Thor, having refused the Throne of Asgard, gets drunk in a
tavern. His friends, Balder, Sif, and Volstagg, come looking for him and he
reacts violently, assaulting Balder. Volstagg pleads with him that his daughter
Jargsa is to be married that day and Odin himself was to perform the ceremony
and now Volstagg wants Thor to step in. But Thor refuses and, believing Odin
still lives, heads out to search for him….
EMTs Jake Olson and Christine Collins arrive at the scene of
a building fire in New York, accompanied by their supervisor Mr. Ryan who wants
to know why Jake is always disappearing. Word comes that one firefighter is
unaccounted for so Jake dashes into the inferno to search for him. Jake locates the man but a partial collapse
of the ceiling traps him. He tries to transform into Thor but it no longer
works since Odin separated Thor and Jake and now Jake appears to be doomed….
Thor suddenly appears in the Troll kingdom, interrupting a
gladiator contest, and demanding to speak to their king, Geirrodur. Ulik
confronts the God of Thunder, ordering him to leave. Thor beats Ulik to a pulp
in seconds, shocking the audience of trolls. Geirrodur asks Thor what he wants
and grants his request to speak to Orikal, the aptly named oracle. Thor asks if
Odin still lives; Orikal assures him that its comprehensive knowledge of all
things and all places reveals no evidence that the All-Father still lives. Thor
departs, missing Orikal’s warning that a mortal close to him is in danger.
Geirrodur then asks the oracle whether it is true that Thor’s slowly gaining of
the Odinforce heralds disaster. Orikal assents….
Back on Earth, Thor appears out of the flames, carrying Jake
Olson and the missing firefighter. Christine (who is actually Amora the
Enchantress) is startled as she knows Thor and Jake Oson are the same person
(but not that Odin has separated them). Thor ignores Chris’ questions as he
drops off the fireman and flies off with Jake. On a nearby rooftop, Thor
informs Jake that, with Odin dead, their separation is permanent. Jake knows
that Thor is concerned about the throne. Thor pleads his unfitness, otherwise,
why was Odin always testing him? Jake suggests that Odin was preparing him and
as he passed every test, he is certainly fit. Thor agrees but notes that he
will not be back to Midgard for some time so Thor Girl will be Earth’s
protector. Jake mentions he will miss Asgard so Thor invites him to a wedding….
On a distant planet, the exiled Dark Gods, Perrikus, Adva,
and D’Chel have now been freed by the death of Odin but they are aware that
Desak is on his way to them, so they await what may happen….
Thor and Jake arrive in Asgard, the former carrying the
scepter which signals that he is ready to accept the role of monarch to which
the crowd responds with cheers. And so Thor opens the wedding ceremony of
Jargsa and Meft as his first official act….
Give that special marvelite a timely gift