Talk:Thor (Marvel Comics)

Possible spelling and grammar errors

Hello Thebiguglyalien, I saw that the nominated this article for GA status. I'm currently experimenting with a script to automatically detect spelling and grammar errors, I hope you don't mind being my guinea pig. Feedback and improvement suggestions are welcome.

Detected possible errors:

• Sentence: While in the afterlife, Thor once again binds himself to Blake to ressurect himself, and creates a new Asgard floating over Oklahoma, gathering the Asgardians who had been reincarnated as mortals.
  • Correction: replace "ressurect" with "resurrect"
  • Explanation: spelling error

• Sentence: Though Asgard is destroyed and Loki is killed after coming to Thor's aide, Thor ends the attack and his banishment is commuted.
  • Correction: replace "aide" with "aid"
  • Explanation: incorrect word usage

Phlsph7 (talk) 15:58, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

I handled it. David A (talk) 16:15, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Thor (Marvel Comics)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Thebiguglyalien (talk · contribs) 05:10, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Cambalachero (talk · contribs) 17:06, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Lead

• Although Thor is the central and main one, the image has too many distracting people in the background. It may be better to use one where he's the only one.
• "Team affiliations" should be the main ones, not just any group he happened to be a member of. Have the "Thor Corps", for example, even been mentioned out of their brief miniseries?
• Same for "Notable aliases". How many of them have been frequent and ongoing.
  • The "Donald Blake" link is not strictly a circular link, but almost as if it is. It links to a section of a list that talks about characters, and there are just Thor plots in there.
• Also "Abilities", it needs to be trimmed. In particular, "Skilled hand-to-hand combatant" is usually for Batman types, who rely on martial arts and similar. Thor may be dangerous in hand-to-hand because he has super strength, already listed.
• More of a question, but is "Odinson" an actual name? Isn't it just "son of Odin" written in a style closer to the faux-Shakespearean English that Thor uses?
• "Thor is an adaptation of the deity of the same name from Norse mythology, and many aspects of Thor's character are based on Norse mythology." You said "Norse mythology" twice in a sentence.
• "...played a significant role in Marvel crossover events, including Avengers Disassembled (2004)". Actually, no. There is a storyline titled "Avengers Disassembled", but it has zero relation with the attack of the Scarlet Witch. If you want to mention another crossover event strongly based on Thor's lore, it may be better to list Fear Itself (comics).

Creation and premiere

• "first appeared" is just a common phrase, it should not be linked
• "Like other superheroes created at the time, Thor usurped a comic book that had previously been dedicated to monster fiction.". It would be more precise to describe JIM as a comic book anthology than just as a comic book.
• You should clarify that Adventure Comics, Boy Commandos, and Tales of the Unexpected are from DC Comics, as so far the article has only been talking about Marvel.

1960s

• "...prompted Lee to write the original cast out of The Avengers, including Thor." It may be worth mention that the Enchantress, a Thor villain used in the Avengers comics because of Thor, would stick around despite Thor's departure.
• "...and greatly expanded his roster of supporting characters" It may be a good idea to mention some characters created in this series, such as Hela.
• "...it was revealed that Thor was the actual mythological Thor rather than a mortal who obtained Thor's power and that his secret identity of Donald Blake was a fabrication created by Odin". That's sounds really awkward, why would Odin do such a thing? Just add "to teach him humility", and it would be far more clear.

1970s–1990s

• It should be mentioned that Simonson introduced the character of Beta Ray Bill. I'm not sure if this is significant, but he also started the plot point of someone else other than Thor being "worthy" to grab Mjolnir, a plot that would be frequently used from then on.
• "During the Heroes Reborn event, most of Marvel's major superheroes were given new volumes, restarted at issue #1, but Thor's series was not renewed." Not the best way to phrase it. Marvel's major superheroes at the time were the X-Men and Spider-Man. The MCU can easily mislead the retrospective view, but the Avengers were far from "major superheroes" at the time, they had minimal sales in comparison. The Heroes Reborn project was attempted precisely to try to fix that. And, although Thor did not get a solo comic within the project, he was part of it, within the Avengers.
• "...revisited the idea of Thor being bound to a mortal in an effort to humanize him" Perhaps it should be clarified that this was not a return to Don Blake's status quo, but rather another person. Also, "mortal" seems kinda out of place when used in wikivoice to describe a character that is not an Asgardian.

21st century

• "An alternate version of the Avengers, the Ultimates, debuted in 2002 within the Ultimate Universe." The link is correct, but nowadays "Ultimate Universe" is the name of the line launched in 2023 and may lead to confusion. Just "Ultimate Marvel" should work.
• "...it is hinted that he is mentally unstable." Actually, it was a bit more complex than that. Both things were hinted (that he was an actual deity, and that he was just a madman with superweapons), and none were openly confirmed until the end of Ultimates 2. Up to that point, the comic was written in a way that both options were plausible.
• ...and yes, there is a new Ultimate Thor as a lead character of the 2024 Ultimates. It may be too soon to mention (we've seen him in just 2 comics so far), but remember to update it at some point.

Fictional character biography

• "...giving him the identity of Dr. Don Blake" Use the full name, Donald Blake

Will continue later Cambalachero (talk) 18:23, 4 July 2024 (UTC)