Thor, turned to
stone and broken to pieces by his enemies, is floating in a dark and desolate
afterlife. His former alter ego Dr. Donald Blake greets him; Blake is blind from
his judgment and bitter over his last encounters with Thor. His current desire
is to see Thor die and whether that means his (Blake’s) freedom or his death
doesn’t matter. He summons a horde of creatures of Vidblainn to fight and kill
Thor. As Thor battles the monsters…
…back on Earth,
the sections of his broken body rejoin, to the surprise of the four villains
assembled against him. Grey Gargoyle is frightened of having killed Thor, Cobra
curious, Mister Hyde triumphant, and Radioactive Man wary. When reassembled,
the petrifying spell wears off and Thor the All-Father is alive and well once
more. He challenges them, pointing out their foolishness in having confronted
him, especially in the presence of a walking bomb (Radioactive Man). Thor
clobbers Hyde and faces the others. Cobra contacts their boss and they are
teleported away. Amora the Enchantress steps out of the shadows, revealing that
it was her magic that kept Thor alive and now she want a reward: her dead son restored.
Thor can no longer deny her so they return to Asgard….
Meanwhile, the
four bad guys return to their employer, Dario Agger, disappointed that their
scheme failed. Radioactive Man points out to the others that they did succeed in
their primary objective: to prevent Thor from repairing his reputation on Earth.
Agger notes that Amora is the new CEO of Roxxon which is at war with Iron Man
so they can take advantage of that. Besides, they will have their rematch but
this time Thor will come to them….
Thor’s brother
Ullr creates the secret flame of Asgardian magic, to return a dead one to life.
Sif warns that the whole matter is a bad idea but Thor believes Aamora deserves
to see Iric in the flesh. But Thor also notes that Amora is no longer
mentioning her son’s name and he is wary of bringing back Ove, her son with
Namor from an alternate future, for revenge against Captain Marvel. Amora
rejects the idea, insisting she would not want a grown man from a possible
future over a babe she held in her arms. So she cuts her hand and drips blood into
the flames while chanting the spell. A flash of light and her son stands before
them: not Iric or Ove but a son from a dark age whose memory was erased by Thor.
It is Magni, son of Thor….