History ComicBook / ThorVikings

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The god of thunder does battle with cursed undead vikings who own a flying longship that breathes fire. He also teams up with a Viking shield-maiden, a Teutonic knight and a German pilot from WW2.

In the year 1003, Harald Jaekelsson and his crew of Norse raiders are cursed by a wise man for destroying his village and murdering its townsfolk. They set sail west towards the New World for a thousand years until they reach New York and do [[RapePillageAndBurn what Norse raiders were pretty infamous for doing]]. The God of Thunder attempts to stop them, but shockingly, he gets trounced by Jaekelsson and proceeds to slaughter everything on his path. In order to stop these immortal zombies, Thor enlists the help of ComicBook/DoctorStrange, who summons a trio of warriors from different time periods descended to the wise man who have the power to kill these monsters.

* WriterOnBoard: Garth Ennis is well known for his unabashed dislike of superheroes, and this comic shows: Thor is a borderline ButtMonkey, Dr. Strange is DrJerk and the Avengers [[CurbStompBattle are curb-stomped by the zombies offscreen]]. Its really telling when they need the help of relatively normal people to fight the threat.
* ZombieApocalypse: A variation in any case: they are not driven to eat flesh and their victims don't rise as zombies themselves. However, they are pretty indestructible, they murder and brutalizing anything on their path, plunge New York into chaos and shrug off any intervention attempts from [[MilitariesAreUseless the US military]] or [[TheWorfEffect the Avengers]].

* RedshirtArmy: The US Marines are saddled with this role, as they are sent into to stop the zombies and a issue later, their heads are placed on spikes.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: That "wise man" was just trying to share ''some'' degree of his suffering with the monsters who'd inflicted it upon him - by casting a BloodMagic spell to curse them with a thousand years of suffering upon the sea. Jaekelsson puts an arrow right through him at fifty yards, and instead the veinful intended, the spell gets every drop in the old man's body. Add in that the patrons of Blood Magic ''love'' screwing with people, "Everlasting pain" becomes "cannot die", while "sail for a thousand years without reaching your destination" becomes "dump zombie Vikings in Manhattan in 2003."

-->'''Erik''':''Compliments of the Luftwaffe, Meine Herren. And don't you fucking forget it.''
* PunchClockVillain: One of the chosen warriors is Eric Lonnroth, a ''Luftwaffe'' pilot from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. With that said, he doesn't share any Nazi ideals and is less than enthusiastic about his country being in the hands of "[[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler a maniac who sold his soul to the devil]]" in his own words. He looks forward to fight the undead vikings, because he considers it a decent cause to fight for a change.

* ZombieApocalypse: A variation in any case: they are not driven to eat flesh and their victims don't rise as zombies themselves. However, they are pretty indestructible, they murder and brutalized anything on their path, plunge New York into chaos and shrug off any intervention attempts from [[MilitariesAreUseless the US military]] or [[TheWorfEffect the Avengers]].

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Harald Jaekelsson utterly hands Thor's ass in their first match. Keep in mind that Harald is neither Asgardian nor Frost Giant, he is just a human Viking turned undead by a common wizard's curse.

* InfantImmortality: Played with. While its made very much clear that Jaekelsson's men butcher children along with adults and we see kids being attacked, we don't actually get to see any of them being murdered onscreen like with the adult victims.

* {{Jerkass}}: Dr. Strange certainly got vibes of this. He is pretty casually indifferent about the death and suffering that the undead bring upon New York, and when Thor calls him out for not doing anything about it, he says he didn't want to risk his life. And this is the guy who is supposed to be Sorcerer Supreme.

* WriterOnBoard: Garth Ennis is well known for his unabashed dislike of superheroes, and this comic shows: Thor is a borderline ButtMonkey, Dr. Strange is written [[{{Jerkass}} like a detached dickhead]] and the Avengers [[CurbStompBattle are curb-stomped by the zombies offscreen]]. Its really telling when they need the help of relatively normal people to fight the threat.

