The Unseen, formerly Nick Fury, regrets
having made Thor unworthy with a whisper but now it is time for
change....
Thor has laid his hand on the hammer of
Ultimate Thor and the power flows through him and he is reminded of
his power as the Mighty Thor...but he also realizes that this is not
his hammer so he takes his hand off it. He draws lightning power from
the hammer and blasts Black Swan and Proxima Midnight out into space
and away. The Collector also covets the hammer but Thor refuses to go
back into his cage. In fact, Hel-Hound Thori has release all of the
Collector's captives; Thor tells the Collector that he is taking back
his home and tosses the villain off the battlements. Thor and Beta
Ray Bill depart in Old Asgard. The frustrated Collector wants to kill
something “unique and beautiful;” the guard reveals that
everything is gone but himself. “Then you'll do.”
In the Black Quadrant, Black Swan and
Proxima Midnight report their failure to Thanos. The mysterious
hooded figure destroys them and stands revealed as Hela, Goddess of
Death. She asks Thanos for his help in retaking her kingdom from
Angela, and offers him in return what he most wants in the heavens:
death. They kiss....
With Old Asgard back in its place, Thor
relates to Bill how he could not lift the hammer as it wasn't his to
wield. Instead he reveals what Nick Fury whispered to him that
rendered him unworthy: “Gorr was right.” Gorr the God-Butcher was
right in his claim that all gods are unworthy of the worship their
followers paid them. Bill tells him he does not need a hammer to
fight as a hero....
Epilogue: A mysterious figure arrives
in Asgard and lifts the hammer, calling himself the War Thor....