Odin (Marvel Comics)

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==Summary==
Odin is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is first mentioned in Journey into Mystery #85 (Oct. 1962), then first appears in Journey into Mystery #86 (Nov. 1962), and was adapted from the Odin of Norse mythology by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. He is the father of Thor and former king of Asgard.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: from to 
Name: Odin Borson, Woden, Wotan, The All-Father, Wulf the Wanderer, Odin One-Eye, Odin Giant-Killer
Origin: Marvel Comics (Journey into Mystery Vol 1 #86)
Gender: Male
Age: Billions of years old (Predates humanity and one of his battles with Surtur resulted in the creation of Earth's moon)
Classification: Asgardian God, Skyfather, Former king of the Norse Gods and member of the Council of Godheads, God of Life and Wisdom, Raven God
Powers and Abilities:
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*Superhuman Physical Characteristics 
*Longevity (Asgardians possess far greater natural lifespans than humans doThor; Vol 1; #407) 
*Genius Intelligence 
*Immortality (Type 1 - Via the Golden Apples of IdunnThor; Vol 1; #325) 
*Regeneration (High-Low: Even an Average Asgardian can live for 5 minutes with their heart completely removed from their body and recover if it's placed back where it belonged.Thor; Vol 1; 603 Should be comparable to Thor, who could regenerate after a spear pierced his chestThor: Man of War Vol 1 1 and Uncanny Avengers Vol 1 16 to 19) 
*Basic Magic 
*Self-Sustenance (Type 1 - Could breath in space while fighting Forsung;Thor; Vol 1; #144 Type 2 - doesn't need food nor drinkThor; Vol 3; #10) 
*Enhanced Senses (Detected the presence of a Vanna,Journey into Mystery; Vol 1; #105 can hear conversations happeningThor; Vol 1; #164 far away from himself,Thor; Vol 1; #202 gods and their offspring can perceive invisible beingsThor; Vol 1; Annual 8) 
*Clairvoyance (Can witness events happening on earth while remaining in Asgard,Journey into Mystery; Vol 1; #100 Seidring with Odin's powers could locate and watch Thor,Thor; Vol 1; #127 was able to watch Thors struggles while battling InfinityThor; Vol 1; #186) 
*Retrocognition (Can project and watch visions of events that happened in the pastThor; Vol 1; #162) 
*Energy Manipulation & Projection (His powers can control ethereal force, allowing him to trap others in blocks of ethereal force or restrain them with energy bands, he can project beams and waves of energyWarlock & the Infinity Watch; #25) 
*Matter Manipulation (Softened the seabed to sink Skagg,Journey into Mystery; Vol 1; #104 instantly fixed Baldur's broken sword,Thor; Vol 1; #189 restored numerous broken buildings,Thor; Vol 1; #204 can affect atoms,Thor; Vol 1; #217 Thor with Odin's powers could fix the moon on a molecular levelThor; Vol 2; #57) 
*Heat Manipulation (Could generate celestial force that melted Loki's mystical frostThor; Vol 1; #153) 
*Technology Manipulation (Could force a spaceship to depart and guide it across the universe through his own powerThor; Vol 1; #168)
*Magnetism Manipulation & Gravity Manipulation (Could gather and control all the electro-magnetic particles in the universe and cause the earths rotation around the sunJourney into Mystery; Vol 1; #99) 
*Power Bestowal & Statistics Amplification (Can grant powers,Thor; Vol 1; #136 including his own Odin-Force, to others,Thor; Vol 1; #126 increased the strength of an Asgardian to let them restrain Loki with easeJourney into Mystery; Vol 1; #108) 
*Telekinesis (Sent Loki and Absorbing Man hurtling across the universe,Journey into Mystery; Vol 1; #123 hurled the remnants of dead planets at Surtur) 
*Extrasensory Perception (Sensed Thor's power coming from Beta Ray Bill,Thor; Vol 1; #338 possesses mystic senses that allowed him to detect the Infinity Watch coming to Asgard, sensed Freyja being stabbedMighty Thor; Vol 2; #5) 
