Having seen the image of his father Odin swearing allegiance
to the Celestial Arishem during the time of the Third Host, one thousand years
earlier, in the palm of the Celestial's hand, Thor refuses to believe it. He
demands an explanation from the Celestial and when the alien giant is silent he
hurls himself at the being...
...and finds himself back in Olympia, home of the Eternals.
Hero is also returned to Olympia and morphs back into his identity as the
Forgotten One. Zuras denounces the latter as a traitor to Olympia and Thor
steps forward to defend him; the mischievous Sprite confesses to freeing the
Forgotten One, meaning only to help. Though many present demand that Zuras
punish Thor and the Forgotten One, Zuras places the latter in Sprite in each
other's care. Meanwhile, multitudes of Eternals are arriving, summoned by Zuras
to form the Uni-Mind by which they may defeat the Celestials. Thor considers
this plan to be hopeless and asks that he be given time to find a different
course of action. The God of Thunder takes off for Asgard....
Meanwhile, Odin, riding his steed Sleipnir, is on his way to
Olympus to meet with the Graeco-Roman gods. He fights past the guards led by
the cyclops Argus and meets Zeus with Ares, Athena, and Hercules. Despite the
history of animosity between the two pantheons, Odin proposes an alliance to
save Midgard from destruction....
In Asgard, Karnilla mourns the fate of her lover Balder,
trapped between life and death. Frigga argues with her about whether Odin was
right to sacrifice him to save Asgard. They are interrupted by the Horn of
Heimdall signaling the arrival of an enemy at the gates. It is Thor who has
been banished (issue #278) and the warriors assemble to ensure that he does not
enter. Lady Sif also arrives carrying the inert body of the Destroyer. Thor is
shocked that she joins with his foes. He begins fighting his way through the
guards and shatters the Rainbow Bridge; Sif is forced to an extreme measure:
she activates Destroyer with her mind and battles her lover the God of Thunder.
When Thor realizes that Sif is animating the giant defender, he ceases fighting
and Destroyer clouts him and hurls him from the broken bridge toward Midgard
far, far below....
Eternals in the issue but omitted from the synopsis for
space include Ikaris, Thena, Sersi, Karkas, Ransak, and Makkari.