All 10 Marvel Characters Who Have Destroyed Mjolnir (Ranked by Power)
When Marvel fans imagine Thor, they imagine him with the trusty hammer Mjolnir by his side. Thor’s ability to wield Mjolnir is the best indicator of his worth as a hero, and the legendary weapon takes an already powerful god and makes him a powerful being. important in the galaxy. However, despite being enchanted by Odin himself, even Mjolnir was unbreakable. In the entirety of Marvel lore, only a handful of creatures have broken through Mjolnir, including Asgard’s deadliest enemies and, surprisingly, many of its greatest heroes. So here are the 10 creatures that destroyed Mjolnir in Marvel lore, ranked by their individual strength – starting with the literal gods and building strength into something even more powerful. than.
Loki
With a strained brotherly relationship to compete with the others, Loki and Thor have long had their problems, which has been very evident in the MCU as well as the comics. Loki is jealous of Thor and therefore always wants everything Thor has, including Mjolnir. It was this jealousy that inspired the events of Thor Vol. by Michael Avon Oeming, Daniel Berman and Andrea Divito. Knowing he could never hold the real Mjolnir due to its worthy enchantment, Loki stole the weapon-making molds and forged his own version – as well as creating others for many. his dark ally. Determined, he gathered Hyrm the Giant, Ulik the Troll, and Fenris the Beastwolf to fight Thor. As it tends to happen when it comes to Loki, things spiral out of control and Loki’s friends kill Amora the Enchantress, prompting Thor to attack the villains with flaming weapons. When they collide, their weapons create an explosion that destroys Mjolnir and the surrounding area. Loki is a god in the truest sense of the word and is by far far more powerful than mortals, but tends to operate through trickery and submission rather than sheer force.
Jane Foster
After replacing the temporarily unworthy Thor, Jane Foster took part in a contest of the gods, with her opponents ultimately setting the monstrous Mangog against her. Unfortunately, Mangog is literally impossible to destroy, and so Jane is faced with a shocking sacrifice. In Jason Aaron and Russel Dauterman’s Mighty Thor #705, Jane wraps Mjolnir in Mangog’s chains and uses the hammer to hurl him into the sun. Tragically, the hammer explodes after successfully trapping Mangog where he can’t hurt anyone. Unlike the other heroes on this list, Jane didn’t shatter Mjolnir through sheer strength, but she did possess the godly might to hurl it into the heart of a star, where it could no longer survive. Ultimately, Mjolnir did return in a new form – shockingly fused with Mangog’s soul as the new God of Hammers.
Silver Surfer
In Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips’ Marvel Zombies #2, a virus has infected the world, including its superhero inhabitants, turning everyone into zombies. Taking advantage of Earth’s crisis, Galactus sends the Silver Surfer to announce that he will consume their planet next. Instead of taking the threat seriously, all super strong zombies can think of killing Silver Surfer to get his brains. At first, the Silver Surfer might have been unaffected by the Zombie Squad thanks to his Cosmic Powers, but the zombie-turned Thor had other ideas. Thor hit the Silver Surfer as hard as he could, and the blow disintegrated the hammer while knocking down the Herald of Galactus. Silver Surfer only deserves a fraction of the credit for defeating Mjolnir here, as the zombie Thor actually swung the hammer.
The Destroyer
Thor’s hammer was destroyed for the first time in 1952’s Journey Into Mystery , from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. In the comic, Odin enchants a suit of unbreakable armor to come alive and defend Asgard against the Celestials when the time comes, naming it the Destroyer. It seems like a foolproof plan. that is until Loki gets his mischievous hands on it. Loki awakens the Destroyer, which was waiting comatose in storage, and causes destruction against the very people that it was created to protect. Thor, being the valiant hero that he is, tries to stop the giant suit of armor but instead sees his precious hammer get sliced in two by its powerful optic beams. Thankfully, Odin comes to the rescue and disables the Destroyer himself. As Mjolnir itself proves, when Odin makes something he makes it well, and the Destroyer is so powerful, even gods have cause to fear its wrath – though it does now have the one weakness of needing a soul to operate it, leaving the wielder’s own body vulnerable to attack.