*Healing (Healed Baldur's injuries, blasted Thor with his cosmic power to bring him back from unconsciousnessThor; Vol 1; #331) 
*Resurrection (Revived the HulkIncredible Hulk; Vol 1; #102) 
*Shapeshifting & Size-Shifting (Can take the form of a normal looking human,Journey into Mystery; Vol 1; 94 could transform into a hound if he wanted to,Avengers; Vol 8; #12 Can greatly increase his own size to match beings like SurturThor; Vol 1; #353 and GalactusMighty Thor; Vol 1; #5) 
*Necromancy (Forced the spirit Volla to raise from deathThor; Vol 1; #274) 
*Aura (Asgardians emit an aura of free-flowing electrons) 
*Flight (Flew across the universe while fighting Forsung) 
*Paralysis Inducement (Seidring with Odin's powers could completely immobilize Baldur and several other Asgardians, could freeze Mangog's body, leaving him unable to moveThor; Vol 1; #157)
*Telepathy (Can telepathically speak to others and read mindsThor; Vol 1; #159) 
*Body Puppetry (Infinity, a portion of Odin's own power, could control the bodies of his victimsThor; Vol 1; #185) 
*Power Nullification & Statistics Reduction (Can nullify the enchantments placed on Mjolnir,Journey into Mystery; Vol 1; #113 can reduce Thor's strength by halfJourney into Mystery; Vol 1; #101 despite him normally being resistant to such an ability,Journey into Mystery; Vol 1; #114 nullified magic based shapeshifting, can remove all of Thor's powersThor; Vol 1; #145 including his immense stamina and tolerance to pain,Thor; Vol 1; #147 could completely remove Loki's godhood and render him no different than the average homeless man,Thor; Vol 1; #267 drained the strength from Hela) 
*Absorption (Can absorb energy, was able to absorb Infinity back into himself, absorbed SurturThor; Vol 1; #400) 
*Teleportation (Can teleport himselfThor; Vol 1; #288 and others)
*Invisibility (He and Dormammu made themselves invisible to most Asgardians, even Thor who is normally able to see invisible beings wouldn't of been able to see them if it wasn't for Umar) 
*Elemental Manipulation:
**Fire Manipulation - Can generate fire,Journey into Mystery; Vol 1; #89 trapped Skagg within a circle of flame, is able to create and hurl massive fireballs,Thor; Vol 1; #139 Thor with Odin's powers could summon and unleash all the fires of hellThor; Vol 2; #49 
**Water Manipulation - Seidring with Odin's powers could summon and control a vortex of liquefied wolfbane 
**Air Manipulation - Can create cyclones, Infinity, a portion of Odin's own power, can create mists and fog 
**Earth Manipulation - Opened up and resealed the earth to imprison SurturThor; Vol 1; #177 
**Lightning Manipulation - Can generate lightning and unleash massive beams of electricityOriginal Sin; #5.1 
**Weather Manipulation - Able to create storms, due to gaining the powers of his brothers he should be able to summon an arctic storm of sleetThor; Vol 1; #349) 
*Animal Manipulation (Commanded a hawk to save BaldurJourney into Mystery; Vol 1; #106) 
*Plant Manipulation (Summoned and controlled plants to save Baldur) 
*Cloth Manipulation (Changed Jane Foster's outfit, gave Thor and Sif new outfitsThor; Vol 1; Annual 9) 
*Explosion Manipulation (Can cause explosionsJourney into Mystery; Vol 1; #115) 
*Sound Manipulation (Projected his voice through his ravens)
*Light Manipulation (Seidring with Odin's powers could project a bolt of light, can generate flashes of light) 
*Astral Projection (Can project his spiritThor; Vol 1; #184)
*Non-Physical Interaction (Soul - Energy, Intangibility - Incorporeality - Abstract Minds, Emotions/Personality, Memory, Ideas, Narrative, Thoughts, Life Force - Concept Type 3 - Information Type 2 - Nonexistent Nature Type 2, Aspects 1, 2 & 3The Nature of Astral Forms, the Astral Plane, and Telepathy (Marvel Comics) - Physically fought Thor's soul) 
*Fusionism (Could fuse the elements of fire and lightning, could fuse with his brothers) 
*Creation (Created the Rainbow Bridge, Loki created a pair sentient hands via the Odin-Ring,Thor; Vol 1; #191 Thor with Odin's powers created a feast for starving peopleThor; Vol 2; #61) 
