Every Time Thor Has Died In Comics (And How He Came Back To Life)

With the supposed death of Thor recently occurring in Captain Marvel #12, an age-old question emerges: why does Thor die so dang much? After all, he's a literal god, and easily one of Marvel's most powerful heroes - if not outright one of their most powerful characters.

But this insane level of power does place a target on the God of Thunder's back, because - as the most powerful hero in most storylines - he's also the one that's the most impressive to kill off. Add to this the fact that it's almost always Thor who ends up fighting the biggest threats to the Marvel universe, and you have a handy dandy guide to basically every unfortunate demise we've ever seen the Norse god face.

Indeed, the fact that Thor is permanently inches away from another death is a good portion of what makes him so interesting, as he has the potential to die in literally every series he's in - adding a nice extra dose of tension to whatever you're reading.

Whether he's torn apart by zombies, murdered by Rogue, or just pushed out of a building, Thor's deaths are a dark source of entertainment for any comic fan - and a reliable source of grief, in the brief moments before he's brought back once more.

In one of the more unpredictable deaths Thor has ever had, Marvel Zombies: Dead Days has the God of Thunder pass away offscreen after being torn apart by a zombified version of The Fantastic Four, turning him into yet another member of the undead hordes.

It's absolutely bizarre, because you'd presume that a major character like Thor would be given a pretty huge death - or at least something on-page - but instead we more or less miss his entire death, having to put the pieces together ourselves when we see his undead mug pop up once more.

This version of Thor would die again for reals in Marvel Zombies #3, after being blasted by another zombie who had gained Silver Surfer's powers after eating him. Some zombies get all the luck, we guess.