Perrikus
The leader of the Dark Gods – the opposite-equivalent to the Asgardians – Perrikus promises vengeance against Asgard when one of their kind kills his wife. After forming an airtight plan, Perrikus invades Asgard with ease and imprisons Odin while he goes on a tour of devastation of the realm. Thor tries to stop the rampage, and attempts to hit Perrikus with trusty Mjolnir. However, the attack does not have the intended effect and does no damage to Perrikus whatsoever. Not only does Mjolnir not hurt him, but Perrikus takes the opportunity to split the hammer in two with his scythe. As if losing Mjolnir was not bad enough, the Dark God leader then hits Thor so hard that he reverts to his human persona, forcing a hasty retreat. Perrikus is a truly powerful god on par with the most powerful Asgardians, and claimed to be the god of “power unlimited.” However, he’s still a Marvel deity, and some beings exist above even that ceiling.
Exitar the Executioner
Celestials are powerful beings that oversee life in the universe, but they are not equal. While Odin has managed to overcome individual Celestials in the past, Exitar is one of their strongest and acts as the species’ executioner, razing planets that have not lived up to Celestials expectations. It was when Exitar was about to destroy another planet to add to his long list when Thor intervened, determined to stop this giant enemy. In Thor #388 (by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz), Thor finds that Exitar is more of a challenge than he initially thought. After many battles and strategies, Thor found a way to make Exitar easy to defeat. He used Mjolnir to deliver a devastating blow through a powerful energy known as God Blast to Exitar’s head. Thor entered the Exitar at the cost of breaking Mjolnir, but the Celestial was ultimately too strong to defeat. He carries out his planned purge—which turns out to be more restrictive than Thor thought—and then banishes Thor from the planet, fixing Mjolnir in the name of maintaining cosmic order.
Molecule Man
Arguably Marvel’s most powerful villain, the Molecule Man is nearly omnipotent and has been gifted with the ability to manipulate matter on the molecular level, making him capable of almost anything. Later stories revealed that Molecule Man is one individual duplicated across every reality, intended to act as a multiverse-killing bomb if the all-powerful Beyonders ever tire of their creation (which they did in 2015’s Secret Wars.) It was this villainous individual that made quick work of Thor’s hammer.in Jim Shooter and Alan Weiss’ Avengers #215, decimating the supposedly indestructible weapon with a single gesture, along with Captain America’s shield, Silver Surfer’s board, and Iron Man’s armor. Ultimately, however, Molecule Man can be reasoned with, and Thor got his hammer back after the Avengers were able to negotiate a ceasefire.
Bor
Thor’s grandfather was the All-Father before Odin, and is a primordial creator god capable of obliterating planets on a whim. In Thor #600, Loki manages to turn his adopted grandfather loose, hoping that he will destroy Asgard in his rage. Of course, Thor challenges Bor, hoping to protect his people. After an intense battle, Thor pushes himself harder than ever before, and shatters Mjolnir in a staggering blow against his grandfather. The issues comes from J. Michael Straczynski, Olivier Coipel, and Marko Djurdjevic.
All-Father Thor
While Thor deserves partial credit for destroying Mjolnir in many of the above cases – wielding it with his maximum strength against unbreakable enemies – he has also shattered Mjolnir all by himself. In Donny Cates and Nic Klein’s Thor #23 – after the hammer bonds with the creature Mangog – Thor understands that he must destroy Mjolnir in order to defeat the newly crowned God of Hammers. Having succeeded Odin as All-Father and seized the Power Cosmic from Galactus, All-Father Thor traps the God of Hammers and takes the weapon itself to Nidavellir, where the heat of a billion suns mixed with the God of Thunder’s power enables him to destroy the hammer, smashing it to bits.
The Mangog
Originally the embodiment of an entire race slaughtered by Odin, Mangog later evolved into the universe’s balance against unjust gods, and can be unleashed against them when they break specific celestial rules. In Jason Aaron and James Harren’s Mighty Thor 701, Mangog yet again goes toe to toe with a Thor, however it’s not the Odinson. Having picked up the Mjolnir of Earth-1610, Thor’s ally Volstagg becomes the War Thor – a berserker god with all Thor’s power and strength. Sadly, even the War Thor is no match for Mangog, who throws him around like a ragdoll, smashes the Ultimate Universe’s Mjolnir, and leaves Volstagg for dead. This was the beginning of the battle that saw Jane sacrifice the original Mjolnir to trap Mangog in the sun, meaning this particular rampage made history by costing the universe two versions of Thor’s hammer.