*Portal Creation (Created a portal to channel Surtur's flames into AsgardMighty Thor; Vol 1; #21) 
*Forcefield Creation (Created a protective shield to defend New York from Skagg, Seidring with Odin's powers created a barrier to protect himself) 
*Illusion Creation (Created illusions of Thor to deceive Hela, said illusions being able to have tangible effects on the world despite not being real, created illusions of many AsgardiansThor; Vol 1; #278) 
*Multilocation (Capable of being in several places at once) 
*Time Travel (Can access any time or place in creation, even different timelines, a power he used to bring Frank Castle from dead timeline and send him to a period where Thanos was still an infant) 
*Dimensional Travel & BFR (Can freely move himself and others between Asgard and earth,Journey into Mystery; Vol 1; #92 moved Asgard to another dimensionThor; Vol 1; #197 that existed beyond normal space and time,Thor; Vol 1; #198 can banish Thor to earthJourney into Mystery; Vol 1; #110 despite him normally being resistant to such an ability,Avengers; Vol 1; #2 can banish others to Limbo, Mephisto's realm,Thor; Vol 1; #180 and to Nightmares realm,Thor; Vol 1; #451 can access any place and time in creation) 
*Sealing (Can imprison the entire population of a planet within a single being, sealed Beta Ray Bill within a block of ethereal force,Thor; Vol 1; #338 sealed the God Tempest within a nugget of Uru,Mighty Thor; Vol 2; #12 tore an entire universe from Yggdrasil and sealed it away, Heimdall with Odin's powers imprisoned Thor within Eric Mastersons subconsciousThor; Vol 1; #456) 
*Power Absorption (Can absorb power from the land itself, absorbed his stolen powers back from Zelia,Thor; Vol 2; #12 can absorb power from others to empower himselfThor; Vol 2; #40) 
*Deconstruction (Dissipated Zelia) 
*Transmutation (Infinity, a portion of Odin's power, can enchant a weapon with the power to turn blood to water, fired a transmutation beam to turn the rhinegold ring-halves into the Odin Sword,Thor; Vol 1; #300 turned Mimir's severed head into fire,Thor; Vol 1; Annual 7 turned the Scarlet Centurion into an hourglassS.H.I.E.L.D; Vol 3; #12) 
*Mind Manipulation (Can put the entire population of earth into a catatonic state, Infinity, a portion of Odin's power, can instantly enslave the entire population of a planet, entered Thor's mind and had to restrain himself to avoid damaging it,Thor; Vol 1; #471 his telepathic powers are even potent enough to affect and match Galactus in a mental battle) 
*Size Manipulation (Shrunk his royal vizierThor; Vol 1; #418)
*Empathic Manipulation (Could calm down Thor,Thor; Vol 1; #266 removed the madness from KorgonFantastic Four; Vol 1; #225) 
*Perception Manipulation (Can create visons of himself and choose who can see and hear them,Thor; Vol 1; #148 forced Tony Stark to perceive infinityFear Itself; #7.3)
*Memory Manipulation (Erased the memories of all mortals to make them forget the disasters Infinity wrought across the universe) 
*Biological Manipulation (Removed Thor's mouth, his ring allowed Loki to change Baldur's appearance,Thor; Vol 1; #193 reversed the effects of Ego-Primes mutations) 
*Life & Death Manipulation (His ring can imbue life into others, suspended Baldur between life and death,Thor; Vol 1; #275 states that he is a god of life before giving new life to dead flowers,Thor; Vol 1; #314 created and breathed life into humanity,Thor; Vol 3; #7 Infinity, a portion of Odins power, is able to cause instant death) 
*Soul Manipulation (His enchantment on Mjolnir forced Thor's and Loki's souls to return to their respective bodies,Thor; Vol 1; #181 pulled Thor's soul out of the Destroyer, released Thor's spirit from the body of Donald Blake,Thor; Vol 1; #477 can transfer souls into his scepter,Thor; Vol 2; #13 prevented Mephisto from claiming a soul,Thunderstrike; Vol 1; #15 could've torn Thor's soul asunder) 
