Thor Explains Why Comic Fans Are Wrong About Odin
Warning: Contains spoilers for Thor #24
Marvel Comics and Thor fans who believe that Odin is a terrible father should change their minds. The former King of Asgard is usually depicted as ruthless, cold, egocentric, and in constant conflict with his sons. However, Thor's eulogy at Odin's funeral explains why his father behaved in that way, painting the character in a new light.
Odin was introduced in the very first of Marvel's Thor stories as the king of the Asgardian gods who casts out his own son from the Golden Realm and binds him to the human form of Donald Blake, all to teach Thor humility by living among mortals. Since then, Thor and Odin's relationship has been one of the most troubled father-son dynamics ever seen in comics. Thor has been pushed to the brink of madness by his father more times than he can count, and it often looked like Odin just wanted to punish him or make his son's life as hard as possible for no apparent reason. However, as Thor comes to reflect on his father's actions after his recent demise at the hands of the Mangog and the God Tempest, he comes to the conclusion that there was a grander purpose behind Odin's cruel behavior.
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In «The Second Son of Asgard,» the first story appearing in Thor #24 (#750 by legacy numbering) — by Donny Cates, Nic Klein, and Matt Wilson — Thor is giving the eulogy at his father's funeral, attended by some of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe. Thor seems still unable to make sense of Odin's "great and terrible contradictions." Odin was a merciless conqueror and monarch, but also someone who raised the son of his greatest enemy (Loki), and granted his power to those he deemed
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