The All-Father (Odin) #85 #86

Odin Borson is the King of Asgard known as the land of the Norse gods of myth. As a highest warrior and killer of the ice giants, he is a force to observe. Also known as the All-Father, King Odin raised a son named Thor with whom he defends their godly realm against threats planetary, cosmic, and sometimes even familial. 

Odin is the most powerful of the Asgardian gods. Possessing the massive energy source called the Odinpower, or Odinforce, Odin’s physical abilities are augmented, including superhuman strength, lifting up to 75 tons, superhuman durability, and regenerative powers. The Odinpower is used to channel cosmic energies into blasts of concussive force, energy shields, flight, interdimensional teleportation (capable of teleporting the entire realm of Asgard), heal the injuries of others, cast illusions, communicate with others across dimensional planes by manifesting an image of himself, rearrange matter at the molecular level, and increase his own physical size. At regular intervals, usually occurring once per year, Odin enters the “Odinsleep,” a coma-like state, to retain mastery over the Odinpower. On occasions when Odin is awakened prematurely, he is left groggy and unable to access his full power; if Odin foregoes the Odinsleep too long, his power and endurance falter until a complete Odinsleep is performed. Odin’s power also wanes if he spends too long away from Asgard. Odin then went to Aesheim (now called Midgard) and created the humans. Bor showed dislike over this and caused suffering for the humans. Initially struggling to control Mjolnir, Odin befriended a number of mystically-empowered prehistoric humans, forming the Stone Age Avengers to defend Earth from threats like the out-of-control Celestial known as the Fallen. Odin wanted to nail the Fallen's corpse to the Moon as a warning to other Celestials, but instead he and the Avengers sealed the Fallen in an underground chamber in the modern-day country of South Africa. He entered a romantic relationship with his comrade Lady Phoenix, who survived for longer than any of their comrades.

War of the Serpent

When Bor died, his son Cul proclaimed himself All-Father and ruler of Asgard but Odin, Vili, and Ve opposed him. Facing Cul's madness, perceived in his statements and actions against the mortals, wanting them to be afraid, Odin went to Yggdrasill and stabbed his eye as a sacrifice in exchange for wisdom, and was revealed that Cul was corrupted. The path to follow was then revealed to him by the World Tree via prophecy. along with his two brothers, Odin assaulted Cul's fortress. For forty days and forty nights, Cul and his Worthy remained hidden in the palace while his brothers slaughtered their Draumar forces and eventually broke in. Facing Odin, Cul denied their brotherhood, claiming to be the Serpent that Will Feast on the World. Odin recited the prophecy of the World Tree and then defeated his brother, projecting him away.

Burning Aesheim

Odin then massacred all of Aesheim, declaring that no God would ever live there again and renamed it Midgard. Leading his armies, he destroyed the realm, assaulting the fortresses of the mortals and killing every single one of them, billions of mortals tainted by the Serpent's sickness. Odin was known then as the Usurper or the Destroyer. He erased the memory of his brother, and became the All-Father, trying to rule with patience and compassion (unlike Cul), and trying to escape the World Tree prophecy.

Modern Age 

After Thor became too arrogant, Odin decided it was time to teach him some humility. Odin confiscated Mjolnir and had Thor stripped off his godly powers. Odin sent him disguised as crippled young medical student called Donald Blake. While being Blake. Thor learned the value of life and learned to care for the dying and sick while being a med student. After Thor had spent 10 years as blake, Odin planted in his brain to visit Norway. There Blake encountered a party of alien Kronans, also known as the Stone Men from Saturn, and rediscovered his magical hammer Mjolnir. Odin continued to take a great interest in his son's life, even though there was often friction between them because of Thor's love for Earth and its inhabitants. When Thor fell in love with his assistant Jane Foster, Odin disapproved and went to great lengths to break the relationship: He sent Loki to persuade the Enchantress to travel to Earth and seduce Thor, and when that failed, Odin even traveled to Earth himself, which caused Loki to abuse his absence to try and claim the Asgardian throne for himself. When Thor decided to reveal his secret identity as Donald Blake to her, Odin temporarily removed his powers Odin was believed dead twice before, killed both times in combat with the Fire Giant Surtur; during the first instance Heimdall, and later Balder, ruled Asgard in his absence, and a later time Thor inherited Odin's full power and ruled over Asgard and, later, Earth, although this latter part of Thor's lordship was erased due to time travel. Odin's spirit was present during the final Ragnarok, freeing Thor from Hela's clutches to send him to Those Who Sit Above in Shadow. As Thor eventually destroyed the Loom of Fates and stopped Asgard from perpetuating Ragnarok - which ends the entire Norse pantheon and Asgard itself - Thor believed Odin might be dead permanently.

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