At the nuclear power plant, Quicksand is trying to choke Thor
with her sand but Thor easily fights back, recovers Mjolnir, and displays a
hint of his real power. Quicksand is terrified and escapes via a vent….
In Asgard, Volstagg and Fandral are leading the fight
against the latest incursion by the forces of Seth when, again, the enemy retreats
through a portal. In the palace, Balder has recruited the Enchantress to enhance
Heimdall’s senses so as to predict the site of the next enemy attack—but the
attempt fails. Balder is summoned by the Grand Vizier and shown the flame that
is tied to Hogun’s life-force is flickering, indicating that the hero is
injured and engaged in battle….
On Earth, Hogun is fighting Daredevil, whom he perceives as
an armored monster; DD realizes he is vastly outmatched just second before he is
buried by a collapsing wall….
Thor calls on the power plant staff to search for Quicksand
while rejecting the manager’s request to hush up the incident. The villainess,
meanwhile, has entered the control room and set the plant to explode in a
nuclear holocaust. Thor finds her and the battle continues even more brutally than
before. Once outside, she reveals that the plant is set to explode; Thor allows
her to escape while he addresses the more immediate calamity. He spins Mjolnir
around the now evacuated pant so that it is transported to the surface of a
barren planet where it detonates harmlessly. Thor regains his guise of Sigurd
Jarlson and rejoins the group; Jackie Lukus was worried about Eric,
Eric Masterson was worried about his son—and suspicious that Sigurd returned as soon
as Thor departed, Jerry Sapristi wasn’t worried since he knows Sigurd is Thor….
Daredevil escapes from the falling brickwork and pursues
Hogun in a fast-moving battle. DD recovers and battles Hogun across the city, until Hogun leaps
on the tramway to Roosevelt Island. The SWAT team open fire, the tram car is
torn to pieces and Hogun falls into the River….
In Asgard, the flame connected to Hogun’s lifeforce fades
and dies….