Comic Book: Journey Into Mystery (2011 series)

Journey Into Mystery #622

June 2011
"Journey into Mystery"
Script: Kieron Gillen
In the wake of the Siege of Asgard, the question on everyone’s mind is… "Why did Loki do it?" Why did Loki bring his wrath down on Asgard only to sacrifice himself to save it in the end? [...]

Journey Into Mystery #623

July 2011
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Odin leads the Aesir to a new Asgard where they begin preparations to fight the Serpent, even if it means destroying Earth. Thor balks at this plan and rebels against the All-Father and is imprisoned in the dungeons. The vicious Hel-Wolf is also locked away to be released when the time is right. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #624

August 2011
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Thor escapes from the dungeon in Asgard and meets with his friends to battle the Serpent—but Odin catches them and banishes Thor to Earth to follow his own will, sending Mjolnir with him. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #625

September 2011
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Mephisto and Hela meet on the Hell/Hel border and the demonic one denies planning to invade her realm, as Loki had told them…. As part of his scheme, young Loki enters Fortress Hela with a warning for the Goddess of Death but only her handmaiden Leah is there. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #626

October 2011
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Loki and the newly dead Hel-Wolf arrive in Limbo. The monster reminds the God of Mischief that he swore to serve Loki only as long as he lived; now that he has been butchered by the Disir (last issue) he is free to wreak vengeance on Loki. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #627

November 2011
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Mephisto, Lord of Hell, introduces himself and claims that he is the rightful star of this comic book. We then hear the legend of how the devil likes to walk into a bar at closing time and talk to the bartender; he then leaves a tip which is good or bad, depending on the teller of the tale. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #628

November 2011
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Thor, resplendent in the armor of Odin, soars through the air to meet the Serpent in the final battle. Meanwhile, as the Serpent’s Dark Asgard moves ever closer to Broxton and the fateful meeting, a messenger from Mephisto arrives at the city. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #629

December 2011
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
As all the heroes of the world watch in horror and despair and Odin waits in patience to see whether he need destroy Midgard, Thor, in fulfillment of prophecy, challenges the Serpent, knowing that the villain’s downfall will mean his own death. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #630

December 2011
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
The day after the fall of the Serpent, Heimdall awakens and looks out of his window to discover that the missing Destroyer armor has been returned and is standing in the courtyard of Asgard. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #631

January 2012
"Fear Itself Aftermath"
Script: Kieron Gillen
After a recap of the end of FEAR ITSELF and a brief look at the Tanarus saga in the current issues of Thor, the narrator takes us away to a wasteland where stand Loki and the Disir. The vicious reavers demand that Loki keep his promise and set them free-which he does. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #632

February 2012
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
It’s Christmas in Broxton and the All-Mother persuades Volstagg to play Santa Claus in town while Loki is beaten up by the local bullies. He returns to the cave where Leah resides to discover he has a present, delivered by Hela, Goddess of Death herself. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #633

March 2012
"The Terrorism Myth, Part One"
Script: Kieron Gillen
The Fear Lords meet in a sub-basement of the Infinite Embassy but Nightmare is absent; this is significant later…. In Broxton, Loki introduces Leah to the joys of milkshakes at a soda shop. A bully picks a fight and Leah hurls him through the shop window. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #634

April 2012
"The Terrorism Myth, Part Two"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan, attacks Loki, believing he is the source of the Fear that is killing people all over the world. Leah steps in to save him and they get the matter sorted out and team up against the threat. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #635

May 2012
"The Terrorism Myth, Part Three"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Loki, Leah and Damon Hellstrom enter the dreams of a succession of sleepers plagued by the fear residue in their minds. While Hellstrom battles Nightmare inside their heads, the two youngsters talk the victims back to sanity. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #636

June 2012
"The Terrorism Myth, Conclusion"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Using the accumulated fear residue which Loki gave him (last issue), Nightmare forges a crown which will grant him absolute power over people’s minds. As Daimon Hellstrom frees the last of the sleepers, Loki proceeds with his plan: he informs the other Fear Lords as to what Nightmare has done. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #637

July 2012
"There Goeth the Neighborhood"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Story continued from EXILED #1The New Mutants slowly come to realize reality has been changed. They soon discover that the Asgardians have been transformed by Sigurd’s spell into ordinary humans, with no memory of their true identities. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #638

July 2012
"Exiled Part 4: The Oldest Lie"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Story continued from NEW MUTANTS #42.The Disir are on a rampage and the New Mutants must stop them with the aid of the confused amnesiac Asgardian heroes. Dani Moonstar slashes her own palm and uses the blood to lure the cannibal women away. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #639

August 2012
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
In the Otherworld, the subconscious of the British Isles and home of all magic, new gods arise, the Manchester Gods. Massive walking industrialized cities rise up and go to war against the old gods. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #640

August 2012
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
To carry out his new scheme of bringing peace between the old gods of Otherworld and the new, Loki meets with the Son of Satan, Daimon Hellstrom, in a pub; he asks Hellstrom to supply him with a map of the powerful symbolic sites of the upstart Manchester Gods…. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #641

September 2012
"(No title given)"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Loki and Leah, appropriately wearing Guy Fawkes masks, blow up Stonehenge, one of the Old Gods’ places of power. As part of his scheme to weaken the Gods of Camelot, they continue to destroy the ancient landmarks. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #642

October 2012
"Everything Burns, Part the First: The Match"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Story continues from THE MIGHTY THOR #18In Hell, Mephisto gets word that Loki is about to be betrayed by someone he does not suspect…. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #643

November 2012
"Everything Burns, Part the Third: The Crossing"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Story continued from THE MIGHTY THOR #19Loki returns from his journey to Hel and fills Thor in on what happened (off-stage): after Hela rejected his plea for help, Loki remembered the StarkPad which provided the evidence that Loki and the All-Mother were traitors. [...]

Journey Into Mystery #644

November 2012
"Everything Burns, Part the Fifth: Young Adult Fiction"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Story continued from THE MIGHTY THOR #20 Under Muspelhiem, Thor is being dragged down to the bottom of the fiery river which is the essence of Surtur himself. The Thunder God hates Loki for his latest betrayal and hates himself for being a fool. As he goes downward to his doom, he prays…. [...]