The Marvel Universe is home to a great many beautiful and inventive mythologies, but none are more stunning in their scale than that of Thor's.
The brainchild of Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and Larry Leiber, the Odinson has been at the forefront of Marvel's comics since his first appearance, and has been synonymous with the Avengers for over 50 years. That in itself is an impressive legacy, and though it's perhaps arguable that the best Thor stories don't even involve the Avengers, there's no denying the team loses something without the God of Thunder amongst its ranks.
Gifted command over the elements of thunder and lightning, Thor isn't only one of the strongest Avengers, but also one of their most noble. He's experienced such growth since his initial appearance, transforming from a headstrong warrior into a true leader, and there's no better place that illustrates that journey than in the Avengers.
It's where Thor's development can best be seen, and in contrasting from his more epic Asgardian tales, they serve an important purpose.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
