Gorr the God Butcher Trivia | 40 facts about the new MCU villain

Gorr the God Butcher is a new villain for the MCU introduced in the “Thor: Love and Thunder” trailer.

In the film he is portrayed by Christian Bale. So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the character.

1. Gorr the God Butcher is a supervillain character
2. He made his appearance in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
3. The character will make his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
4. There he will be portrayed by Christian Bale
5. Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic decided to relaunch the Thor franchise during the Marvel NOW! initiative
6. Gorr first appeared in Thor: God of Thunder #1 (January 2013)
7. Gorr grew up on a nameless barren planet where earthquakes, lack of water, and wild animals are common
8. No gods helped his people, but they still trusted blindly in their faith
9. When his mother, mate, and children died, he thought gods could not exist
10. Because of that, he was outcast by his tribe
11. When he learned gods did exist but did not help those in need, such as his dying family, he vowed to kill them all
12. He then acquired All-Black, the Necrosword from Knull
13. This happened after witnessing Knull in combat with a golden god
14. He eventually finds young Thor Odinson on Earth in Medieval Iceland
15. He nearly killed the God of Thunder
16. But a band of Vikings came to assist him in their battle
17. While Gorr escaped with his arm cut off, he soon learned he needed help
18. So he created an army of shadow berserkers, then slowly and quietly eliminated more and more gods
19. Eventually, in the present day, Thor noticed the missing gods and investigated their disappearances
20. This brought Gorr and Thor to another battle
21. But Gorr then teleported into the future, where an aged Thor was the last Asgardian defending the realm against the shadow berserkers
22. Gorr also brings the young Thor into the future
23. There his wife and children have seemingly been resurrected and is about to set off the Godbomb
24. Gorr’s son is actually a construct made out of All-Black the Necrosword
25. He despises what his father has turned into
26. So it gives Thor the power to absorb the blast
27. Thor from the present then uses the two Mjolnirs to kill Gorr
28. Gorr possesses “All-Black the Necrosword”
29. The Necrosword according to Galactus, “carved the first dawn from the stone of the endless night”
30. The blade was forged by Knull, the progenitor of the Klyntar species
31. He used the head of a slain Celestial
32. The blade allows its user to create wings that allow the user to fly at extreme speeds, weapons
33. And a shroud of Berserkers constructed out of darkness
34. He can create sharp tendrils that can kill any god, including Asgardians
35. The blade is later banished into a black hole
36. But an elderly King Thor uses it to battle Galactus
37. Gorr also created the Godbomb
38. This is an anti-divinity armament designed to kill every god who had existed or ever would exist
39. Gorr possesses superhuman strength, durability, and endurance
40. He is also virtually immortal