In the year 1003, Harald Jaekelson and his crew of Norse raiders are cursed by a wise man for destroying his village and murdering its townsfolk. They set sail west towards the New World for a thousand years until they reach New York and do [[RapePillageAndBurn what Norse raiders were pretty infamous for doing]]. The God of Thunder attempts to stop them, but shockingly, he gets trounced by Jaekelsson and proceeds to slaughter everything on his path. In order to stop these immortal zombies, Thor enlists the help of ComicBook/DoctorStrange, who summons a trio of warriors from different time periods descended to the wise man who have the power to kill these monsters.

* {{Jerkass}}: Dr. Strange certainly got vibes of this. He is pretty casually indifferent about the death and suffering that the undead bring upon New York, and when Thor calls him out for not doing anything about it, he says he didn't want to risk his life.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The undead vikings are defeated and their leader suffers a very painful and deserving punishment. But the villains left such carnage in their awake that turned New York into ''a death camp'' in just three days where countless innocents were horribly murdered. The survivors won't recover very easily and its expected depression and mass suicides following this incident. While the three chosen warriors do survive the fight, they return to their respective timelines where each one of them dies in combat. Thor solemnly gives them goodbye and ensures they are given entrance on [[WarriorHeaven Vallhala]].]]

* GentleGiant: Magnus of the Danes is a very tall and strong Teutonic knight, in fact so big that he ''towers over Thor'' (himself TheBigGuy to ComicBook/TheAvengers) while standing next to him. He is also extremely friendly and nice to others, he doesn't even object fighting alongisde Sigrid, who is a both a Norse pagan and a warrior-woman, which respectively clashes with his strong religious beliefs and traditional views of women from his time period.

* InfantImmortality: Played with. While its explicitly said that Jaekelsson's men butcher children along with adults and we see kids being attacked, we don't actually get to see any of them being murdered onscreen like with the adult victims.

* StayInTheKitchen: In her own timeline, Sigrid is told to not join raids with the men of her village and is expected to settle down and have a family, but she wants to have a warrior's life [[spoiler: The epilogue shows that she gets her wish, ends up dying in combat and being welcomed in Valhalla.]]

%%* BloodierAndGorier

* ZombieApocalypse: A variation in any case: they are not driven to eat flesh and their victims don't rise as zombies themselves. However, they manage to plunge New York into chaos, shrug off an intervention from [[MilitariesAreUseless the US military]] or [[TheWorfEffect the Avengers]].

* ReligiousBruiser: Magnus is a devout Christian who is introduced putting an entire village of heretics to the sword. Surprisingly he is not TheFundamentalist doesn't mind fighting for a pagan God such as Thor. [[spoiler: Ironically, he ends up in Valhala when he dies.]]

* GentleGiant: Magnus of the Danes is a very tall and strong Teutonic knight, in fact so big that he ''towers over Thor'' (himself TheBigGuy to ComicBook/TheAengers) while standing next to him. He is also extremely friendly and nice to others, he doesn't even object fighting alongisde Sigrid, who is a both a Norse pagan and a warrior-woman, which respectively clashes with his strong religious beliefs and traditional views of women from his time period.

** TheBigGuy: Magnus of the Danes.

** TheChick: Sigrid.
* GentleGiant: Magnus of the Danes is a very tall and strong Teutonic knight, but also extremely friendly and nice to others. Even towards Sigrid, despite her being a pagan and a warrior-woman (which clashes with his religious beliefs and his own time period's ideals respectively).

* ReligiousBruiser: Magnus is a devout Christian who is introduced putting an entire village of heretics to the sword. With that said, he is [[GentleGiant a great guy]] [[BoisterousBruiser to hang out with]] and doesn't mind following Thor (a pagan God, no less) or fighting alongside Sigrid (who is both a pagan and a woman). [[spoiler: Ironically, he ends up in Valhala when he dies.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The undead vikings are defeated and their leader suffers a very painful and deserving punishment. But the villains left such carnage in their awake that turned New York into ''a death camp'' in just three days where countless innocents were horribly murdered. The survivors won't recover very easily and its expected depression and mass suicides following this incident.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The undead vikings are defeated, their leader suffers a very painful and deserving punishment and the three survive and return to their timelines. But the villains left such carnage in their awake that turned New York into ''a death camp'' in just three days where countless innocents were horribly murdered. The survivors won't recover very easily and its expected depression and mass suicides following this incident.]]
* BoisterousBruiser: Magnus is a nice and friendly fellow with the propensity to [[LargeHam act over the top]].

