thunder #19 to #25 (Feb 14 – July 14)

Technically it makes sense here to save issue #25 until after Original Sin.

Uncanny Avengers Omnibus

Uncanny Avengers 1-25, 8Au , Annual 1

I’ve largely avoided mentions of Thor’s involvement with the Avengers to this point. You can check this out for an Avengers trade guide. For Marvel NOW! Avengers, you can check out the Hickman Avengers portion of my Secret Wars guide. I include Uncanny Avengers reading here since Rick Remender’s Thor has specific developments connected to God of Thunder. That’s hardly the only focus of Uncanny Avengers, but it’s a good full run for Marvel fans.

VII) An All New Female Thor & Unworthy Odinson

Original Sin: Thor & Loki: The Tenth Realm

Original Sin: Thor & Loki – The Tenth Realm 1-5

Original Sin

Original Sin is a Marvel Universe wide event with absolutely essential ramifications for Thor (Original Sin is a Jason Aaron penned Marvel event, and ties into his full Thor run as a result).

You may want to check out the Original Sin reading order for the complete saga.

Thor Volume 1: Goddess of Thunder

Collects: Thor #1 to #5

Jason Aaron’s Thor run continues here with a new Thor #1 (listed as Thor 2014 in Marvel Unlimited), and the biggest changes in the world of Asgard since Loki was but a lad!

Angela: Asgard’s Assassin Vol. 1: Priceless (Angela: Asgard’s Assasin)

#1 – #6 (Oct 2014 – March 2015)

Loki: Agent of Asgard Volume 2: I Cannot Tell a Lie

Loki: Agent Of Asgard 6-11

Issues #6 to #8 are Axis tie-ins. I wouldn’t recommend it, but you can see the full Axis reading order here.

Thor Volume 2: Who Holds the Hammer?

Thor Annual #1, #6 to #8

Loki: Agent of Asgard Vol. 3: Last Days

Loki: Agent of Asgard #12 to #17 (Secret Wars, Last Days tie-ins)

2015 Secret Wars

Battleworld: Thors

Jason Aaron’s “Thors” tie-in series plays a major role in the awesome 2015 Secret Wars event. The full saga is highly recommended reading, but this Thor tie-in works best with a Jason Aaron Thor reading order.

VIII) All-New All-Different Thor

Marvel’s post Secret Wars landscape continues the all-new direction for the Goddess of Thunder, before finally answering the questions left from Original Sin in the Unworthy Thor.

Mighty Thor Vol. 1: Thunder in Her Veins (Mighty Thor #1 to #5)

Vote Loki (Vote Loki #1 to #4)

Mighty Thor Vol. 2: Lords of Midgard (Mighty Thor #6 to #11)

Mighty Thor Vol. 3: Asgard/Shi’ar War (Mighty Thor #12 to #18)

The Unworthy Thor (Unworthy Thor #1 to #5)

Very cleanly ties in to Aaron’s run on Thor: God of Thunder and the mystery of Original Sin!

Mighty Thor Vol. 4: War Thor (Mighty Thor #20 to #23)

Marvel Generations: Thors

Continued in Marvel Legacy!

Mighty Thor Vol. 5

Collects: Mighty Thor #700 to #706

Mighty Thor: At the Gates of Valhalla

Collects: One-Shot

IX) Thor The God of Thunder Reborn

Marvel Legacy

Collects: One-Shot

While reading the Jason Aaron penned Marvel Legacy one-shot at the start of Thor’s “Fresh Start” era might seem counter-intuitive, it’s actually a much more effective primer for the continuation of Thor’s role in the pages of the Aaron’s Avengers than anything that happened during Marvel Legacy.

Thor Vol. 1: God of Thunder Reborn

Collects: Thor (2018) #1 to #6

Asgardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1

Collects: Asgardians of the Galaxy #1 to #5

Out of the pages of Thor and into the Infinity Wars crossover event.

Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 1: The Final Host

Collects: Avengers (2018) #1 to #6, Marvel FCBD 2018

Thor Vol. 2

Collects: Thor (2018) 7-11

War of the Realms

Collects: War Of The Realms 1-6, War Of The Realms: Omega

You can find the entire event guide via Comic Book Herald’s War of the Realms reading order!

