Contents 1 HistoryEdit 2 Powers and AbilitiesEdit 2.1 Powers 2.2 Abilities 3 ParaphernaliaEdit 3.1 Weapons 4 NotesEdit 5 TriviaEdit 6 LinksEdit 6.1 Discover and Discuss 6.2 Footnotes

HistoryEdit

Don Blake was created by Odin to be the host for his son Thor. He has since gained a life and sentience of his own, separate from Thor's.

Odin decided that it was time Thor learned humility. Odin had Thor surrender his hammer to him, and then sent him to Earth in the mortal guise of a crippled young medical student named Donald Blake, stripped of his memory (again) of his true identity. As Blake, Thor learned the value of humble perseverance in dealing with his injured leg, and he came to care for the sick and dying, first as a medical student, and later as a successful physician. After leaving medical school, Blake opened a private practice in New York, and quickly gained renown as a great surgeon.

After Thor had spent ten years in the role of Blake, Odin planted within Blake's mind the suggestion to take a vacation in Norway. There, Blake encountered a party of alien Kronans, also known as the Stone Men from Saturn. Blake fled from the Kronans into a cavern, the very same one that had served as Thor's birthplace millennia ago, where Odin had left Thor's hammer in the enchanted form of a wooden cane. Trapped in the cavern by a great boulder, Blake struck the boulder with the cane in frustrated anger, and was transformed back into his true godly form of Thor. As Thor, he escaped the cavern and drove off the Kronans^[1].

At first Thor still had no memory of his past life as an Asgardian god, although as months passed, more of his memories returned. Finally, a few years later, Odin revealed to him the false nature of the Blake identity and the reason for it.

Thor maintained his Blake identity on Earth and continued his medical practice. Part of his affinity for Earth was his subconscious realization that his maternal heritage was on this world. The other part was simply his love for humanity and his need to experience those things that only mortals could know. Thor came to divide his time between Earth and Asgard, and does so to this day.

For years, Thor was in love with Jane Foster, who worked as a nurse for Blake. Odin disapproved of Thor's love for this mortal, but eventually the romance between Thor and Foster came to an end, and Thor renewed his past relationship with Sif. That relationship suffered strains in recent years, and it is unclear what path it may take in the future. Thor was a founding member of the team of superhuman champions known as the Avengers, and continued to serve with the team from time to time through the present.

Thor eventually gave up his identity as Don Blake. In fact, Odin transferred the enchantment enabling Thor to change into mortal form and back from Thor's hammer to that of his ally and alien counterpart, Beta Ray Bill. With the aid of Nick Fury, Public Director of SHIELD, Thor adopted a new "secret identity," that of construction worker, Sigurd Jarlson. In this identity, Thor did not actually become mortal in his Jarlson identity; he simply dressed as a normal contemporary Earthman and wore glasses.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

As Thor, he had some of his abilities.

Abilities

Considered to be one of the best doctors and surgeons in the country.

ParaphernaliaEdit

Weapons

As Thor, he wielded the Mjolnir.

NotesEdit

• The transformation from the Mighty Thor to Don Blake is capricous. The transformation from Blake to Thor creates a bright light and appears to be impactful. The transformation has caused a Storm Giant to lose his grip on the Thunder god ^[2] and has freed Blake/Thor from rubble that the Thunder god himself was unable to move ^[3]. However, the transformation has also taken place in Don Blake's office with individuals outside the room not cognizant of this mystical event ^[4]

• The emanations from the transformation from Don Blake to Thor (and vice versa) has also been portrayed as substantial. After months/years of the mystical transformation, the residual energy was enough to power Mercurio's Dimensional Oscillator and open a channel to his 4th Dimension ^[5]
  

TriviaEdit

• In the Thor movie Donald Blake wasn't seen but he was mentioned twice when Jane Foster gives Thor a T-Shirt with Donald's name on it and says Blake was her ex-boyfriend who was great at being a Doctor but bad with relationships, and again when Thor is captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents while he's still depowered and set free when Jane's friend, Dr Erik Selvig, claims that he's Donald Blake since they don't know who Thor is at the time and don't know about Donald Blake or what he looks like.

LinksEdit

• 99 Appearances of Donald Blake (Earth-616)
• 4 Images featuring Donald Blake (Earth-616)
• 3 Quotations by or about Donald Blake (Earth-616)
• Character Gallery: Donald Blake (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Donald Blake (Earth-616)

Discover and Discuss

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Journey into Mystery #83
2. ↑ Thor #194
3. ↑ Thor #203
4. ↑ Avengers #2
5. ↑ Thor #208