After the battle (last issue), Lt. Marcus Stone tells Thor
that they are supposed to protect lives and property and they failed. The owner
of the site, Aloysius P. Jamesly, explains to the crew that the construction site
is too badly damaged to continue so they are laid off while Jamesly and his
partners assess the damage and deal with the insurance company. Eric then
discovers that the crew is the one headed by his friend Jerry Sapristi and this
will be a hardship for them all….
At Riker’s Island prison, Uroc the Invincible teleports into
the building; Code: Blue gets the call and races to the scene….
In the Golden Palace in Asgard, Heimdall is concerned about
the attacks on the realm as well as the disappearance of Hogun and Volstagg.
His ally (or so he thinks) Karnilla the Norn Queen suggests waking Odin from
his Odin-Sleep but Heimdall balks….
Eric Masterson decides he has been spending too much time as
Thor and not paying attention to his personal life so he visits Susan Austin in
the hospital; walking in he finds Jackie Lukus already there….
Uroc frees Ulik from his confinement and the two take on
Code: Blue. The team’s computer expert Mother Majowski realizes the two monsters
are too much for them to handle and so sends a distress call to the Avengers….
While visiting Susan, Eric gets the call from the Avengers
and decides to ignore it to spend more time with Sue who was asking about her
roommate Leena Moran…
…who is really the Enchantress in disguise. Knowing Asgard
is in danger from Karnilla, she conjures up the Executioner’s battle axe to
join in the war. But Skoll the Wolf God appears and, changing into his wolf
form, he attacks Amora. A mysterious visitor [spoiler: it’s Jackie Lukus]
arrives at the apartment just in time for an explosion caused by the battle
within to wreck the place. [Jackie] looks in and is drawn to pick up the ax and
[she] transforms….
At Riker’s Island, the cops are fighting the monsters and
having a bad time of it, especially Stone who was recognized by the vengeful
Ulik….
Eric leaves the hospital and decides to see what the Avengers
summons was about….
In Asgard, Karnilla casts a spell to awaken Odin….
At Riker’s, Majowski sees Stone in trouble and tries to run
Ulik over with the van but the massive troll just knocks the van on its side
and seizes Stone by the neck. Thor arrives and knocks Ulik away with a hurled
Mjolnir. Then Ulik and Uroc vanish in a bright light. Thor feels guilty over
the injured Majowski and suddenly the sky opens with lightning that only Thor
can see. It is Odin, awakened, who calls Eric an impostor and demands to know
where the real Odinson is. Eric tries to explain but Odin, confused, concludes that
Heimdall has betrayed him, and he vanishes, leaving everyone around to wonder
who Thor was talking to. He explains and tells them he is going to Asgard to
see what’s going on. Stone insists on going along, and Code: Blue with him….
In Asgard, Karnilla tells Heimdall she was unable to awaken
Odin….
“Obsessed”
Writer: Tom DeFalco. Pencils: Patrick Olliffe. Inks: Ariane
Lenshoek. Colors: Rob Tokar. Letters: Steve Dutro.
Synopsis: Balder and Sif accompany Nobilus of the
New Immortals in a shuttlecraft down to the surface of Ego the Living Planet. Ego
has been marked for destruction by the Celestials and Nobilus hopes to rescue
the High Evolutionary before that happens. A tentacle from the planet knocks
the shuttle out of the air and they use the Norn Stones to teleport safely to the
ground. They end up fighting the planet itself, angered that they are allied
with the Slayers of Worlds. They locate the High E with the Analyzer, standing
at the foot of a Celestial. He has discovered that Ego is but the manifestation
of aa much larger creature and that is who they are waiting for….