* GentleGiant: Magnus of the Danes is a very tall and strong Teutonic knight, but also extremely friendly and nice to others. Even towards Sigrid, despite her being a pagan and a warrior-woman (which clash with his religious beliefs and his own time period's ideals respectively).

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The god of thunder does battle with cursed undead vikings who own a flying longship that breathes fire.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Jaekelsson is a prolific [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapist]] and sexist, calling [[ActionGirl Sigrid]] a "whore-at-arms" and is baffled to see a female police officer taking up arms against him. Note that ValuesDissonance is at play, as he belongs to a different society and time period, and his sexism is ''far'' from being the worst thing about him.
* PunchClockVillain: One of the chosen warriors is Eric Lonnroth, a Luftwaffe pilot from World War II. With that said, he doesn't share any Nazi ideals and is less than enthusiastic with his country being in the hands of "[[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler a maniac who sold his soul to the devil]]" in his own words. He looks forward to fight the undead vikings, because he considers it a decent cause to fight for a change.

What happens when the ComicBook/TheMightyThor gets the [[DarkerAndEdgier the Garth Ennis' treatment?]] You get ''Thor: Vikings'', a 2003 limited miniseries written by Creator/GarthEnnis, illustrated by Glenn Fabry and published under Creator/MarvelMAX, the R-rated imprint of Creator/MarvelComics. In the year 1003, Harald Jaekelson and his crew of Norse raiders are cursed by a wise man for destroying his village and murdering its townsfolk. They set sail west towards the New World for a thousand years until they reach New York and do [[RapePillageAndBurn what Norse raiders were pretty infamous for doing]]. The God of Thunder attempts to stop them, but shockingly, he gets trounced by Jaekelsson and proceeds to slaughter everything on his path. In order to stop these immortal zombies, Thor enlists the help of ComicBook/DoctorStrange, who summons a trio of warriors from different time periods descended to the wise man who have the power to kill these monsters. Unlike [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX other prominent titles]] of the brand, this miniseries takes place in the mainstream Marvel continuity instead of its own stand-alone universe.

* BloodierAndGorier / DarkerAndEdgier: To be expected since this is Marvel MAX, but so much more shocking since its supposed to take place in the normal Marvel continuity.

* NinjaPirateZombiePirate: The god of thunder does battle with cursed undead vikings who own a flying longship that breathes fire.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Jaekelsson is a prolific [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapist]] and sexist, calling [[ActionGirl Sigrid]] a "whore-at-arms" and is baffled to see a female police officer taking up arms against him. Note that ValueDissonance is at play, as he belongs to a different society and time period, and his sexism is ''far'' from being the worst thing about him.

* PunchClockVillain: One of the chosen warriors is Eric Lonnroth, a Luftwaffe pilot from World War II. With that said, he doesn't share any Nazi ideals and is less than enthusiastic with his country being in the hands of "[[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler a maniac who sold his soul to the devil]]" in his own words. He looks forward to fight the undead vikings, because he considers it a decent cause to fight for a change.

* TheWorfEffect: To ''astonishing levels''. How do we know that Jaekelsson and his zombies are dangerous? When Thor strikes him with Mjolnir not only he withstands the blow, but Thor ''snaps his own wrists while doing so''. It gets worse in a issue later where he defeats a Avengers team comprised of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/ScarletWitch and ComicBook/{{Vision}}, all of them formidable fighters and powerhouses, taken out ''offscreen''.

* PunchClockVillain: Eric Lonnroth is a Luftwaffe pilot from World War II. With that said, he doesn't share any Nazi ideals and is less than enthusiastic with his country being in the hands of "[[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler a maniac who sold his soul to the devil]]" in his own words. He looks forward to fight the undead vikings, because he has a decent cause to fight for a change.

