Amid
the ruins of Broxton, Oklahoma, a lightning being claiming to be Mjolnir hurls
the hammer of that name at Thor, knocking him miles away into a lake and
holding him down. Thor calls down lightning and evaporates the lake to prevent
his drowning. The Mjolnir Being reclaims the hammer while mocking Thor’s
intelligence and penchant for speeches. Thor creates a sword out of lightning and
rushes his foe, fist extended. Mjolnir raises the hammer and Thor’s arm breaks
against it. Mjolnir knows all of Thor’s weaknesses and goes in for a killing
blow…but the blow is halted by Odin’s spear. Odin signals to Sif who uses the
power of the Rainbow Bridge to send Mjolnir, Being and hammer, to the remotest
part of the universe. Yet the hammer is back within seconds; Odin pushes Thor
out of its path and he is hit in the back, breaking his spine. The Being has
returned too. Thor asks why it is doing this; Mjolnir complains that it has
always been misunderstood. The one worthy of Mjolnir is not someone noble or
true of heart but someone who wants to break and destroy. Mjolnir reveals that
when Jane Thor threw the hammer into the sun, it burned and fused with another
one who was there—Mangog, whose shape now manifests itself within the lightning
Being….