After a long absence, Thor returns to Manhattan and
immediately changes back into Eric Masterson. Wanting to see his son, he calls
his ex-wife but finds that the family has gone to Disney World. He tries
working at his drafting board but can’t settle down after his recent adventures.
Wanting female companionship, he stops by the apartment of Jackie Lukus but a
shirtless man answers the door so he excuses himself and takes off. But the guy
is Jackie’s brother Jim and after he tells her who was at the door, she chases
down Eric and they have a nice evening. A newspaper headline reveals that the Wrecker
is still on the rampage, hinting at dark days ahead….
Thor stops by Avengers Mansion where Captain America is training
with stun drones; Thor destroys them all with a bolt of lightning, missing the
point of the exercise. Cap tells Thor the British government wants to talk to him….
In Britain, Excalibur (Captain Britain, Nightcrawler,
Meggan, Lockheed, Shadowcat, Phoenix) is being briefed on the same mission: Juggernaut
magically vanished from a stasis cage and turned up in New York where he fought
Thor (issues #411-412) and the mutant team is being sent to the USA to contact
the Avengers, especially Thor, about their fugitive villain….
At home, Thor turns back to Eric just as Susan Austin
arrives and she is delighted to see him safe and sound. Then Jackie shows up
and the two women snipe at each other….
The Wrecking Crew materializes in the middle of a
supermarket and stocks up on provisions. Elsewhere, the Mystery Villain is
revealed to be Loki and he wants the Wrecker; he gives Enchantress and Ulik a
psychic beacon to attract the villain and orders to capture him alive….
Elsewhere, Code: Blue is training in their usual dangerous
way; Marcus Stone arrives and orders them to use live ammunition….
At the docks, Amora and Ulik activate the psychic beacon,
which is detected by Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and Quasar. It also alarms the
Wrecker who teleports himself and the gang to the docks. Arriving at the
airport, Phoenix also hears the beacon and she and Excalibur flay to the location
as well…..
Eric arrives at Kevin’s school to see him but he also hears
the beacon—and chooses to ignore it for the sake of his son….
At the docks, Amora has turned herself and Ulik invisible to
trap the Wrecker but Excalibur also shows up and they start a fight with the
Wrecking Crew. Thor arrives and Wrecker uses his Asgardian magic to create the
illusion that Thor is Juggernaut. Thor is attacked by both the heroes and the
villains and can’t understand why; Shadowcat pulls Thor down into the sidewalk
so that his body will fuse permanently with the ground and he will never walk again…