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We all saw Thor get a new weapon in Infinity War, after Mjolnir was destroyed in Ragnarok.
That’s right, Infinity War came out 2 weeks ago, I’m done calling out spoilers.
That was a small one anyway.
But Thor has had a number of different weapons, both in the main reality and alternate ones.
So today I’ll go over various versions of Thor’s weapons, both looking at alternate
weapons, as well as various versions of Mjolnir.
If you finish this and want more, check out our video on my predictions for Avengers 4
next!
But first, get ready, it’s time for the Top 10 Alternate Versions of Thor’s Hammer!
Number 10: Zombie Thor’s Hammer.
Thor was among the zombified heroes in the zombiverse, and just as his physical body
was a shadow of its past self, so was his hammer.
Since this Thor wasn’t worthy to wield Mjolnir once he started, eating people, he had to
fashion his own hammer out of a pipe and a cinder block.
And ya know what…
it was still pretty cool.
Until he smashed it on Silver Surfer’s face.
Number 9: Timeslip Mjolnir.
The Thor of Earth 961212, has a hammer that isn't magical at all.
It's just really, really big.
So big, in fact, that it can only be lifted by someone with Thor's incredible strength,
so instead of it being magically heavy, it's just... heavy.
And instead of allowing him to channel electricity, it just creates sparks when it hits enemies
due to its incredible size.
I'm not sure if the physics check out, but it does make for a cool weapon.
Number 8: Medieval Mjolnir.
In the world of Earth-37072, Kulan Gath transformed New York into a medieval realm, turning many
of the world's heroes into his guards.
And in the words of Sasquatch, everyone looks like a Tolkien novel.
Thor was no exception, looking like an awesome Viking kind of dude with a big ol’ hammer
and a horned helmet.
Even though, I know, Vikings didn’t actually wear horned helmets.
His hammer is two-handed in this one, giving him even more of a barbarian look, and even
though he gets rekt, it’s pretty awesome.
I enjoy two handed Mjolnir.
Number 7: Ragnarok Mjolnir.
No, I'm not talking about the event.
I'm talking about the cybernetic version of Thor created by Tony Stark and Reed Richards
with Thor's DNA.
They created him in Civil War to give the pro-registration side their own Thor, and
gave him his own hammer.
While his hammer was made with high tech instead of magic, it did still have similar powers,
allowing him to manipulate lightning and control the weather.
Plus, Thor was bald.
Which looked really weird.
Totally unrelated to the hammer.
Just weird.
He did go on to get a real Mjolnir from an alternate universe, but that’s a story for
another day.
Number 6: MCU Mjolnir.
I’m sorry, I know most people know this one, but screw it, it’s awesome.
They managed to find a great happy medium between intricate design, and simple utility.
It helps that they had a lot of comic versions to choose from, but the Mjolnir seen in the
films was definitely a thing of beauty.
Too bad stupid Hela broke it.
Number 5: Wagner Mjolnir.
First of all, if anyone doesn’t know about 90’s Thor… this is him.
Thor and gang were sent to a world resembling Richard Wagner's opera, Ring Cycle.
And Thor looked suuuuuuuper homoerotic.
And sexy.
Can't forget sexy.
But that’s not the Thor I’m talking about!
Because the Thor of this reality is evil, and worse yet… he’s ginger!
And because he’s evil, Mjolnir went through its own evil transformation, and it got spikes
on it.
Might be overkill, kinda like a shark with a laser beam strapped to its frickin head,
but by golly it looks awesome.
Number 4: Thorr's Hammer.
Note the extra R. Thorr comes from Earth-14325, and he's an evil version of Thor.
And as luck would have it, the hammer was ALSO evil.
How do we know?
Well, the inscription is basically the opposite of the usual Thor's, reading "Whosoever holds
this hammer, if he be UNWORTHY, shall possess the power of Thorr."
Which means, I guess, most people could possess the power of Thorr.
I’m not sure they thought that enchantment through.
Number 3: Ultimate Thor’s Hammer.
In the Ultimate universe, Thor was exiled to Earth without his memory and powers, thinking
himself to be a human named Thorlief Golmen.
He managed to get drafted into a project at The Dome, where he ended up being fitted with
a bio-mechanical harness and power belt, that were meant to mimic the powers of Thor.
And what was used to power them?
The Power Battery Hammer, which granted him even more power.
In this case, the hammer granted its bearer the power of Thor not through magic, but by
powering his suit with science, which is a pretty darn cool take on it.
Number 2: Jarnbjorn.
If you've read some of the recent Thor stuff, we've gotten to learn a lot about his years
leading up to his comic days, when he wielded Mjolnir.
But earlier in his life, before he was worthy, he used Jarnbjorn, a dwarven-forged battle
axe.
This was not nearly as magical as Mjolnir, although it was extremely sharp and indestructible,
later being enhanced by Thor's blood to be even more powerful.
And as you can see, the thing looks totally awesome.
And if we’re talking Jarnbjorn, we gotta talk about…
Number 1: MCU Stormbreaker.
As we saw in Infinity War, Thor has a new weapon, an axe called Stormbreaker.
And it’s sweet.
This was a big departure from the comic Stormbreaker, which was a hammer belonging to Beta Ray Bill,
although it was closer to an axe when Bill had the power cosmic.
But the movie version is definitely the axiest version, clearly modelled off of Jarnbjorn.
And it’s awesome in so many ways: It’s super powerful, it was forged in an insane
way, its handle is made of frickin Groot.
But the coolest part, in my opinion, is that it can summon the Bi-Frost to allow Thor and
his allies to teleport wherever they wish.
Which is pretty handy!
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