A
trio of bad guys with heavy armor and weapons rob a downtown bank, overwhelming
the police. Then Thor arrives, calling on the crooks to surrender; he shrugs
off their bullets and Sif chops up their guns with her sword. The last baddie
tries to escape in their armored car but Sif leaps in front of it and the car
plows into a wall. Witnesses are sure Sif is dead but Thor moves the car and
she is there unharmed, apologizing for her foot slipping. The crowd cheers and
she and Thor depart, the Thunder God explaining annoying hero worship to Sif. They
renew their commitment to one another on Midgard….
On
the Rainbow Bridge, Heimdall is assaulted by his houseguest Kurse who beats him
brutally and departs, despite Heimdall’s job being to keep people from
entering, not leaving. Kurse climbs down the branches of Yggdrasil until he
reaches Hel where he seeks Malekith to wreak his vengeance upon. The interloper
defeats guard dog Garm and some dead soldiers. Hela takes him on but Kurse can
even defeat her, burying her under a pile of rubble [Spoiler: It’s not really
Hela]. Kurse then encounters Lorelei who tells him that Malekith is not there,
he drew on Kurse’s power to facilitate his own escape to Midgard. [Spoiler:
Lorelei here is Malekith in disguise]….
Thor
reports to the High Evolutionary by telescreen that the work of repairing HE’s
New York lab is completed. Jimmy Kincaid hears this and tells his mother
Jane Foster who still sorrows over the realization that she will never be Thor’s
beloved….
The
ground trembles so Thor and Sif investigate to find Kurse and some dead
soldiers wreaking havoc. Thor challenges him but an enchantment makes Kurse see
the Thunder God as his enemy Malekith so he attacks him. Thor tries to
straighten things out with the mad Kurse while Sif takes on the dead warriors,
wrecking the neighborhood. Kurse, twice as strong as Thor, delivers a mighty
beating and then his real allies arrive: the Midgard Serpent looms over the
city as more arrive, all from the Realm of the Dead: Nidhogg, Fafnir the Giant,
Forsung the Enchanter, Fafnir the Dragon, an Ice Giant, and a pair of Ice
Dwarves….