Originally posted by Horrificus
Silence!! Clownish Oaf of Undetermined Gender!!Mangog Knocks Thor Out #1:
Nope! Thor wasn't shown to be knocked out.[/B][/QUOTE]
There's no knockout there. Thor wasn't shown unconscious. Try again.
Mangog Knocks Thor Out #2:
Thor #157, Page 10- Mangog crushes Thor's arm with one claw and throws him down so hard, it knocks him out. (For the rest of the story, Thor is a badly injured arm. How often has THAT happened?) Mangog is about to kill Thor, but is distracted.
Thor #157, Page 11- Balder drags Thor's unconscious body out of the fight. Thor looked injured in the previous panel, but is clearly limp as Balder drags him away.
Again, no knock out. Mangog didn't crush Thor's arm. Thor fell down and hurt his arm. Bad writing. The same writing that had Mangog flip up the bridge and have Asgardians koed from a simple fall. WTF.
Mangog Knocks Thor Out #3:
Thor #198, Page 6- Mangog strikes/throws Thor so hard, he is knocked out again.
Thor #198, Page 8- Thor is shown unconscious while Odin ineffectually strikes Mangog, is grabbed and tossed away. I, personally, have never seen any opponent do this to Odin, full-powered or weakened.
Thor #198, Page 12- Thor wakes up from his KO, 6 pages later, backed up by narration.
I'll give you a ko there. But it doesn't help Mangog's case as Thor is koed by Mangog uplifting the ground and Thor falling a few feet (bad writing) and not Mangog hitting him.
Mangog as Odin, Knocks Thor Out #4:
Thor #250, Page 6- In this story, Mangog is disguised as Odin while Odin has disappeared. Mangog uses a blast to knock Thor out this time.
Thor #250, Page 7- Thor is shown, unconscious, being carried away.
I don't see Mangog or know the circumstances here. I have to read this story. So that I can make sure you are interpreting it correct.
I must thank you, h1... whatever. You have helped me discover something of Mangog.
It would seem that we have a new, until now, undiscovered/unclassified attack, akin to the fabled "Thunderclap" of Hulk fame.
The attack used by Mangog in knocking Thor out 3 times, is also used during his first 3 appearances to knock out the entire Asgardian Army and bring a Full-Power Odin to the point of surrender and then knock out a less-than full-power Odin.
Mangog seems to be able to throw his opponents, throw geography, throw armies, etc, resulting in High-End KO's! He flips them and throws them, up and down. And, they end up unconscious.
That's called stupid writing. No way can a simple fall ko an Asgardian. I'm not going to accept that.
Odin (normal power) was never shown to ever attack Mangog.
Mangog never really koed Thor. The one scene where Thor is clearly shown unconscious was due to falling a few feet from the air. Mangog never hit him.
The other scene disguised as Odin, I have to read tonight when I get home.
Now you see that Mangog has shitty power output on average.
That arc had the worst durability I ever saw. Thor and the Asgardians were jobbing their asses off. And it's clear the writer only wanted a weakened Odin to engage Mangog. As Odin at normal power easily owned him.