Thor Vol. 3

Collects: Thor (2018) #12-16

King Thor

Collects: King Thor #1 to #4

X) Long Live the King

Thor by Donny Cates Vol. 1

Collects: Thor #1 to #5

Thor vol 2 Donny Cates: Prey

Collects: Thor (2020) #7-14

Donny Cates, Nic Klein, Aaron Kuder, Matthew Wilson- 29 June 2021

Thor vol 3 Donny Cates: Revelations

Collects: Thor (2020) 15-18, Thor Annual (2021)

Donny Cates, Michele Bandini, Elisabetta D Amico- 23 December 2021

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  1. JC Lebourdais says

    March 28, 2022 at 3:52 am

    I don’t see the JIM 501-513 run with the forgotten gods that occurs parallel to the Jurgens run

    BTW I’m not sure if you ever considered it but the presentation is very hard to follow, so a table would make it easier to checklist, maybe like wikepedia keeps track of collected edittions

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  2. Jay says

    January 12, 2021 at 11:33 am

    I have been reading Thor since the 1964 Journey into Mystery with the Mighty Thor.
    But, when Thor died in a crossover title a while back (Fear Itself maybe?), NOT in a “Thor” title, I completely stopped reading anything involved in a crossover – I don’t even buy them – so all crossover titles are dead to me. To have a significant event for a character happen outside THAT character’s book is unconscionable. Like when they killed NIghtcrawler in a NOT X-Men title.

    I read comics. I don’t read ABOUT comics. There is no chance I would ever get all the books involved in a crossover, so now when they have crossovers, I tell my comic shop to suspend my subscription until the crossovers are done.

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  3. Ash says

    November 22, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    Thank you so much for making this! I’ve been reading the comics on the Kindle and I’m having a hell of a job getting the storylines in order. It doesn’t help that Amazon/Marvel don’t see fit to list all of the books in order… but I guess if they did that, they couldn’t collect the same episodes under different covers and make a few extra pennies that way.

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  4. Alexander Nucera says

    June 29, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    I think you made a boo boo: in Loki AoA 8 the hammer gets picked up by Loki on the moon, but in Thor 1-5 it’s already been picked up and taken to kick frost giants ass by *spoilers*. It shouldn’t still be on the moon… right?

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    • Alexander Nucera says

      July 8, 2020 at 3:20 am

      But maybe I was wrong!

      Reply
  5. q3ok says

    February 2, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    What about Thor: The Worthy? (https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Thor:_The_Worthy_Vol_1_1)

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  6. Richard Holmes says

    May 24, 2019 at 9:17 pm

    I don’t see Thor: God of Thunder Vol. 2: Godbomb (2013) on this list…?

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    • Jason Delgado says

      August 2, 2019 at 9:52 am

      That is cause that includes issues 6-11, but volume 1 (which they mention above) includes issues 1-11… Confusing, I know! 😀

      Reply
  7. Scott Shuken says

    April 25, 2019 at 12:10 pm

    Angela: Queen of Hel isn’t on here, and definitely affects the War of the Realms, as well as explaining the end of Unworthy Thor.

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  8. Reece says

    December 13, 2018 at 11:19 am

    Hi,
    After listening to your best comics ever podcast I decided to take a look at Thor but I’m not sure where to start. Should I start with Marvel NOW or go straight into Original Sin?

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    • Dave says

      December 13, 2018 at 2:10 pm

      Hi Reece – I’d recommend starting at the top of Marvel Now! Those are excellent comics, and the entire run builds from there behind the same writer (Jason Aaron). So be it!

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      • Reece says

        December 13, 2018 at 2:32 pm

        Thanks I’ll just start reading them on marvel unlimited now 😃

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  9. Blake says

    October 29, 2018 at 2:18 am

    Wow I just finished the first volume of Thor: God of Thunder. It completely ignores the existence and possible contributions of other characters, especially when the story concerns gods, time and space travel. What did Tony Stark do? Seers across all cultures are blind to this genocide. Strange and other powerful reality altering characters were never mentioned. The whole thing happened in a vacuum of godly competence, foresight and contingency planning , save for Thor and his single solution to every problem: violence. So disappointing.

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    • Blake says

      October 31, 2018 at 4:09 am

      Volume 2 is even worse. it was so forced. 1. we aren’t given an explanation on how Thor even knows this kind of magic. I don’t believe he has ever used magic before and he is apparently skilled enough to trick both Malekith and the sorceress? it’s a teleportation and illusion magic at the same time. I call bullshit. 2. the right to call a proxy for a crime sentence makes no sense. why don’t you just say kings are above the law? 3. let’s not even go into why the dark elves did a 180 on Malekith. why didn’t they just join his forces right from the beginning? they’ve always feared him. and what will they benefit as a race if Malekith is made king? Thor already single-handedly defeated his entire army. 4. why the hell would the sorceress volunteer as proxy? Malekith has tons of loyal goons, willing to die for him. And if the council wanted him on the throne, one of them can volunteer. and for someone who wanted to kill Malekith and has no respect for the council and other tribes, she seemed awfully accepting of this result. 5. where is Hela in all of this? she would be the first one to hunt Malekith down, and it’s well within her rights to do so. there’s no need for league of realms in the first place! her Valkyries are more than capable of capturing Malekith.

