A
mysterious masked woman in a red cloak visits various Asgardian villains in
their respective prisons, promising them freedom for joining an invasion of
Asgard: Algrim the Strong (the former Kurse), Ulik, Hela Goddess of Death, and
Tyr. Only Hela demurs so the rest join the plot….
In
New York’s Central Park, Valkyrie (Jane Foster) and Roz Solomon (agent of
Wakanda) have joined with Captain America and Iron Man to locate a threat. Jane
spies an elderly woman named Annelli whose death is imminent from a heart
condition but then discovers that everyone’s death is imminent. Jane identifies
a man with a briefcase as the threat so Roz and Cap confront him; the man is
revealed to be a mechanical construct which opens to reveal a bomb. Roz neutralizes
it and Jane sees Anneli who, in turn, can see her. She summons Mister Horse to
take the lady for her final ride to Valhalla….
Later
at home, Jane hears a sound and then the bloody Mjolnir crashes through her
window. She cries out to Sif...
…who
is standing in her place on the Rainbow Bridge where she can see the coming
attack on Asgard. She summons Beta Ray Bill and tells Jane that Thor is missing
and asks her to find him. She dispatches Mister Horse to bring back Runa who is
in Ohio on a date with a girl named Michelle. In Asgard, ships arrive commanded
by Algrim and they launch gravitational drop bombs on the city; these do not
explode but, like small black holes, engulf and consume their targets. Then Sif
learns that hey are being attacked from underground by Ulik and the troll army.
At home, Jane ponders picking up the hammer and becoming Thor but decides not
to; Odin’s spirit in the hammer argues with her but she chooses not to use the
Thor power until it is absolutely necessary….
The
woman in the red cloak reports to the mastermind behind the invasion—Amora the
Enchantress—who gives her leave to don anything she wants with Asgard but she
wants Thor, who we see underwater hiding from a giant serpent….