* AntiHero: Magnus of the Danes; he is [[UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights a Teutonic knight]] introduced butchering a village of heretics just before being pulled from the timestream by Strange. Thor expresses doubt in fighting alongside someone like this, but Strange tells him that they need the best fighters they can get.

* BoisterousBruiser: Magnus is actually a nice and friendly fellow with the propensity to [[LargeHam shout

* AFateWorseThanDeath: One can assume this was the intent behind the wise man's curse, having Jaekelsson's ship sailing aimlessly with its crew aging and decaying without dying for a thousand years.

* PunchClockVillain: Eric Lonnroth is a Luftwaffe pilot from World War II. With that said, he doesn't share any Nazi ideals and is less than enthusiastic with his country being in the hands of ''[[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler a maniac who sold his soul to the devil]]'' in his own words.

** Harald's is in the very first page of the comic, where he breaks a woman's neck by stepping on it, all while him asking his lieutenants if they killed all men and children in their village, raped all their women and then ordering them to kill them too after they are done. This scene not only tells you what you need [[{{Sadist}} to know]] [[AxCrazy about him]], but sets the tone for what kind of [[DarkerAndEdgier story]] this is.

* InfantImmortality: Played with. While its mentioned that Jaekelsson's vikings had killed children along with adults in their raids, and we get to see a couple of instances they attack kids, we don't actually get to any of them being murdered onscreen like with the adult victims. With that said, its unlikely that they were spared by them, given their [[AxCrazy behavior]].

What happens when the ComicBook/TheMightyThor gets the [[DarkerAndEdgier the Garth Ennis' treatment?]] You get ''Thor: Vikings'', a 2003 limited miniseries by written Creator/GarthEnnis, illustrated by Glenn Fabry and published under Creator/MarvelMAX, the R-rated imprint of Creator/MarvelComics. In the year 1003, Harald Jaekelson and his crew of Norse raiders are cursed by a wise man for destroying his village and murdering its townsfolk. They set sail west towards the New World for a thousand years until they reach New York and do what Norse raiders were pretty infamous for doing. The God of Thunder attempts to stop them, but shockingly, he gets trounced by Jaekelsson and proceeds to slaughter everything on his path. In order to stop these immortal zombies, Thor enlists the help of ComicBook/DoctorStrange, who summons a trio of warriors from different time periods descended to the wise man who have the power to kill these monsters. Unlike [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX other prominent titles]] of the brand, this miniseries takes place in the mainstream Marvel continuity instead of its own stand-alone universe.

* InfantImmortality: Played with. While its mentioned that Jaekelsson's vikings had killed children along with adults, and we get to see a couple of instances they attack kids, we don't actually get to any of them being murdered onscreen like with the adult victims. With that said, its unlikely that they were spared by them, given their [[AxCrazy behavior]].

What happens when the ComicBook/TheMightyThor gets the [[DarkerAndEdgier the Garth Ennis' treatment?]] You get ''Thor: Vikings'', a 2003 limited miniseries by written Creator/GarthEnnis, illustrated by Glenn Fabry and published under Creator/MarvelMAX, the R-rated imprint of Creator/MarvelComics. In the year 1003, Harald Jaekelson and his crew of Norse raiders are cursed by a wise man for destroying his village and murdering its townsfolk. They set sail west towards the New World for a thousand years until they reach New York and do what Norse raiders were pretty infamous for doing. The God of Thunder attempts to stop them, but shockingly, he gets trounced by Jaekelsson and proceeds to slaughter everything on his path. In order to stop these immortal zombies, Thor enlists the help of ComicBook/DoctorStrange, who summons a trio of warriors from different time periods descended to the wise man who have the power to kill these monsters. Unlike other prominent titles of the brand, this miniseries takes place in the mainstream Marvel continuity instead of its own stand-alone universe.

* AntiHero: Magnus of the Danes; he is a [[UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights a Teutonic knight]] introduced butchering a village of heretics just before being pulled from the timestream by Strange. Thor expresses doubt in fighting alongside someone like this, but Strange tells him that they need the best fighters they can get.

