Iron Man has stopped
Thor’s march on the capital of
Slokovia to overthrow the nation’s dictator who has been trying to exterminate the
Thunder God’s worshippers.
Shellhead warns Thor about the dangerous consequences starting a war would lead to while Thor insists Iron Man has no business meddling in the affairs of the gods. Thor follower comes to him from the area but he orders
Sif and
Balder to move them to safety. Thor then draws his “line in the sand”: swinging his hammer to split a crevasse in the earth. When he turns his back the Slokovian army prepares to fire on him but Iron Man stops them.
Doctor Doom contacts Iron Man and requests a meeting. In
Latveria, the villain airs his concerns about a world war breaking out and warns that his retaliation would be severe. Doom than suggests that Shellhead fight his
Avengers ally, creating a new suit of armor powered by the
Asgardian reactor Thor gave to
Tony Stark. Iron Man departs….
General Stoykovicz of Slokovia marshals his forces for battle, as American and NATO forces build up in the area and the Russians express their concern. Slokovia also rounds up Thor cultists, using them as a pretext for exterminating natives descended from the Vikings, while concern about the Thor cult becomes an issue in the USA….
Tony tells
Pepper Potts that the only chance of preventing a war may be to fight his old friend wearing a new
Thorbuster armor powered by the reactor. Meanwhile, a spy in the Stark organization has secretly copied the plans of the Asgardian reactor and sent it through a secret pipeline to Doom himself….
As Thor stands on the battlefield, calling down lightning preparatory to taking on the opposing army, Iron Man swoops down and smashes him in the face. The two go at it hammer and tongs, arguing all the way questions of justice and human evil. The US military, seeing that Stark has failed by letting the fight get personal, orders their tanks in—and
Captain America halts them. Then an iron gauntlet and an
Uru hammer meet, resulting in an explosion that knocks
Cap off his feet….
Story continued in
AVENGERS #63.
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