Comments on The Weekly Crisis - Comic Book Review Blog: Is Thor Bulletproof?

I always assume that any super strong character ha...

2007-12-30T10:29:00.000-04:00

I always assume that any super strong character has to be a lot more resistant to damage then a normal person.
If I hit a brick wall as hard as I can I break my hand, if I hit it twice that hard I would probably break my arm too.
If you're 10x stronger then me unless you really want to hurt yourself a lot you'd best be able to take 10x as much damage as me.
On a good day I can press 400 pounds a ton is 5x that Thor as I recall is in the 75-100 ton range that's 375x as strong as me. He needs be be really resistant to damage.
At least that's how I see it

Here's how I often viewed it:Thor is a God, yes. A...

2007-11-12T16:25:00.000-04:00

Here's how I often viewed it:

Thor is a God, yes. And he's an incredibly powerful God, as these things go.

HOWEVER, Thor is, first and foremost, a warrior. He's been trained for battle for hundreds and hundreds of years.

Sure, at some point, guns were a new and nifty and formidble thing to him, whether they could hurt him or not. At the end of the day, however, they were just the slings, bows and arrows and whatnot of the modern world. As a warrior, he was trained to avoid being hurt in battle unless it was absolutely necessary.

Under this reasoning, we've frequently seen Thor, Cap and plenty of other people avoid, rather than no-sell, attacks that would have no effect on them had they bothered to stand there. It's training, pure and simple. Because you never know when it'll be the little bullet(stone, arrow, random piece of city building, etc) that doesn't necessarily hurt, but prvides the setup for someone or something to do some real damage.

Since this Thor is all about proving he is the real deal, he's taking a tactical chance that these guys opening fire on him won't get lucky, or have something bigger and nastier in reserve, with the bullets a distraction.

@Anonymous (2nd one), JMS Thor is not even in the ...

2007-11-12T12:16:00.000-04:00

@Anonymous (2nd one), JMS Thor is not even in the same league as Walt Simonson's. He's written 3 issues where the only thing Thor has done is beat up Tony Stark, who JMS wrote grossly out of character.

It's a decent start to his series, but to claim it's greater than every other version is a bit premature and shows a lack of knowledge of the character's past.

I do, however, agree, although a little less harshly, that Busiek is off his rocker if he thinks Thor can be killed by a bullet.

I can see a situation where 'technology' could ove...

2007-11-12T08:55:00.000-04:00

I can see a situation where 'technology' could overcome an Asgardian, but then you'd have to hold him to the same standard with regards to techno-laser-thingumajigs too.

kurt is a tard. here, I'll help him out. JMS thor ...

2007-11-12T01:46:00.000-04:00

kurt is a tard.

here, I'll help him out. JMS thor > all other incarnations.

Is Wonder Woman not bulletproof either? I know sh...

2007-11-10T23:15:00.000-04:00

Is Wonder Woman not bulletproof either? I know she uses the wrist bands all the time, but I just thought that was being flashy or showing off.

I am reminded of a certain Amazon warrior princess...

2007-11-10T22:53:00.000-04:00

I am reminded of a certain Amazon warrior princess.

I figured he was bulletproof as well. Seems pretty...

2007-11-10T21:40:00.000-04:00

I figured he was bulletproof as well. Seems pretty lame if a bullet could kill a god. I mean Superman can be killed from Kryptonite but that's relatively hard to get a hold of, anyone can get a gun and kill Thor. But hey, Kurt knows what he is talking about.