*Time Manipulation (Capable of stopping time, after sealing off Asgard he locked it into an eternal night, causing time to become stagnant and eons to pass without meaningOriginal Sin; #5.2) 
*Spatial Manipulation (Seidring with Odin's powers could distort the fabric of space to deflect Thor's attacks, twisted the space of a city when confronting Hela,Thor; Vol 1; #190 created and fixed a rent in space,Thor; Vol 1; #350 tore apart the fabric of space to retrieve Frank CastleCosmic Ghost Rider; Vol 1; #1) 
*Pocket Reality Manipulation (Created a pocket realm at the bottom of Yggdrasil to store Donald BlakeThor; Vol 6; #9) 
*Blood Manipulation / Quantum Manipulation (Created an Asgardian blood legion using quantum foamThor; Vol 1; #620) 
*Limited Law Manipulation via Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1 - He and Dormammu warped reality to the point of affecting Lord Chaos and Master Order in a game of chess, but the match ended inconclusive, so the changes in reality disappeared. Odin explained that both he and Dormammu have to be evenly matched to not cause a cosmic imbalance at the end of the game) 
*Reality Warping (Warped and reversed all the damage Infinity had done, he and Dormammu were warping and disrupting the cosmic balance of the cosmos during a chess game, warped the space between realmsLoki: Agent of Asgard; #11) 
*Existence Erasure (Erased the human race, Thor with Odin's powers attempted to erase Desak from existence,Thor; Vol 2; #77 and when tapping into more of the Odin-Force would've have successfully erased him despite him previously resisting, only failing due to the Spirit of the Jewel saving DesakThor; Vol 2; #78)
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Resistance to: 
*Basic Magic 
*Poisons (Asgardian gods are unaffected by poisonsDark Reign: The Cabal) 
*Extreme Cold & Cosmic Radiations (Was perfectly fine while flying through space) 
*Matter Manipulation (Was unaffected by a molecular disruptor,Thor; Vol 1; #215 gods possess different molecules to humans, allowing them to be unaffected by things such as an molecule freezing beamAvengers; Vol 1; #14) 
*Sleep Manipulation (Gods are unaffected by the Chaos King causing mass sleepChaos War; Vol 1; #2) 
*Power Absorption, Sense Manipulation, & Pain Manipulation (Only he has the power to bear the Odin-Ring with no ill effects, the ring being capable of causing sudden pain, sudden blindness, and taking away the wearers powerThor; Vol 1; #194) 
*Electricity Manipulation (Unaffected by a lightning bolt, easily catching it and throwing it back at the yellow-crested titansThor; Vol 1; #289) 
*Fire Manipulation (Can withstand Surtur's flames without much difficulty) 
*Age Manipulation & Death Manipulation (Unaffected by wearing the Odin Ring, which caused Loki to age and start withering away, Hela is unable to force him to dieThor; Vol 1; #188 despite being capable of inducing death even upon Thor, who can already resist death based abilities such as Decays touchAvengers; Vol 3; #25 which causes living things to quickly decay and dieIron Man; Vol 3; #22) 
*Soul Manipulation (Hela is unable to affect his soul while he's still alive) 
*Mind Manipulation (With some difficulty he can break free from Galactus messing with his mind) 
*Sealing (Easily broke free of Thanos' attempt to seal him) 
*Dimensional BFR (Scales to Thor, who resisted being banished to Limbo due to being a god) 
*Power Nullification (Doctor Strange is unable to nullify the Odin-Force, requiring the leaders of earths pantheons to do it for himThor; Vol 2; #73) 
*Deconstruction (While empowered by the Odin-Force, Thor is able to withstand the Destroyers disintegration beamThor; Vol 2; #79) 
*Cosmic Awareness (Can hide his actions from HeimdallMighty Thor; Vol 1; #2)
*Empathic Manipulation (Odin was unaffectedThor; Vol 6; #25 by Amora's seduction spell)
