In Asgard, Eric Masterson Thor and Thor Odinson are fighting
over the Lady Sif and much forest is being destroyed. Then the battle takes
them into the city where they demolish a huge building and debris rains on the
bystanders—though Amora the Enchantress arrives to turn the deadly rubble into
feathers. She muses on the fact that Odin knows of her dirty deed yet condones
the battle for his own mysterious purpose….
Back in the forest, Sif recovers from her coma and Balder
fills her in on the story….
The two Thors crash into a tavern where the Warriors Three
are drinking with their new partner Arko when chaos erupts. The barflies,
inspired by the Thors, start brawling on their own. Hogun, Fandral, and Volstagg
want to break up the fight when Sif and Balder arrive to tell them that Odin
has forbidden anyone to interfere. And the All-Father is seeking a new weapon…
…which is finally finished by the dwarves with an
inscription added by Odin….
The two Thors struggle over Mjolnir with Sif uncertain as to
whom she wants to win the contest. A lightning bolt crashes down, putting the
hammer into a crater and hurling the adversaries apart. Sif runs to the Odinson
and Eric decides that only Thor should wield the hammer so he turns back to Eric Masterson
and heads back into the city. Odin explains to Balder that neither Thor
chose to destroy the other and claim the hammer which makes them both worthy. Sif
makes a tearful goodbye to Eric and Odin gives Thor a solution to the dilemma
of the double Thors….
Thor returns Eric to Earth and assures him there are no hard
feelings as it is known that he was bewitched by Amora. Thor presents Eric with
a walking stick as a gift from Odin and tells him that Fate often does the
unexpected. Thor flies back to Asgard in a nice full-page pic. Suspicious, Eric
taps the stick on the ground and he is again transformed into his Thor guise
but this time wielding a mace. On the mace is inscribed, “The world still needs
heroes—Thunderstrike.” So, chosen once more to be an Asgardian hero on Earth,
Eric promises to make them proud….
Pinups:
Thunderstrike by Frenz and Milgrom.
Code: Blue by Frenz and Milgrom.
The Asgardian Cast by Geof Isherwood.
The Female Cast by Geof Isherwood.
Mephisto (and Loki) by Geof Isherwood.