The captive Wrecker is being slowly tortured by Loki, strapped
to a painful device which is slowly leaching away his Asgardian power. Not that
Loki isn’t enjoying the terrible spectacle as he is seeking revenge for the
Wrecker’s having (inadvertently) stolen the power Loki wanted from the Norn
Queen by a simple case of mistaken identity….
At home, Eric Masterson realizes his career as Thor has
seriously hurt his normal life and he sits down at his drawing board to get
back to work. Susan Austin, meanwhile, is getting some advice on how to attract
Eric from her roommate Leena Moran (actually the Enchantress): through his son.
Soon, “Susan” is picking Kevin Masterson up from school, citing a terrible
accident at home, surprising teacher Ed Marrero….
Loki plucks Wrecker’s entire life from his memory, abused with
his mother by a brutish and overly macho father, leading young Dirk to want to
be “the hardest, toughest, meanest of all.” Loki laughs….
Jackie Lukus shows up at Eric’s home and opens the shades
and there is a massive glow in the sky, which Eric recognizes as Asgardian
magic. Then Marcy Masterson arrives, looking for Kevin, having heard that Eric
was in an accident….
The fake Susan takes Kevin to Loki’s building where she
resumes her form as Amora and Ulik snatches the kid….
Eric, Jackie, and Marcy go to Susan’s apartment and find her
unconscious. While Marcy threatens Susan with legal action, Eric dashes out and
changes into Thor….
Amora wants to know what is going to happen to the boy; Loki
is using him as bait to lure Thor to his death. Amora reminds him of Odin’s Law
against immortals killing other immortals on pain of banishment. Loki, having
regained the power from the Wrecker, considers himself above Odin’s Law. Ulik
reports that Thor is coming; Loki hands him some steel pounders (to go over his
fists) to occupy Thor until Loki is finished with Wrecker. Thor has traced the
glow of Asgardian magic to Loki’s building and battles Ulik on the roof, soon
smashing through the walls into the offices. Loki turns up the heat on Wrecker
so he can finish before Thor reaches them. Amora is so disgusted by Loki’s
intentions that she teleports out of there; Loki has been working on Wrecker’s
psyche until he forces his captive to admit he was always only a victim. This
releases his power to flow into Loki—but Wrecker is still determined to beat
Loki. Thor and Ulik continue the battle until Thor tosses the troll out of a
high window. Loki then sends Wrecker into another dimension which the big guy
sees as winning as he hasn’t died. Thor then finds Loki, dressed in battle armor
and holding a bubble with Kevin in it, demanding Thor hand over Mjolnir or the
boy dies….