Editing List of The Sandman characters (section)

====Thor====
The Norse God '''[[Thor in comics#DC Comics|Thor]]''' first appeared in DC Comics in ''Tales of the Unexpected'' #16 (August 1957), "The Magic Hammer," illustrated by [[Jack Kirby]].

In another story attributed to Kirby and [[George Papp]], "The Magic Stick" in ''House of Mystery'' #68 (November 1957), he looked like a traditional Viking with red hair, and his hammer looked identical to the way Kirby would draw it for [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics]]. That story was reprinted in ''DC Special'' #4 (July 1969), which also contains Abel's debut.{{efn|There is a story from ''Tales of the Unexpected'' #16 in ''DC Special'' #4, but it is not the Thor story.}} Kirby also pitted Wesley Dodds against someone claiming to be Thor in ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' #75 (June 1942).

Later, a museum worker named Henry Meke handled Thor's hammer and briefly became Thor during thunderstorms in ''Batman'' #127 (October 1959).

In ''Season of Mist'', Thor accompanied Odin and Loki to the Dreaming in order to get the Key to Hell from him. At one point, Thor had difficulty with the gate keepers upon his arrival.

In ''The Kindly Ones'', Odin and Thor take Loki back to his punishment for kidnapping Daniel Hall and causing the Three to kill Dream.

Thor also appears in ''[[War of the Gods (comics)|War of the Gods]]'' and ''[[Jack Kirby's Fourth World]]'' (The Thor seen in ''The Sandman'' does not resemble the one seen in the other DC comics).

In the podcast, Thor is voiced by Mitch Benn.