Thor battles the Crusader at the ceremony in Chicago’s Civic
Center. Sif, shocked to see Thor injured and bleeding, hastens to the scene. The
two battle furiously, with Thor coming off much the worse but he considers that
he can’t give up, for the honor of Asgard. Thor manages to smash the Crusader’s
shield but the Crusader thrusts his sword through Thor’s abdomen. Sif then
arrives and spouting defiance to the Crusader, she teleports Thor home to
Asgard. Heimdall quickly passes them along to Odin who is in council discussing
a new palace. Odin heals Thor and explains that Thor lost the fight because his
foe was strong in the faith that his cause was just but Thor was confounded by
the matter of worship. The All-Father tells him that the days for their worship
lie far in the past. Sif transports them home where Thor muses on the myriad matters
in his mind: worship, secret identity, his mission on Earth and decides that
his mission to do good is right and he needs not to be worshipped….
Later, the Thor cult is upset by the disappearance of their
deity; Father William Boylan is hoping to minister to their grief. The Crusader,
carrying Thor’s helmet as a trophy, arrives to accuse the priest of sacrilege.
Father William tries to talk sense into his former student but Crusader smacks
him—then Thor returns for round two. Thor gives the Crusader a beating, smashing
his magic sword while lecturing him on theology and tolerance and ending by
wrapping him around a lamppost. Father William and the squire Polowski help
Crusader over to the emergency room and Thor reclaims his helmet. The Thunder
God then tells his followers to pursue goodness instead of worshipping him and
flies off to go to work as Dr Donald Blake while Sif plans to act like a normal
human….
Entering the office, Don is met by the police, who want to
question him about the murder of Jane Foster….