Thor AKA Henry Meke is a silver-age enemy of Batman and Robin who was seemingly possessed by the God of Thunder from Norse myth.
History[]
Earth-One[]
Origins[]
Henry Meke was originally the owner of a private-museum in Gotham City which possessed artifacts such as the hat of Merlin, the longbow of Robin Hood, and even Mjölnir the hammer of Thor. One night, lighting struck Henry while he was holding Mjölnir and he was transformed into what seemed to be a human-avatar of Thor himself.
Crime-Spree[]
Supposedly possessed by Thor, Henry began dressing like a viking and began a crime-spree in Gotham City. This caused Batman and Robin to begin investigating Meke in an effort to stop him.
When learning of his origins, Batman tricked Meke into throwing Mjölnir into a fuse-box, removing the charge that was the source of Meke's possession. Due to having not been in control of his actions, charges were not pressed against Henry who returned to his museum where business was booming thanks to his press.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Transformation: Henry can seemingly transform into the avatar of the Norse god Thor.
- Super Strength:
- Superhuman Durability:
Paraphernalia[]
- Mjölnir: Henry's hammer is his source of power which is responsible for his transformations.
Notes[]
- There have been several entities in the DC Universe to have gone by the name of Thor.
- Fairy Tales Fenton was a Golden age enemy of the original Sandman, Wesley Dodds. He wore bullet-proof armour and used a sci-fi hammer created by an ancient advanced race to convince others he was Thor.
- Fawcett comics (owned by DC) featured a character who was the god Thor himself.
- The classic 1970s Wonder Woman TV series had a villainous Nazi-spy named Arthur Deal III who was codenamed Thor.
- Neil Gaiman's Sandman repeatedly features the deity Thor as a minor character in-league with Odin.
- Additionally DC has had homages, pastiches and composite-characters with Marvel comics' more famous and notable superhero Thor. Despite Marvel's character's success, due to being adapted from a mythological figure they are unable to trademark the character.
- In the Marvel DC Amalgam series, Thor was hybridized with Orion the New God in-order to create, Thorion.
- The character of Wandjina the Thunderer was made as DC's pastiche of Thor and a member of the Avengers pastiche, The Assemblers.