Thor changes into Dr Donald Blake to make his rounds at
the hospital but discovers that many patients are afraid of him and other staff
are joking about him because of the suspicions that he murdered Jane Foster.
The hospital administration doesn’t like the publicity he is bringing to them
so Don offers to go on vacation. At his office, he receives a call from Dr.
Shawna Lynde, angry that he hasn’t called her. And when he tries to turn into
Thor in an alley, newspeople snap his picture and try to get an interview. As
Thor, he carries his accuser, Dr. Keith Kincaid, to his hotel room and there tries
to vouch for Don Blake’s character. Keith explains that he had a rough life on
his road to becoming a physician and Jane Foster saved his life and he is
broken by her disappearance. Thor then makes the decision to reveal to Keith
that he is Don Blake and explains about the Runestaff and the possibility that
Jane is on another planet. Thor picks up Sif and they head with Keith to
Avengers Mansion where they are greeted by Jarvis and Captain America,
She-Hulk, and Captain Marvel (M. Rambeau) are training. Team leader Wasp offers
them the use of a space-Quinjet which can be modified to run on the power of
Mjolnir. Thus, they take off for a distant world….
In Asgard, Odin learns what Thor is doing and wonders when
he will ever leave the affairs of Midgard behind and return home….
The ship arrives at a planet Sif recognizes from her
previous visit to find the Runestaff but now the world is under attack by the
insectoid Kt'kn (a/k/a the Ktkn);from a prison transport ship that has crashed. Thor and Sif
battle the invaders and Keith joins in with a raygun found on the Quinjet. Thor
calls up a dust storm which sweeps the Kt’kn away. Entering the palace of Kamo
Tharnn, they find the place a shambles and their quarry in chains; Kamo Tharnn
agrees to give them the Runestaff in exchange for his freedom. Once he is
released, he turns over the staff to them and Sif undergoes the ritual to
summon Jane Foster’s essence from within her…and nothing happens….