Marvel’sThorhas always beenone of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, and among its strongest dieties, butnow the God of Thunder has defeated and absorb the powers of the unworthy god Zeus, becoming stronger than everbefore. However, nothing is ever that simple when it comes to the gods, and as it turns out, the All-Father hasn’t just absorbed Zeus’s lightning, but also his curse.
According to the preview forImmortal Thor#15 – writtenby Al Ewing, with art by Jan Bazaldua – the issue is set to reveal more about the death and resurrection of Zeus, the Greek god, who was reincarnated with the chaotic force of the Elder God Toranos, a curse bestowed upon him by Gaea in ancient times.
Reborn as an agent of destruction and a puppet in Gaea’s plot to raze the Earth, Zeus’s powers were stripped and absorbed by Thor. Now, the All-Father,the true God of Thunder, has never been more powerful.
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Immortal Thor#15-Written By Al Ewing; Art And Color By Jan Bazaldua & Matt Hollingsworth
After Zeus was defeated, and his powers and his mark were absorbed by Thor, the All-Father has become the greatest god to have ever existed in the Marvel Universe.
At the dawn of the Earth’s existence, the planet’s sentient lifeforce, the Demiurge, bore life upon the primal planet in the form of the Elder Gods. However, over time, corruption overtook the first gods who turned on one another to consume and absorb the powers of their siblings. To put an end to the chaos, the Elder God Gaeamated with the Demiurgeto create Atum, the Demogorge and Eater of Gods. Fearing for their lives, a handful of gods exiled themselves to parallel dimensions. Meanwhile, Gaea remained on Earth, seeding life until she deemed humanity unfit to live.
Thousands of years later, Gaea anointed her grandson, Zeus, with the mark of her brother and the First of All Thunderers, Toranos. In the present , after Zeus’s last resurrection,the mark of Toranos was activated, birthing a mad god who would herald the Earth’s destruction.However, after Zeus was defeated, and his powers and his mark were absorbed by Thor, the All-Father has become thegreatest god to have ever existed in the Marvel Universe. Now, as Thor struggles to fight the darkness, an unlikely demigod may have prove his own worthiness to quell Thor and save all of humanity.
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Thor’s Struggle Against Toranos' Mark Is Not Over Yet
He May Need Hercules' Help
With Thorhaving become the true God of Thunder and Hercules’s proven wisdom to absorb and endure Toranos’s mark, the godly duo may have enough to become a single Elder God and stop Gaea’s apocalyptic threat.
WhileThor may be truly all-powerfulnow, Gaea’s ancient prophecy spoke of a wise god to save the Earth, not a powerful one. Odinson has certainly outgrown his egotistical nature and has developed a great deal of wisdom as the All-Father, but if he cannot resist Toranos’s mark alone, then he will need another to help. In this issue’s preview,Loki and Athena insinuate that Hercules, the son of Zeus and Thor’s best friend, has both proven his wisdomand the trials Loki had set in place to prove Thor’s worthiness.
Gaea’s prophecy seemingly insinuated that one god would overcome her trial, but that doesn’t concretely mean that there couldn’t be two. While lightning and thunder may be a powerthe All-Father forcefully wields, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it is his greatest power. Thor’s greatest achievements have been won with the aid of his allies; he is mighty but not perfect. WithThorhaving becomeMarvel’s true God of Thunderand Hercules’s proven wisdom to absorb and endure Toranos’s mark, the godly duo may have enough to become a single Elder God and stop Gaea’s apocalyptic threat.
Immortal Thor#15will be available on June 19, 2025 from Marvel Comics.
Thor
Associated with the mythical realm of Asgard, Thor is a Marvel Comics hero who channels the power of thunder to slay their foes. Though the name is chiefly tied to Thor Odinson, several other characters also take on the role of God of Thunder, including Odinson’s love interest, Jane Foster. Odin is portrayed as a physically imposing hero with incredible strength and typically wields the dwarven forged hammer, Mjolnir.
