Evil
Donald Blake is at a restaurant with Jane Foster, chatting about his “missing
years” and his bond with Thor. Jane detects something different about him and he
explains it away as Thor being somewhere far off (where he has been trapped by Blake,
which Blake is careful not to mention)….
Thor,
meanwhile, is trapped in the ruined remains of the idyllic small town in
American where Don Blake had been placed; he cries for help and in his
frustration hammers a giant chasm into the ground. He is approached by Ratatoskr,
the Chaos God who delivers messages among the Ten Realms via Yggdrasil; Thor
asks him to go for help. Ratatoskr tells him there is no one in Asgard….
All
of the Asgardians have been banished to Dimension Blood where the inhabitants
are trying to keep Volstagg fed. Sif checks in on Beta Ray Bill, who is prostrate
from guilt over not protecting Sif from the evil Blake’s rampage (last issue).
Bill then has the idea to send Lockjaw for help but Thori tells him the Inhuman’s
big dog is gone to help a friend….
At
the restaurant, Don Blake asks Jane about her own life, building up to finding
out where Odin is. When he mentions that she had been Thor, Blake freaks out, (imagining
he is) ripping her soul out of her body. He decides to leave, knowing she was
good to him and unable to face acting against her….
Jane
returns to the morgue to some news from Dr. Rudy Gillespie. A badly chewed up
body has been brought in and identified as Red Norvell, a former Thor. Jane dashes
into the bathroom to vomit, looks in the mirror and sees the symbol of her
impending death over her head….
Don
Blake, bearing Jarnbjorn, searches a swamp, seeking the next Thor to kill…and
he finds him, as Throg, the froggy version of the God of Thunder, warned by
Lockjaw, brings down the lightning on Don Blake….