* BloodierAndGorier: To be expected since this is Marvel MAX, but so much more shocking since its supposed to take place in the normal Marvel continuity.

* RapePillageAndBurn: Jaekelsson's MO. Its what started the whole miniseries' event and as soon as he lands on New York, he starts the whole thing all over again.
* RedshirtArmy: The US Marines are saddled with this role, they are sent into to stop the zombies and a issue later, their heads are place on spikes.
* RevenantZombies: Jaekelsson and his men are high-functioning zombies, they just happen to be psychotic and violent because they were also like that in life.
* TheWorfEffect: To ''astonishing levels''. How do we know that Jaekelsson and his zombies are dangerous? When Thor strikes him with Mjolnir not only he withstands the blow, but Thor ''snaps his own wrists while doing so''. It gets worse in a issue later where he defeats a Avengers team comprised of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/ScarletWitch and ComicBook/{{Vision}}, all of them formidable fighter and powerhouses, taken out ''offscreen''.

What happens when the ComicBook/TheMightyThor gets the [[DarkerAndEdgier the Garth Ennis' treatment]]? You get ''Thor: Vikings'', a 2003 limited miniseries by written Creator/GarthEnnis, illustrated by Glenn Fabry and published under Creator/MarvelMAX, the R-rated imprint of Creator/MarvelComics. In the year 1003, Harald Jaekelson and his crew of Norse raiders are cursed by a wise man for destroying his village and murdering its townsfolk. They set sail west towards the New World for a thousand years until they reach New York and do what Norse raiders were pretty infamous for doing. The God of Thunder attempts to stop them, but shockingly, he gets trounced by Jaekelsson and proceeds to slaughter everything on his path. In order to stop these immortal zombies, Thor enlists the help of ComicBook/DoctorStrange, who summons a trio of warriors from different time periods descended to the wise man who have the power to kill these monsters. Unlike other prominent titles of the brand, this miniseries takes place in the mainstream Marvel continuity instead of its own stand-alone universe.

* AntiHero: Magnus of the Danes; he is a [[UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights a Teutonic knight]] introduced butchering a village of heretics just before being pulled from the timestream by Strange. Thor expresses doubt in fighting alonside someone like this, but Strange tells him that they need the best ighters they can get.

* InfantImmortality: Played with. While its mentioned that the zombies killed children along with adults, and we get a couple of instances of kids being attacked, we don't actually get to any of them being impaled or butchered onscreen like with the adult victims.
* ThePunisment: The curse the wise man lays upon Jaekelsson and his men turns them into unstoppable engines of destruction capable of killing ''anything'' on its path and nobody, except those who share blood with the man that cursed in the first place, can even harm (let alone kill them).
* TheWorfEffect: To ''astonishing levels''. How do we know that Jaekelsson and his zombies are dangerous? When Thor strikes him with Mjolnir not only he withstands the blow, but Thor ''snaps his own wrists while doing so''.

What happens when the ComicBook/TheMightyThor gets the [[DarkerAndEdgier the Garth Ennis' treatment]]? You get ''Thor: Vikings'', a 2003 limited miniseries by written Creator/GarthEnnis, illustrated by Glenn Fabry and published under Creator/MarvelMAX, the R-rated imprint of Creator/MarvelComics. In the year 1003, Harald Jaekelson and his crew of Norse raiders are cursed by a wise man for destroying his village and murdering its townsfolk. They set sail west towards the New World for a thousand years until they reach New York and do what Norse raiders were pretty infamous for doing. The God of Thunder attempts to stop them, but shockingly, he gets trounced by Jaekelson and proceeds to slaughter everything on his path. In order to stop these immortal zombies, Thor enlists the help of ComicBook/DoctorStrange, who summons a trio of warriors from different time periods descended to the wise man to stop him. Unlike other prominent titles of the brand, this miniseries takes place in the mainstream Marvel continuity instead of its own stand-alone universe.

* BloodierAndGorier: To be expected since this is Marvel MAX, but so much more shocking since its supposed to take place in the normal Marvel continuity.