7 Comics Characters Who Have Killed Thor

In a fight that had been predestined since the dawn of time - and in the actual Norse mythology that Thor is based off - the Fear Itself series sees the God of Thunder fight Jörmundur, also known as the World Serpent - or The Serpent, to friends.

With so much of Thor's lore in and out of Marvel being built around that fact that he will die if he fights The Serpent, the tension when the two of them appear in the same battle is pretty much palpable, with the beginning of their clash being almost as exhilarating as the moment that Thor strikes the beast down, causing his own death.

Even better, this moment comes as a total surprise, as several previous storylines - such as Odin trying to fool the world into believing that Ragnarok has happened, or making others Thor so that they could instead die fighting The Serpent - suggested that that climactic battle may never happen in the comic universe, which makes it actually occurring all the more epic.