Continued from DOMINATION FACTOR:
FANTASTIC FOUR #3.
During the War, Captain America and
Bucky are prevented by the (original) Human Torch from detonating the
explosives to destroy the Nazis' invasion tunnel under the English
Channel. Cap, his mind sent back from the future to recover a slice
of the Golden Apple, learns that the Torch facing him is possessed by
the Vision, whose body was constructed from that of the Torch. Cap
sets off the detonator while Torch finds the apple slice in a chest
of Nazi loot and they are both restored to their own time.
Contemporary Cap and Bucky are rescued by Nick Fury and a
submarines....
Praxis CEO Nora Queen is dying and her
doctors can to nothing to save her. Lester, her lackey, carries her
out into the Swiss mountain climate where time is frozen, prolonging
her life....
In old Asgard, Thor escapes from Loki's
trap while the Trickster shows him what is transpiring back in the
palace: Knorda, Queen of the Mountain Giants, has betrayed her own
people to gain Odin's favor. The All-Father cuts one of Iduna's
apples into nine slices; Knorda eats one, gaining immortality, and is
sent to Midgard to found a kingdom, with the remaining apple slices
turned to gold for permanence. Thor races after her to rescue her
from an ambush by a pair of Mountain Giants. She rebuffs his aid and
races off, dropping one of the apple slices which Thor picks up and
is returned to his future. But the Thor of that day is mortally
wounded by the giants who Loki turns to wood (becoming the Harbingers
of Everlasting Winter seen in the two issue #1s of this series).
Hela (Goddess of Death) claims Thor's spirit and Iduna, trying to save
his life, unwittingly seals his body within a tree....
The astral forms of the Avengers meet
up with Dr Strange who takes the apple slices and puts them all
together before vanishing. Thor's spirit also vanishes, along with
his frozen body. The other Avengers also try to reunite with their
bodies but, like the Fantastic Four, they cannot, finding themselves
in an alternate version of New York. They meet up with the astral FF
and Reed Richards thinks that Thor was the one who accidentally
triggered the change. But suddenly, none of the Avengers or FF can
remember Thor....
At Praxis HQ, Nora Queen is transformed
into her true identity of Queen Knorda and her sly assistant Lester
turns out to have been Loki all along and has now created a world for
her to rule, one without superheroes....
[Story also features Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Invisible Woman, Thing, and Human Torch but they didn't make it into the synopsis.]
Continued in DOMINATION FACTOR:
FANTASTIC FOUR #4.
2. “Fast Lane Part 2 of 4: Feel the
Rush!”
Writer: Glenn Herdling. Pencils: Gregg
Schigiel. Inks: Richard Case. Colors: Chris Dickey.
Synopsis: An anti-drug public service
announcement featuring Spider-Man appearing in several Marvel comics
this month.