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  10. Dawn Marie says

    December 8, 2017 at 12:25 pm

    I have been out of the comic stream for a while and I wanted to pick it back up.
    I normally like to stick to the main story line and events and pick up trades for the Characters I like, Thor being one of the main one’s I follow. But with all the reboots and soft reboots and now Legacy I am honestly confused on where what came out and where I should read certain books.

    Since this is the Thor Page, I figure the best place to start.

    For The Aaron Run of Thor I read up to the completion of Infinity and Original Sin.
    So I have read Vol. 1 Goddess of Thunder.

    But I am afraid its been so long I am missing somethings.

    From the list above, I have
    Vote Loki
    The Unworthy Thor
    Vol. 1 Thunder In Her Veins
    Vol. 2 Lords of Midgard
    Vol. 3 Asgard/ Shi’ar War
    Vol. 4 War Thor

    And from my understanding this is where Legacy will take over with a Vol. 5 Trade?
    I know Civil War II happened somewhere in here. I guess basically what I am hoping for is help with the timeline of the major events and where that falls in with the trades…Thanks for any help!

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  11. KeyBrains says

    May 1, 2017 at 11:43 am

    So, I’ve read the Simonson Thor volumes 1-3 and loved it. I also really liked Thor: Disassembled. The two flow well into each other since the right people are dead, but I’m at a cross roads here. Is it worth finishing up the Simonson run and messing up my mock-continuity with Disassembled (which flows perfectly into Civil War)? I doubt I’m going to want to go thru the Jurgens run, unless you highly recommend it?

    So yeah, is Simonson vol 4,5 reallllly strong, and where does the Jurgens run rank in quality?

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    • Dave says

      May 4, 2017 at 12:03 pm

      It’s always worth reading the full Simonson Thor.

      I can never really get into the Jurgens run much. Readers who enjoy Avengers family books from the late 90’s through early 2000’s tend to speak positively about it.

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  12. Mushi says

    March 22, 2017 at 3:19 pm

    Hey, just wanted to let you know you missed one thing. Its not really Thor-Related, but you missed Angela: Queen of Hel (Journey to the Funderworld)

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  13. Aleric Lalonde says

    March 14, 2017 at 1:27 am

    Where does Fear Itself fit in? What Thor should I be reading before/after?

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  14. Abraham says

    January 17, 2017 at 5:16 pm

    This is a bad reading order.
    Do not use it.

    Reply
  15. Abraham says

    January 14, 2017 at 5:21 pm

    There is a mistake in the order; Thor (2014) should be before Angela: Asgard’s assassin (2015).

    Reply
  16. Estela Aragon says

    June 3, 2016 at 12:43 pm

    Dave, sorry another question; I see the first one you have listed is “The Mighty Thor Vol.1”, but then it goes to Walt Simonsson’s Thor. Am I supposed to read “The Might Thor Vol. 2 and 3” before moving on to Walt’s???

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  17. Estela Aragon says

    June 3, 2016 at 12:29 pm

    Dave, I bought “The Mighty Thor: The Reigning”. Where does that fit in this list? Thank you!

    Reply
  18. Corinos says

    February 4, 2016 at 8:21 am

    I picked up Thor at Original Sin and have been following into the Female Thor and am really enjoying it. I also decided to try to read the main new Secret Wars story. I just saw Lady Thor step off a Life Raft and I can’t for the life of me figure out where that all fits with what I’ve been reading! Any suggestions on where the lines crossed and where Secret Wars fits into the current Thor storeline?

    Reply
  19. Ben says

    June 20, 2015 at 3:35 am

    Hi,

    Thanks for all those useful guides.

    I don’t see God of Thunder #25 there ? is there a reason ?

    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Dave says

      June 23, 2015 at 11:07 pm

      Probably just hadn’t come out when I started. Definitely worth reading 🙂

      Reply
      • Ben says

        June 28, 2015 at 10:02 am

        Ok. Good to know. But chronologically, Where does it stand ?Not right after #24, I guess ?

        Thanks

        Reply
      • LadyLoki_020 says

        August 22, 2015 at 5:30 pm

        Nope, it does come right after #24 but just sort of a collection of ancient tales of the realms being read by the Girls/Goddesses of Thunder, though ending directly to an introduction to Aaron’s next series Thor 2015 🙂

        Reply
  20. buci says

    February 25, 2015 at 2:04 pm

    Are ‘Secret Invasion: Thor’ and ‘Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter’ important to the overall storyline? I don’t feel I have been missing something when I was reading Thor Vol. 2 and Thor Vol.3.

