Ulik,
troll champion, mocks his King Geirrodur for having created Mjolnir, Thor’s
invincible weapon which he has always used to defeat the trolls. Ulik’s plan is
to destroy Thor’s hammer, making him vulnerable and he will implement this plan
whether the King likes it or not….
Thor,
seeking a place to rest while searching for the missing Sif, settles down in
North Korea. Their army, fearing an American invasion, attacks him but the God
of Thunder easily scares them off with a display of his strength and goes to
sleep. In the night, trolls emerge from the ground, pick up Thor (holding
Mjolnir) and teleport back underground to their lands. Thor awakens and starts
bashing trolls; Ulik arrives and the fight really takes off with a bang. The
two bash each other in a cavern for several pages while the Troll King and his
peace-loving bride Ulla watch. Trolls bring out a huge magnetized slab of Uru
which tears Thor’s hammer from his belt unawares; they put the Uru slab on a
wagon and cart it off. Soon Thor discovers his hammer is gone and Ulik tries to
bash him, taking advantage of his confusion; Queen Ulla calls out a warning and
Thor escapes injury. All are surprised at her cry, even Ulla herself. Thor
decks Ulik and dashes off after his hammer. As the sixty seconds count down
until he returns to his Don Blake form, he sees the trolls dump the Uru slab
into a huge furnace and, without hesitation, he leaps in after it. Ulik
proclaims Thor’s death and announces the invasion of the surface world….