I have not been following this event because none of the writters on this series know what they are talking about. Most of the major fights that have taken place here have been complete crap (Namar losing to Thing, Magneto losing to Iron Man, etc) and their treatment of Thor is, as usual complete bull. However from what I have seen, this is what I recall:
Thor vs the Phoenix Force: Loss. This is about the only one so far that makes sense, as the full Phoenix Force is a cosmic entity and therefore is significantly more powerful than most things Thor has gone up against. Unhindered by the constraints of a human host, the Phoenix Force should have proven more than a match for Thor, though I certainly appreciated that he at least looked able to hurt it.
Thor vs the Phoenix possessed Marvel: Loss. This fight set the stage for every thing else that was to come. Marvel himself is well below Thor in power, and prior to this point, the Phoenix Force had only ever granted someone psionic powers and some access to cosmic energy, but now all of a sudden it put Marvel as a physical rival to Thor, and now suddenly it augments all his powers. Even still, it was nice that they at least show Thor gaining the advantage a good portion of the time, and that he was already dealing with wounds recieved from his encounter with the full Phoenix Force earlier. And at least Marvel was in fact a trained warrior.
Thor vs Rachel Grey: Inconclusive, though edge to Rachel. Rachel Grey, without the aid of the full Phoenix Force not only manages to tank a shot from Mjolnir, but then creates a psionic hammer and knocks the wind out of his lungs and puts him down, using by all appearances nothing but her arm strength. He is then attacked by Namor. Even though Thor has in the past taken on the whole team of Excalibur when they were tricked into thinking he was Juggernaut, which at the time included Rachel with the Phoenix Force, and proved that Mjolinir was capable of manipulating Rachel's psionic energy so for him to get essentially handled by her in this issue shows the writers have never done any research into the characters.
Thor vs Phoenix possessed Emma Frost: Loss. This is an even bigger crock than any of the others, for several reasons that explained on the picture showing it happening, but Emma Frost completely handles Thor physically. He shatters her at least, but then she comes back and completely dominates him and insults him (which seemed more like the writer insulting him then the actual character). Briefly, in addition to the points above about Captain Marvel, the Phoenix Force is a psionic being, and Emma Frost when in her diamond form, cannot access any of her own psionic powers. Also, Emma Frost used her diamond form to render her immune from possession from the Void shard that she took from Sentry. Both of these are recent history so its not like these acts are 20 plus years old, so in essence, Emma should not have even been able to access the Phoenix Force while in her diamond form. But hey, its Marvel and they had yet another way to humiliate Thor so they took it.
I have not seen the outcomes, again because I am not reading the books, but he has also had confrontations with the Phoenix empowered Cyclopes and I believe the Phoenix empowered Namor. Again not sure. Thor has essentially become Ares in terms of the way he is treated, essentially on the team to take the beating while everyone else actually figures out how to win. I said it before but I've noticed Hulk and even Rulk strangely absent from all these beatdowns. Love how they feel Thor is worthy of all the humiliation, but Scarlet Witch scores a win against the Phoenix empowered Magik.
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