10 Worst Injuries Superheroes Have Survived

10. Thor Loses An Arm

For a God, Thor Odinson is really bad at keeping body parts attached. Maybe it runs in the family, or maybe it's just bad luck. Most recently the God of Thunder has been without his left arm, settling for a prosthetic made from Uru. It hasn't held him back, and has in fact been a positive addition to his arsenal, but the story of how he lost a limb is one of his more shocking tales.

Having found himself unworthy, Thor heads back to Midgard just in time to disrupt Malekith and his squad of frost giants who have infiltrated a Roxxon storage facility. This encounter didn't end well for the Odinson, as he attempted to battle for the first time without Mjolnir.

Realising he has the upper hand, the ruler of Svartalfheim gives one of his most arrogant monologues yet. Malekith effortlessly takes on the Unworthy Thor, taunting him the entire time about the loss of his hammer.

The fight ends when the Odinson is caught by a frost giant and in the ultimate act of humiliation, Malekith chops off Thor's arm with his own ax. The last we see of our hero is him falling, unconscious, into a deep underwater trench. It's never explained how he returned from the depths (with one less arm there's little chance he managed to swim to safety). Yet somehow, a few issues later, the God of Thunder returns to face the new holder of Mjolnir.