10 - Hercules - Hercules first debuted back in 1965 in Journey into mystery annual number
one however he head appeared a year earlier but that was later retconned to not being
him so now people don't count it.
In his first official appearance he was set us as a rival of Thor and if comics and anime
have taught us anything is that a good rivalry is intense overly dramatic and standing on
a firm base of sassy respect.
Hercules would go on to become a regular guest star in Thor's book and their rivalry had
a friendly slant, and he would often aid the Thunder God.
And they've had that dynamic ever since it's only faded as Hercules is not really as popular
a character as he used to be and sometimes these days people even make fun of him, but
he still has Thor's respect.
9 - Silver Surfer - The silver surfer and Thor met after Loki manipulated the herald
into fighting each other, so bit of a rough start.
However he soon realized that he had been manipulated and Thor actually seemed to enjoy
having a worthy opponent.
Since then we're dealing with allies on the same power level who help each other and can
operate on a higher tier.
Most people who meet the silver surfer end up respecting him so it's not really all that
surprising.
They've fought a decent amount though poor Norrin so many hammer's to the chest.
8- Sif - If there's one thing fans of Thor comics have a bone to pick with in the MCU
it's the treatment of Thor's supporting characters.
Of all of them Sif was given the most solo time to shine although some of her plots were
cut in an attempt to strengthen her character by removing her romantic connection to Thor.
Sif like most of Thor's supporting cast was based off the Norse God of the same name she
is a warrior and was Thor's primary love interest for a time.
She has branched out more on her own in recent years, but she has fought side by side with
Thor gone to hell to retrieve his soul and been a loyal friend through thick and thin.
As a close friend, sometimes lover and fellow warrior she definitely has Thor's respect.
7 - Valkyrie -We're going to do a combo of both versions for this comic and mcu but mostly
comic.
Valkyrie debuted in Avengers 83 in 1970 and her backstory complicated.
Bodies separated from minds fighter each other.
Trapped in an amulet Lady Liberators a lot happened.
She was briefly a love interest for Thor before shifting firmly to ally.
The MCU version keeps the name and tweaks pretty much everything else but both stood
by Thor's side and were there in a crisis and that's definitely something Thor respects.
6 - The Hulk/Bruce Banner - Oh the rivalry that goes down through the ages who is stronger.
A constant barrage of let them fight.
Some believe that their constant battles mean that they don't like or respect each other
but that is not the case, of course it depends which era Hulk we're dealing with.
The MCU took the two's friendship up a notch in 2017 with Thor ragnarok.
With Hulk grudgingly then more enthusiastically accepting his presence and Bruce Banner being
quite happy to see him.
It was a fun dynamic that a lot of people took to.
MCU Thor respects most of his team mates but not Tony he started hating him even before
civil war.
Sidenote in 2006 comic civil war Tony cloned him and the clone went insane yeah friendship
ruined.
5 - Beta Ray Bill - This character first appeared on 1983 in #337 of the Mighty Thor during
the Simonson run of Thor.
So Beta Ray Bill can lift Mjolnir and this is in a time period before it happened not
all the time but it happens more now.
At first Beta Ray was a bit of a bait and switch he starts off seeming bad but it was
all a misunderstanding and once Thor gets his hammer back and realizes that Beta Ray
Bill could lift it the two teamed up.
If you can lift Thor's hammer that's a huge boost in Thor's eyes worthy of respect because
of the very inscription on the hammer, you have to be worthy to lift it.
Even if you're a bizarre alien who is nowhere near as cool as your creator thinks you are.
4 - Superman - Crossovers oh the late 90s early aughts and it's crossovers so we need
to take about JLA/Avengers which seems to be a meeting the marvel characters remember
but not the DC ones but there's been so many retcons to both universes since then who knows
anymore.
We also need to go even further back to the amalgam universe but what you need to know
is that Thor and Superman fought, there was a terrible Spinal Tap reference Superman was
able to lift and wield Thor's hammer briefly when they had to team up he punched it back
at him.
Later he couldn't lift it and Thor said Odin let him for emergencies and people are still
mad that Superman won the fight cause they feel he should have lost because of magic
and Thor being more powerful cause Marvel allegedly has a higher power grade.
All of that aside the two found each other to be worthy opponents and were impressed
to meet someone on the same power scale.
The two found an understanding and it was just cool to see these heroes side by side
having a conversation.
If he remembers the DC universe Thor definitely remembers his respect for Superman.
3 - Black Panther - So Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 in 1966 and
while he has had his run ins with the God of Thunder they haven't crossed each others
paths to the same degree as Thor has with other heroes however in the modern era that
has changed.
In a small moment that connotes a huge level of respect Thor vouches for Black Panther
to be the new leader of the Avenegers.
Sometimes you don't need to be constantly hanging around with someone to see their impact
and how awesome they are but still hold them in extremely high esteem.
Such is the case with Thor and Black Panther.
Also just adding at the time of this recording comic cannon is a minefield of changes retcons
and more.
2- Hyperion - Hyperion has had a couple of incarnations since he first appeared back
in Avengers 69 in 1969.
Some of the earlier versions of characters have fought Thor however in 2012 during the
Hickman Avengers run of multiversal Avengers a version of Hyperion joined the team who
was not a king or the supreme leader or any other kind of potentially corrupted version
and they also moved away from him being such a pastiche of Superman.
And this version was pretty much bffs with Thor.
The bromance between them was strong beer buddies, battle buddies, equivalent power
level buddies.
People missed this friendship when it was no longer a focus, but hey it could be coming
back.
Things are always changing secret wars doesn't have to be forever.
Maybe it's coming back as you watch.
1 - Captain America - Yep Thor and Cap constant mutual respect just two leaders consulting
with each other, being inspired by the other, also friends sometimes.
These two also receive a large boost from the MCU where after a rocky start there's
a pretty casual aura of respect flowing between these two, Thor sharing his warriors mead
with him.
Steve almost being able to lift Thor's hammer which he can actually do in the comicverse,
most of the time.
This one is so ingrained that it's almost a given which is why it's number one.
Sure there've been skirmishes but I mean who hasn't has those in the comic realm it's been
decades of hanging with the same people.
This one is something people expect from these two top tier avengers.
If you can think of any great specific moments of Thor respect that you want to share you
know the drill leave them down below so the world can know.
Inform the normies and newbs, tell the people.
I'm Sasha thanks so much for watching top 10 nerd