Thor, accompanied by the
ravens Hugin and Munin, arrives on the dead moon of Titan. Brooding over the
vision he had of his death at the hands of Thanos, he has come to Thanos’ homeworld
to learn if the titan is really dead. He is met by Death who will not answer whether
Thanos is dead or not. Thor and the ravens enter a library which was Thanos’
refuge and they discover a diary, telling of Thanos brooding over the massive
collection of data and artifacts assembled by his father. Thor begins searching….
“All That Is”
Writer: Christopher
Cantwell. Art: Travel Foreman. Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg. Letters: Travis
Lanham.
Synopsis: Tony Stark
studies the damaged robot duplicate of Thanos, trying to understand an alien
technology too advanced for him. Tony wears the Iron Man armor for protection
should anything go wrong. Eventually, he gives up and prepares to melt down the
robot—which causes the machine to revive and warn Tony that if he destroys the
robot, he and everyone close to him will be tormented for eternity. The robot
tells him that Thanos has already conquered the universe and Tony’s world is
but a delusion, projecting an image of this reality into Tony’s brain. And it
explains that any action against the robot is a rebellion against Thanos’ rule
and will have dire consequences. Tony weighs the probabilities and decides not
to destroy the robot—but he does dismantle it, concerned that the nightmare
will haunt him for the rest of his life….
“Love and Death and Much
In Between”
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski.
Art: Geoff Shaw. Colors: Dean White, Ruth Redmond. Letters: Travis Lanham.
Synopsis: Thanos is
restored to life by Lady Death and she needs his service. She takes him to a
remote planet where he sees an echo of his one-time love Carella. Lady Death
asks him to tell her the story: Thanos was a feared person in Titan’s society, shunned
as a deviant; he was loved by a woman named Carella. Her family opposed this
relationship so they planted a bomb in his spaceship. But Carella accompanied
him on his mission to search for life on other worlds. The bomb detonated and Thanos
was severely injured. Out of love, Carella allowed herself to asphyxiate so
that her beloved would have enough air to breathe until rescue came. Lady Death
then asked him to learn that lesson and, out of love, destroy half the universe
so that the other half might live. He agrees and departs but the shade of Carella
insists that not what she meant….
“The Bar at the End of
the Line”
Writer: Kyle Starks. Pencils:
Ron Lim. Inks: Don Ho. Colors: Israel Silva. Letters: Travis Lanham.
Synopsis: Thanos walks
into a bar on a remote world and demands that the bartender tell him where to
find his daughter Gamora. The bartender cites the bar’s policy of privacy for
its clientele. Then an armada of Docatians arrives, seeking to punish Thanos
for wiping out half the universe. Thanos goes out to meet them and then he
destroys them all. He returns to the bar and again asks the bartender where he
can find Gamora….
“[Conclusion]”
Writer: Torunn Gronbekk.
Art: Andrea Di Vito. Colors: David Curiel. Letters: Travis Lanham.
Synopsis: Odin, speaking
through the ravens asks Thor what he has found. Thor has discovered that a file
on the Black Stone has been removed as well as one for Bor Borison, Odin’s
father. Leaving, he asks Death who else was here recently and is told Corvus
Glaive. Death invites Thor to stay and keep him company but Thor has a mission….
Story continues in THOR #29.