Thor
faces Loki, wearing a green and gold armor, in front of the latter’s home. Thor
demands answers and Loki refuses, as Loki’s wife Sigyn and Blitziana of the
Godpack look on. Sigyn accuses Thor of having broken the promise made to her
husband to leave him alone so long as he did not seek to harm Midgard. And Loki
reveals he is wearing the Armor of Invincibility and wielding an enchanted
battle-axe. And Thor find himself taking a serious beating….
Earlier,
Thor was full of indignation over the fact that Odin had deceived him about the
matter of Don Blake whose body was revealed to be an artificial construct. He
desires to learn what happened to the real Blake; the High Evolutionary grants
him leave while he has put the rebellious New Immortals into stasis while the
lab at Mount Wundagore is being repaired after the attack of the Stone Men
(last issue). Thor goes down to the cave
where “Don Blake” was imprisoned, with Blitziana and Riger of the Godpack
tagging along. With his enhanced senses, Riger discovers a ring which Thor
recognizes as Loki’s wedding band. He flies to Asgard to confront the villain
with Blitziana literally taking hold of him to see the Golden Realm as well.
They arrive at Loki’s castle and are met by Sigyn. Thor asks about the ring and
Sigyn claims that it was stolen long ago. Thor insists on asking Loki directly
and that’s where we came in….
So,
the brothers fight. Blitziana is attacked by a giant and she carries him over
the side of a cliff into the sea. Sif shows up, carried by Thor (Red Norvell) and
after Thor (Odinson) understands that they are not romantically involved, he
returns to the fight and smashes Loki’s armor to pieces, only to discover it
empty. Loki and Sigyn explain that his physical form is gone and she created
the armor to encase his spirit form. Thor asks about Don Blake’s body but it is
Sigyn who answers: it was her ring they found. Angry with Odin for imprisoning
Loki, Sigyn followed him into the cave and saw him deposit Blake. Planning to
steal Blake and use him as a hostage against the All-Father, she did not have
the power to carry him off and accidentally obliterated him. Panicking, she
whipped up a replacement, and a pretty good one, too, as it considered itself
the real Don Blake. And the construct sat there until Thor showed up. Loki
concludes that the construct wore out and imploded, affecting Thor in space.
Thor accepts this. Blitziana climbs back up the cliff, having vanquished the
giant. Blitz assures Sif that she and Thor are just friends and as Thor
prepares to take off, Sif asks to go with him so Thor flies off with a woman
warrior in each hand and it’s Red Norvell who wonders how he will explain this
to Odin….