    For example ‘road to civil war’ and ‘civil war’ seem to be important to the storyline as they introduce Ragnarok as well as explain what’s going on between Thor and Iron Man in Vol. 1 (as well as what was going on in general).
    I am also getting ‘Siege: Prelude’ and ‘Siege’ because what happened between Thor #607 and #614 is beyond confusing to me.

    Another question: I heard that ‘Thor: God of Thunder’ is basically a story for itself and not connected to the JMS run? I don’t really want to jump too much in the timeline around, because it will be a bit confusing, so can I read them now, or should I read world eaters, mighty thor and journey into mystery by kieron gillen before?

    I am sorry for being such a comic book noob :/

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    • Dave says

      February 26, 2015 at 12:20 pm

      Good questions.

      Godhunter is definitely less directly connected to Thor JMS continuity. I would included Secret Invasion if you can as it adds to Thor’s time in the JMS run. Siege is definitely crucial.

      You could read Thor: God of Thunder without any previous Thor reading really. If you just can’t wait, I wouldn’t hold you back 🙂

      Reply
      • buci01 says

        February 26, 2015 at 2:19 pm

        perfect, thanks for the answer. I actually have god of thunder vol 1 and 2 lying around because when I bought Thor Vol 1 last year by chance at the airport I bought Thor: God of Thunder Vol 2 with it together, because they were both directly next to each other and I thought “2 comes after 1”. After realizing that both have absolutely nothing to do with each other, I put god of thunder to the side and started to buy a bunch of other Thor books, but now I read through them all except God of Thunder.

        And I will pick up Secret Invasion then as well. Thanks! (If I find them. I am unable to find Thor: Disassembled here in Germany for a reasonable price)

        Reply
      • JC Lebourdais says

        March 28, 2022 at 3:57 am

        At the beginning of the JMS run he mentions something about a Thor clone. Where is that from ?

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        • Adam says

          July 13, 2022 at 6:43 pm

          Civil War – it’s called Ragnarok.

          Reply
  21. buci says

    February 25, 2015 at 9:56 am

    Oh! I didn’t realize, you made a Thor reading order. This will be extremely helpful for me, because I foolishly just bought Thor Vol 1 and Thor Vol 2 and didn’t know how complicated it was to get the following stories.
    But for what I have I am exclusively staying at IV) and up, to get that one at least kind of completed.

    I didn’t know there was so much stuff inbetween the single issues. I have the ultimate book at home (604-614+Siege:Loki+something from new mutants) but I was completely confused between the storylines, as if there was a lot of stuff missing.
    Like, how does Thor even know of Ragnarok, or why is Volstagg in prison.

    I already wasted too many hours trying to research what I am missing. Your guide will be a tremendous help.

    Reply
    • Dave says

      February 26, 2015 at 12:12 pm

      Awesome, enjoy the comics and definitely let me know if you have any questions!

      Reply
      • buci says

        April 6, 2015 at 1:47 pm

        Hi Dave. I have got a very detailed question regarding and I don’t know if you can answer it, but I’ll try anyway.

        I use your guide, because it is invaluable if one wants to understand what’s going on. And I have sticked fairly well to it. I own now and have read all major Thor distributions from IV) Thor Volume 1 to V) Thor: Worldeaters including
        – Road to Civil War, Civil War
        – New Avengers: Illuminati, Secret Invasion, Guardians of the Galaxy (2008), Beta Ray Bill Godhunter
        – Siege: Prelude, Siege.

        So I read modern Thor till after the Siege (more coming) and the main events happening inbetween including the Prelude of each event.
        But I still do wonder: How does Thor even know of his clone, Ragnarok. Thor isn’t omnipotent as far as I know and Thor and Ragnarok haven’t met until Thor: Siege, but Thor is extremely pissed at Tony Stark as early as Volume 1. Do they meet in an issue not listed here, does he appear in a story I do not know?

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        • Dave says

          April 7, 2015 at 5:12 pm

          This is a fair question. I always sort of assumed Thor just sort of checked in on what happened and naturally seeing a cloned Thor caught his eye. So maybe as Donald Blake he’s watching the news one night, and they’re doing a special on Civil War. And Thor sees himself on TV and knows it’s a clone. And he’s rightfully VERY angry about this.

          The other option is he read Civil War during his hiatus from the Marvel Universe 🙂

          Reply

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