Thor
is on Earth, telling Jane Foster about his recurring nightmare of being killed
by Thanos wielding Mjolnir combined with the Infinity Stones, as foreseen by
the Black Winter (issue #6). Jane questions Thor’s abandonment of his hammer
but he walks away to buy hot dogs from a street vendor, using an appropriate
New York voice. Then help is needed and Jane becomes Valkyrie and heads off
with Thor to find the Wrecking Crew robbing a bank. Wrecker hurls his crowbar
at Val; Thor catches it and knocks the bad guy out with one blow. Piledriver
and Bulldozer see this and flee for their lives. Thor and Val continue their
discussion with Jane asking what Thor is afraid of. A raven comes bearing a
summons from Thor’s mother. He excuses himself while Val pursues the other two
baddies. Thor teleports to the Singing Forests of Vanaheim where he encounters
Odin and accuses him of sending a false summons. They are attacked by a giant
monster and hold it off together. Then the monster is suddenly decapitated in a
single stroke. Thor and Odin look up to see Freyja holding a gigantic sword and
accompanied by Angela and they want to have a word with the men….