Marvel dropped the first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok today, and boy is it a doozy. Among many other awesome sights and sounds, the trailer showed us a glimpse of one of the most pivotal moments in the film, as Thor finds his seemingly indestructible hammer shattered by Hela. How is the god of thunder supposed to stop the lord of the underworld if he doesn't have the power of Mjolnir to call upon?
We're sure Thor will find a way. After all, he has kind of a bad habit of losing and/or breaking his trusty weapon in Marvel's comic book storylines. Here are nine times Thor lost possession of Mjolnir in the comics.
As seen in: Journey Into Mystery #118-119 (1965)
The Destroyer armor has been both one of the great thorns in Thor's side and one of his greatest allies in battle. It all depends on whomever happens to be wielding the indestructible suit at any given time. Thor learned just how powerful the Destroyer can be in their very first clash in Journey Into Mystery #118. Loki, up to his usual tricks, used his magic to awaken the armor and cause more mischief for his brother. But even Loki realized he may have bitten off more than he could chew, forcing the trickster to attempt to intervene on Thor's behalf.
Not that his change of heart did much good. The Destroyer was also made by Odin, which allowed it to catch the hammer mid-air and use it against Thor. When Thor got it back, the Destroyer used a powerful hand-blast to literally slice Mjolnir in two. It wasn't completely useless to Thor at that point, but the thunder god found that a damaged Mjolnir is very unpredictable and difficult to use in battle.
After finally conquering the Destroyer, Thor went to a forge in Pittsburgh (of all places) and fixed it himself. That left him without a weapon for several issues. You could say Thor learned not to take Mjolnir for granted after that.
As seen in: The Avengers #215-216 (1982)
The Molecule Man easily ranks among the most powerful enemies the Avengers have ever faced. After all, he basically has the ability to rewrite reality at a whim, and he was the power source fueling Battleworld in Secret Wars.
The Avengers got a taste of just how strong this foe really is when Silver Surfer accidentally brought Molecule Man back to life in The Avengers #215. Molecule Man immediately gained the upper hand over Silver Surfer before turning his attention to the Avengers themselves. Thor soon discovered that Molecule Man's reality-warping powers extend to even weapons fashioned by the gods, as Mjolnir vanished before his eyes (along with Silver Surfer's board, Iron Man's armor and Captain America's shield).
Funnily enough, the de-powered Donald Blake managed to succeed where Thor himself failed. Blake punched Molecule Man in the face, forcing the all-powerful villain to confront the reality of pain. In a rare moment of lucidity, Molecule Man agreed to turn himself in and even restored the weapons he so rudely destroyed.
As seen in: Thor #337-339 (1983-1984)
These days, it seems like pretty much everyone who's anyone in the Marvel Universe has borrowed Mjolnir. But the idea of Thor handing over his trademark hammer to another was still pretty novel when Beta Ray Bill made his debut in 1983. In a classic case of superhero misunderstanding, Thor clashed with the noble Korbinite. After Bill got the better of his Asgardian foe, he lifted the walking stick version of Mjolnir (it used to disguise itself as a stick back in the days when Thor masqueraded as Dr. Donald Blake) and transformed into a warrior with the power of Thor himself.
That was just the beginning of the battle for custody of Mjolnir. Odin put both warriors through trials designed to determine which of them was more worthy to wield Mjolnir. Bill, not Thor, proved the victor in that competition. Fortunately, Odin found a solution to this dilemma by simply bestowing upon the mighty Beta Ray Bill a new hammer named Stormbreaker. And the rest is history.
As seen in: Thor #388 (1988)
The Celestials are pretty high up in the hierarchy of cosmic beings in the Marvel Universe. Thor faced one of his toughest challenges ever when he battled the Celestial executioner known as Exitar for the fate of an alien world called Pangoria. For all his might, Thor was little more than a gnat compared to the enormous might of Exitar. The thunder god has no choice but to summon every ounce of power Mjolnir had to offer and unleash it in one deadly blow. He managed to pierce Exitar's armor, but he shattered Mjolnir in the process. Still determined to win the day, Thor and the head-less Mjolnir launched an attack on Exitar's exposed brain.
Thor's bravery (foolhardy or not) apparently struck a chord with his foe. After examining his memories, the Celestials judged Thor to be worthy, restoring his hammer and leaving him free to continue defending the innocent citizens of the Marvel U.
As seen in: Thor Vol. 2 #80-85 (2004)
The Avengers Disassembled storyline aimed to chronicle the darkest day in the history of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. And even though Thor wasn't a player in the main event, it could be argued that he and his fellow Asgardians suffered worse than anybody. The ongoing Thor comic featured a tie-in storyline called "Ragnarok," and it truly lived up to its name.
Things took a dark turn almost right away in this storyline. Loki kicked things off by tracking down the forge that created Mjolnir and commissioning several more Uru weapons. He and his followers then attacked Asgard. Thor learned that hard way that even Mjolnir can't strike another godly weapon without serious consequences. Once again, Mjolnir was shattered, leaving Thor poorly equipped to protect Asgard in its time of greatest need.
Thor went through quite an ordeal over the course of this storyline, even being forced to tear out his own eyes and repeat the ritual that gave Odin his incredible power. Thor emerged from this trial stronger than ever, but even with a repaired Mjolnir, he couldn't prevent Asgard's inevitable destruction. Thor had to content himself with the knowledge that he finally ended the constant cycle of death and rebirth that feeds the cosmic beings known as "Those Who Sit Above in Shadow." And with that victory came a well-deserved rest. Thor wouldn't appear again in the regular Marvel Universe for almost three years.
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