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Attack Potency: Varies (Due to the Odinsleep factor, which causes his Odinforce to go up and down. When in a near depleted state, he can enter the Odinsleep to restore his powers) from Galaxy level (At his weakest, he is almost consistently still portrayed as comparable to the likes of Thor. Fought evenly against Jane Foster ThorThe Mighty Thor #563 ZettaFoe) to High Hyperverse level (His fight against Seth tore at the fabric of the multiverse itself and sent forth shockwaves that rippled through every plane of reality, with Silver Surfer stating that the forces unleashed by them could "rock our entire continuum,"Journey into Mystery; Vol 1; #513 thus affecting the internal contents of Eternity itself. His power is said to be comparable to Galactus's own,Thor; Vol 1; #168Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comic Magazine #11 and the two stood evenly matched in direct confrontationMighty Thor; Vol 1; #3Mighty Thor; Vol 1; #4). Can ignore conventional durability via several abilities
Speed: Varies. Massively FTL+ (Should scale to his son) to Infinite (Instantly sent Thor hurling from Earth to Asgard,Thor; Vol 1; 159 which are repeatedly stated to be spaced apart by an infinite distance. While empowered by the Odinforce, Seidring could launch a beam of energy that reached Earth from Asgard in an instantThor; Vol 1; 126)
Lifting Strength: Varies from Stellar to Infinite (Comparable to Thor)
Striking Strength: Varies from Galaxy level to High Hyperverse level
Durability: Varies from Galaxy level (63 ZettaFoe) to High Hyperverse level
Stamina: Superhuman (Fought a snow giant for several weeks straight.Thor; Vol 1; #308 Fought through Cul's army for 40 days and 40 nights straightMighty Thor; Vol 1; #7)
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, High Hyperversal via his abilities (His clash with Seth was affecting and being waged across every plane of existence, has access to any time and place in creation)
Standard Equipment: His spear Gungnir, the Scepter Supreme, the Odinsword
Intelligence: At least Genius (He devised a plan that included faking Thors banishment to expose a traitor in Asgard,Journey into Mystery; Vol 1; #109 used Ego-Prime as a way to evolve certain humans into new gods that could be presented to the Celestials,Thor; Vol 1; #203 let Thor fight Surtur unaided so that the battle would weaken Surtur before Odin began his attack,Thor: Vol 1; #351 allowed himself to be transformed into Surtur as part of a planThor; Vol 1; #424 that would result in Thor banishing Surtur and Ymir and leaving them in suspended animation,Thor; Vol 1; 425 laid out a plan to defeat the Dark Gods, going as far as wiping his own contingency plan from his memory to ensure it works out,Thor; Vol 2; #13 was called a master manipulator by Loki, who relayed Odins plan of using the World Tree's weakened condition to his advantage by banishing all Asgardians to earth and stripping them of their memories to trick Yggdrasil into thinking Ragnarok had already occurred and thus allow the Asgardians to continue living without fear of the event, and while he had initially planned for Thor to defeat Seth and restore the memories of the Asgardians he had a back up plan of having 3 individuals with Thors powers to serve as his replacement should anything happen to himJourney into Mystery; Vol 1; 511)
Weaknesses: Requires taking the Odin Sleep once a year to replenish his powers
Feats: 
*Tore off the Tenth Realm from the World Tree and sealed it inside a universe-sized prison.
*Created the Odinsword, stated to be capable of rending infinity when unsheathed by one unable to control it, and which was later stated to be able to end all things.
*Fought Uthana Thoth, a being capable of preventing a universe from collapsing by focusing his power into a gravity engine, and ended the battle mostly unwounded despite being ganged up on.
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*His battle with Seth tore at the fabric of the multiverse.
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