Odin
has abandoned the throne of Asgard and taken to getting drunk over the trauma
of losing his wife Freyja. Valkyrie (Jane Foster) has tracked him to an alien bar
where she tries to bash sense into his head. She brings him up to date on the
return of the mad Donald Blake and his deadly attacks on all who bear the
powers of Asgard. Sobered, Odin agrees to come….
In
Dimension Blood, the exiled Asgardians are preparing for a return to their home
and Beta Ray Bill is stockpiling weapons, though Sif is less optimistic about
their chances. Then Doctor Strange arrives, with Throg, Lockjaw, and his
ghostly Basset Hound Bats. He plans to get the Asgardians out of there but he
needs the help of a snarky Loki to do it….
The
mad Donald Blake is chopping away at the roots of the World Tree, absorbing its
power when he is interrupted by Throg—who is leading all the newly freed forces
of Asgard. Sneering, Blake gets ready to take them all on, when he is clobbered
from behind by Odin, fully armored for battle. Odin points out something Blake
hadn’t thought of: where is all the blood from the World Tree spilling to? We
learn it’s going below where the imprisoned Thor is absorbing all of its power
and a bolt of Thor-power lights up the entire Tree. Thor summons his ravens,
Hugin and Munin, to rescue him. While they can’t remove his body, they can take
his soul and move it to a suitable vessel and Thor knows which one to choose.
So the enraged Don Blake is screaming at Odin when Thor arrives to take care of
him—as the Destroyer….