Avengers: Infinity War - Predicting The Fate Of Every Avenger

4. Thor

Thor Ragnarok Wampa
Disney

It doesn't look like Thor: Ragnarok will end too well for the titular character, with what are (presumably) his first moments in Infinity War finding him floating through space and slamming into the front of the Milano, the Guardians Of The Galaxy's ship.

There are a number of possible reasons for this. Maybe Asgard is completely destroyed at the end of Ragnarok by Hela (or maybe Thanos makes a surprise appearance?) or maybe Thanos destroys it in Infinity War's opening scene, after Loki hands him the Tesseract.

It's not clear if Thor has his mighty hammer by his side in the aforementioned Infinity War scene, and if he doesn't, his powerset will be substantially reduced once the fighting starts.

What Will Happen To Him? We don't know a lot about Thor's role in the movie, but we do know that at one point, he has his head squeezed by Thanos. Yikes.

However, to show this clip to crowds at D23 and Comic-Con, and then have Thor die in Infinity War, doesn't feel right; it would almost feel like a mild spoiler.

Thor won't be killed off then, but he will reclaim his hammer at some point in the movie. This will be a turning point in the battle (similar to the way Vision retrieves the Mind Stone, except this happens earlier) and the smart money is on Doctor Strange using his magic to help restore Mjolnir to its former glory.

Contributor
Contributor

Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!