Earlier: Malekith and his Dark Elves
head to Nastrond Prison in Niffleheim where they send Algrim the
Strong, better known as Kurse, into captivity and free Lady Waziria,
whom the villain transforms into a new Kurse....
Now Thor and the League of Realms are
attempting to rescue Alfheim and its Queen from Malekith and Thor is
taking a beating from the huge new Kurse. Others of the party pursue
Loki and the Queen. Overhead, Roz Solomon in her flying car is
attacked by a giant bat; Angela comes to her rescue and together they
join the battle. Kurse overpowers Thor...and asks the Goddess of
Thunder to kill her....
Malekith takes Queen Aelsa to the
highest tower in the palace, where he reveals that he never wanted to
rule her realm but to pillage it. That accomplished he ignites the
stores of oil planted around the city to burn it to the ground. He
then kisses Aelsa goodbye, burning her mouth, and he hurls her from
the tower. None of the League is close enough to go to her aid—but
Thor hurls Mjolnir and it catches her out of the air and drops her
safely in a fountain. Thor, backed by the League of Realms, shouts
her defiance at the villains. Malekith takes Loki and his warriors
through the Black Bifrost and away. Thor summons rain to extinguish
the burning city and tries to comfort Queen Aelsa with a promise of
aid and support....