Shouldn't "draws" be in its own section? It seems kinda biased.
If you ask me that's a loss because he knocked her out BUT it was also badly written by a writer who only wanted to make Thor look good and did not care about the relative power levels in that story and the credibility of the fight. So bad writing (same as Wolverine taking down kid Gladiator to be clear).
You claim that Rachel hitting him means she defeats him, but he's still standing and pretty well, as he fights PF Namor right after that...
This is about the only impressive victory Thor has won.
This is not a victory or even a draw. It wasn't even a fight. Thor blindsided Galactus who was busy with a mental duel with Odin. Anyone could have done that.
Sort of impressive, but in the past Thor has always had the Surfer's number.
This is about the only other impressive fight.
Thanks to fate, prophecy, numerous power-ups, and the unclear nature of the fight this isn't that impressive.
Not impressive or even really a feat. Demogorge did not fight back and was more of a mindless mass. Thor recovered his memories thanks to the aid of Loki so in theory anyone could have done this.
Ulik has always been an idiot and Thor has always had his number. Heck, in the last decade or so Ulik became more of a throwaway villain.
This comes across less as a draw and in many ways more of a low showing due to Thor's humiliation.
This is acceptable because it is Odin.
A big deal was made about all the extra powers Thor's hammer granted. He did not use any of them. He looked up and saw the pieces falling toward him and just stood there. The same Thor who has in the past blocked bullets. Add on Emma's trash talking and it is only more humiliating.
Given the ease Thor has been defeated before this should have been a cakewalk.
You are forgetting:
PHOENIX CYCLOPS VS THOR: Thor talks big about bringing the thunder and all that. Cyclopes takes him out with a single optic blast while Thor just stands there.
THOR VS GRIFFIN FROM AVENGERS ASSEMBLE: Thor is taken out fairly easily in that fight while Hulk takes out Griffin with ease.
THOR BEING KOED BY ONE BLOW FROM HIS OWN HAMMER BY HULK: Hulk grabs Thor's hand and states something has taken over his mind. Thor just stands there as Thor kos him with one blow. Thor is out for the rest of the fight.
If you want to go back further you have Hulk: Let the Battle Begins and the Rhulk mess.
All in all, I don't see you having proved your point. Thor has only two fights of note among those you listed and only one loss was non humiliating. Two or three of what you liste can not even be called fights or are victories against opponnents he has walked all over before. The losses have Thor talk big about all his extra power and what not only to throw the hammer, it be totally ineffective, and fall over like a deck of cards. Heck, Rhulk had a better showing against the Phoenix 5 than Thor.
i think the whole thing of thor not defleting the shards was to show exactly how fast the firebird was propling them thru the air (seriously they shot clean thru the body of a god) in that by the time he noticed them it was already to late
yes i did forget the cyclops fight.
the assemble book i have not read and there for was unaware of the details of it so i refraimed from posting it.
and yes the rulk did originaly beat thor, but thor also came back later in jeff parkers run and beat the rulks ass just as bad.
the rulk had his arm broken badly and had later or before gotten imobilized and had a x cut in to his chest yeah thats so much better
that said the rulk heals faster than thor so he probably would be up and back in fighting shape faster
Ok, if you have a section called Win/Draw/Lost about fights would you say
Thor won his fight against Rachel?
Thor drew against Rachel?
Thor lost against Rachel?
I'm going with lost. His offensive was ineffective against her bar attacking her from behind while she was focused on Cap America.
Thor is still on the ground when Namor attacks him.
Likewise that image about where he fights Phoenix Rachel was a loss for her and a win for Thor.
Last edited by Daithi; 08-02-2012 at 10:36 AM.
Except Rulk was trying to talk him down rather than fighting so...yeah.
Because it was so forced, nonsensical and felt like such a blatant attempt to throw Thor fans a bone so they didn't put dog crap on Loeb's porch, that it was honestly forgettable.
Alternatively, and here's a scary thought, people don't generally care when Thor wins. They'd rather see him lose and only choose to remember that.
Bad writing is bad writing, dude.
I also think it should be mention that Rachel didn't know it was Thor when she shot off the mental bolt....she thought it was Juggernaut. Which really calls into question why would she use a mental attack on someone who's helmet is known to block telepathic attacks?
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Rhulk was treated like a real threat by Emma and the other Phoenix 5. They specifically mentioned how he had defeated the Watcher and Silver Surfer. Emma came across as surprised and somewhat fearful of him. That is a big difference in the way Thor has constantly been treated. A lost itself is not necessarily bad. Its how its done time and again. And time and again Thor is humiliated.
And has DiceRoll states Rhulk was trying to talk him down and Thor's comeback in his second fight came off as somewhat forced given the utter dominance Rhulk has shown over everyone.
Agreed, and it is the first reason. People do care when Thor wins, but overall his win/loss record hasn't been that good with some of his so called "victories" having gigantic question marks hanging over them and his defeats being particularly humiliating.
Oh, just remembered another recent Thor fight:
THOR VS TUTINAX from Thor: the Deivants Saga: Thor gets his butt kicked twice. The first time is understandable given Tutinex is close to Thor's strength and has some fear powers. It became a humiliation when Thor fought him again, tried the exact same strategy as before (only hitting him with the hammer) and getting his butt easily kicked.
So chalk up two more defeats in the defeat column.
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