Standing
atop a tall building, Thor calls lightning down on himself to fuse the two
broken pieces of Mjolnir together, making the hammer good as new. To test it he
calls down winds and rain and, satisfied, he takes off for Asgard, leaving a
lot of wet and angry pedestrians griping. Thor hears them and notes that just
moments earlier they were hailing him for defeating the Destroyer. Thor sails
into Asgard over Heimdall’s head, telling him to listen for what comes next. The
gathered heroes (Sif, Balder, Beta Ray Bill, Warriors Three, others) see Thor
flying over and Sif runs to the Great Hall to meet him. She enters and finds
Thor in conversation with Odin. She interrupts but both order her to be quiet,
Odin because she has no business there and Thor because she declined to
accompany him when he returned to Midgard. Thor demands the truth about Donald
Blake; Odin bristles at the word “demand.” Thor was told that his Blake
identity was a mortal shell created to teach Thor humility but he found a real
Don Blake imprisoned in Wundagore. They argue back and forth until Thor
threatens the All-Father who calls for Thor—and another Thor steps forward to
challenge the Odinson: Red Norvell, speaking in a comical mix of mock nobility
and crudity. Odin calls a halt to their verbal sparring and explains that years
earlier during the previous Ragnarök, Red Norvell was given Thor’s Belt of
Strength and Gloves of Power to become the new Thor—who died to fulfill the
prophecy that Thor’s death would end Ragnarök. And now Odin needed another Thor
so he went to Valhalla where he met the old villain Harokin who claimed that he
could be all the Thor needed but Odin picked the guy with experience, the late
Red Norvell who, once again donning the magic belt and gloves, was transformed
once more into Thor. He was given a hammer of his own and returned to Asgard
with the All-Father. Thor continues his demand of Odin while Red stands by to
protect him. Thor assaults his foe who is up again quickly and the two Thors
hurl their hammers at one another and they meet in midair and go careening
together through the sky. The two go at it with their fists, shaking the entire
realm and deafening Heimdall. They locate their hammers and keep hitting each
other for a few more pages until Odin calls a halt and agrees to relate the
true history of Dr. Donald Blake….