In the third installment in the Thor films, Thor: Ragnarok, the most monumental death is none other than Skurge. The Executioner sacrifices himself to Hela's wrath to ensure the citizens of Asgard remain safe. But in the comics, the memory of his ultimate sacrifice to save Asgard's citizens is a fleeting one.
Although the film Thor: Ragnarok revolves around the serious subject matter of Thor Odinson - The God of Thunder stopping his sister Hela - The Goddess of Death from destroying Asgard and its inhabitants as well as unleashing hell onto the Nine Realms, the film is rather comical - to the point where practically any character's death is immediately forgotten by the film's viewers. In fact, one of the most pertinent teams of Asgardian protectors whose deaths are anticlimactic is the Warriors Three, a group of Thor's friends and mighty fighters who are killed within an instant of Hela's arrival on Asgard via the Bifrost or Rainbow Bridge that connects Asgard to the other Realms. But among the many deaths that occur in the film, Skurge aka The Executioner's is the one that stands out from the rest. But in Thor: God-Sized #1, Skurge's death is almost completely erased from the minds of all Asgardians.
In Matt Fraction, Dan Brereton, Doug Braithwaite, Laura Allred, Mike Allred, Ma Sepulveda, Andy Troy, Frank D'Armata, as well as Joe Caramagna's comic Thor, Loki, and Balder - an Asgardian warrior set out to uncover the mystery as to why they all remember Skurge differently as either being, "a poet, cobbler, as well as a crone," - none of which are the truth. After speaking with Hela in the realm of Hel, the trio discovers that she can't seem to remember Skurge beyond recalling seeing him at the bridge of Gjallerbru - the bridge that connects one region of the realm of Niffleheim to the pocket dimension of Nastrond. The bridge is where Skurge dies while trying to protect countless Asgardians from hordes of undead. After leaving Hel in search of answers; Thor, Loki, and Balder begin to experience a collide of all dimensions and realms - causing them to fight swarms of Dark Elves as well as a Storm Giant and as they fight through a whirlwind of mayhem, they happen upon the World Tree or Yggdrasil (that binds all Ten Realms) being destroyed by a woman named the Enchantress.
As the trio attempt to stop Enchantress from destroying the World Tree, they also realize she's using its trunk to carve out her ex-lover Skurge and bring him back to life - which is also affecting everyone's memory of him. But because Loki is an untrustworthy individual, he uses his mischievous skills to deceive Enchantress into thinking he's going to help her carve out Skurge, and just when he has the upper hand, he switches positions with his brother Thor to give him a chance to immobilize Enchantress. And even though Thor feels sympathy for Enchantress's loneliness and longing for her ex-lover, he will not allow the Ten Realms to fall to chaos and allow Skurge to return to the world of the living as something other than himself. Which gives Thor no choice but to chop at the World Tree till the molding of Skurge is completely gone. After Thor destroys Skurge's molding, the trio return to Asgard with the respect of all Ten Realms and Thor makes a toast to commemorate Skurge's act of heroism during the battle at Gjallerbru. During the speech, he speaks to Skurge as if he's present in the room and says, "as long as we all shall live, no one shall ever forget you."
Although the comics give Skurge a much larger background story than Thor: Ragnarok does, his death is still the most epic in the film and he's also given the best character arc. And since Skurge ends up almost being completely erased from the minds of all Asgardians in the Marvel Comics, one can only hope that his sacrifice doesn't go unnoticed in the next Thor film - Thor: Love and Thunder.