Hannah Fairmont has encountered her fiancé Jake Olson in his
apartment, shocked because she was told he was dead. And he is: this Jake is
Thor inhabiting his body and he does not have Jake’s knowledge or memories.
Thor is confused by his new condition and tries to deduce her name and their
relationship through clues in her speech. He assures her that he was only
slightly injured by the Destroyer (issue #1). She reminds him that it is his
turn to pick up her daughter Amanda from school and she helpfully includes the
address. He sees her out, unwittingly falling into Thor’s speech patterns and
passing it off as a joke. He gazes into a mirror and discovers his new
appearance, despairing over having to impersonate a man he knows nothing
about….
A small submarine on an exploratory mission discovers the
hulk of a Viking ship intact on the ocean bottom. They are thrilled until a
giant monster seizes the sub and crushes it. The monster is the servant of
Sedna, the Sea Spirit, who discovers the jeweled eyes of the ship and takes
them, hoping to learn about their masters….
Hannah Fairmont visits Demitrius Collins, bringing the good
news that Jake is alive after all. Demitrius is overjoyed…until Hannah is out
of sight, then he grumbles that the dead Jake was “the perfect patsy to pin
this evil business on….”
Jake/Thor is leaving his building when he is confronted by
Marnot, invisible to all but Jake, who comes across as a lunatic to passers-by,
seemingly arguing with no one. Jake is angry, demanding to know what is going
on, how he would change to Thor when needed, and where the hammer is. Marnot
declines to answer anything while threatening to give him back to Hela if he
demands anything of him again. Marnot vanishes and suddenly Sedna is swimming
through the air on a moving waterspout, searching for the god who made the
jewels. To prompt an answer from the mortals, she sends waves crashing over
buildings and people, including Jake who is washed away. He recognizes the
jeweled eyes from the ship and wonders if Sedna knows what happened to the lost
gods but try as he might, he cannot will himself into becoming Thor. Angry at
Marnot, he curses him and slams his fist to the ground (as though he had Don
Blake’s cane) which triggers his transformation into the God of Thunder,
complete with Mjolnir. He flies to challenge Sedna who finds him handsome; she
sends a wave of water crashing over him and he repels it, creating rain for the
bystanders below….
Meanwhile, Amanda Fairmont is at school, waiting for Jake to
come pick her up, thinking he’s a jerk who doesn’t really care about her or her
mother. Then she is approached by a trio of gangsta dudes….
Thor pursues Sedna over land toward the river; he hurls
Mjolnir and destroys the waterspout she travels by. Sedna summons a giant sea
monster so Thor seizes her and throws Mjolnir into the monster’s mouth…and he
is stunned to see the beast swallow it. Sedna wraps Thor in her coils,
intending to make him her mate; she drags him under the sea and waits for her
powers to transform him into a water-breather. But Thor wonders why Mjolnir has
not returned to him….
Characters: Thor, Hannah Fairmont, Jake Olson Dup, Demitrius
Collins, Marnot, Sedna, Amanda,