On top of being one of the most powerful heroes in the Marvel Universe, Thor's status as a deity has allowed him to come back from more damage and destruction than even his fellow Avengers. But there have still been a few times where the God of Thunder actually fell in battle -- only to be restored shortly thereafter.

While Thor has taken plenty of trips into the afterlife on his own accord, the God of Thunder is part of the endless cycle of death and rebirth that defines the Asgardians' existence. Now, we're taking a closer look at some of the times Thor was killed off before Marvel brought him back to life.

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INFINITY GAUNTLET

There have actually been multiple people who've used Mjolnir over the years, including Eric Masterson. He was the holder of the title Thor during the events of Jim Starlin, George Perez and Ron Lim's Infinity Gauntlet when Thanos claimed the titular tool and the six Infinity Gems. Using them, he was able to wipe out half of all life across the cosmos. Masterson was not one of those souls blinked out of existence, and he was apart of the offensive that tried to bring down the Mad Titan for his crimes. While Thor was able to put up a solid fight against Thanos -- at least for a while -- Masterson proved incapable of bringing down the villain once and for all.

Instead, Masteron was briefly returned to his human form and almost suffocated to death before recovering Mjolnir and transforming back into Thor. Thor ended up being one of the last heroes to fall to Thanos, although he fell in a genuinely horrifying manner: Thanos used the Infinity Gauntlet to turn Thor to glass, and then easily shattered him with a wave of his hand. Thor -- along with the rest of the begins killed by Thanos during the course of the story -- would eventually be restored to life when Nebula used the Gauntlet to make things as they had been the day before Thanos claimed the Gauntlet.

RAGNAROK

Thor Ragnarok comic

During the events of Avengers: Disassembled, Loki unleashed his ultimate plan to bring down his enemies in Asgard down once and for all in the "Ragnarok" storyline by Michael Avon Oeming and Andrea Di Vito. Finding the forge used to built Mjolnir, Loki works with Surtur to create a new line of hammers and give them to their armies. Thor briefly brings Captain America and Iron Man to fight alongside him the coming battles but realizes the full gravity of the situation and sends his allies back to Earth. As his long-time friends and allies like Baldur, the Warriors Three and Sif fall around him, Thor was confronted with many of his greatest enemies and forced to fight harder than he ever had before.

Sending Beta Ray Bill off to be the only survivor of his armies, Thor and Loki ended up confronting Those That Sit Above In Shadow, deities even beyond the Asgardians. After having sacrificed his eyes for knowledge, Thor ended up hanging himself from the World-Tree like his father before him, embracing the Odin Power. Deciding to end the cycle of death and rebirth that only benefits Those That Sit Above In Shadow, Thor frees Asgard of their interference. Thor is put into a deep and cosmic sleep to heal, eventually returning and rebuilding a new Asgard on Earth that would eventually reclaim the power it once had.

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FEAR ITSELF

When Cul Borson -- the Serpent -- was released during the events of Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen's Fear Itself, Odin tried to force all of Asgard to retreat and to prepare to raze Earth in a bid to put down the Serpent. Fearing the prophecy that suggested Thor would meet his end while fighting the Serpent, Odin tried to keep his son out of the conflict. But Thor refused to sit on the sidelines and fought alongside his fellow Avengers to save the world. Thor did seemingly die in battle against Cul.

After the demise of Thor, Asgardians gave him a Viking funeral. From the fire sprang Tanarus, a new God of Thunder. Reality was seemingly rewritten, with no one except Loki remembering the real Thor. In truth, Tanarus was Ulik the Troll, a long-time foe of Thor who had been sent to infiltrate Asgard and kill the All-Mothers. Heimdall prevented this, however, revealing the truth of his identity. Meanwhile, Thor woke aboard the God Ark and was forced to fight against the Demogorge. Loki was eventually able to force Thor's resurrection, allowing the true God of Thunder to return to the land of the living and help bring down the invading armies of trolls that wanted to use Ulik's infiltration as an opening for a major attack on Asgardia.

THE LAST DAYS

Thor Secret Wars Death

With the end of the multiverse staring down the heroes of the 616-Marvel Universe across the Jonathan Hickman run on Avengers and New Avengers, Thor and a handful of other heroes like Hyperion, Starbrand, Nightmask, Ex Nihilo and Abyss ventured across the multiverse. They went to confront the White Kings, the Beyonders who were responsible for the collapse of the Marvel Multiverse. Wielding the hammer of Thorr -- which can only be used those that are considered unworthy --Thor went into battle alongside the others, giving everything he had and helping bring down two of the creatures at the cost of his arm in Hickman and Mike Deodato's New Avengers #32.

Only Thor and Hyperion survived the battle, which ended just for an entire army of Beyonders descended upon them. Realizing that he can longer wield Thorr's hammer because he has proven himself worthy once more, Thor laughs as he and Hyperion throw themselves into one final battle. The two were killed, quickly overwhelmed by the legion of Beyonders. Luckily, both heroes would be restored after the events of Secret Wars, along with the rest of the Marvel Universe.

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