There's been a mystery around Thor's true parentage since the story Avengers: Enter the Phoenix, in which the Phoenix Force told Thor that she is his mother and that the history he's been told by his father Odin is a lie.
Now, in Avengers 1,000,000 BC #1 from regular Avengers series writer Jason Aaron and artists Kev Walker and Dean White, the secret of Thor's true lineage and the Phoenix Force's involvement in Thor's birth is revealed.
Throughout Avengers 1,000,000 BC #1, we're shown glimpses of Odin and the Phoenix Force's courtship, in which Odin's brash, blustering nature quickly alienates the Phoenix. Still, Odin persists in trying to forge a union with her, even staging a surprise wedding with all the other members of the 1,000,000 BC Avengers in attendance - which Phoenix once again spurns, leaving in anger.
Later, we cut to the scene of Thor's birth, as Gaea, the Earth goddess, is attended to while she gives birth. Odin drunkenly arrives, awaiting the celebration of his new child, essentially confirming that Odin and Gaea are indeed Thor's birth parents as he has always believed.
But things aren't gonna be that simple.
First, there's a flashback between Gaea and the Phoenix Force, which starts to imply that the Phoenix may have seeded life in Gaea's womb herself - but as it turns out, the Phoenix Force actually encourages Gaea to get together with Odin, foreseeing that the child produced of their union would be a great protector for the Earth.
With Phoenix's words ringing in her ears, Gaea accepts Odin's advances, and Thor is eventually born. But flashing back to the moment of Thor's birth, the frost giant Laufey - birth father of Loki - arrives to murder the child to get revenge on Odin and the Avengers for an
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