As the Norse gods gather around the
motionless body of Jane Foster, she finds herself at the gates of
Valhalla, realm of the honored dead. She is confronted by Odin,
shocked at how she turned out to be the female Thor—and grateful
that she destroyed the Mangog, giving her life in the battle. She is
welcomed to the paradise that is Valhalla but she hesitates...she
wasn't ready to die....
In Asgardia, the healers say Jane is
dead as the God Tempest rushes around them, released by the
destruction of Mjolnir in the sun (last issue). And it is the God
Tempest that will not let Jane pass through the gates. Thor tries to
revive her with lightning, melting his metal arm in the process. As
Jane looks back, her story not yet finished, her soul reenters her
body and she awakens to the shock and delight of the Asgardians....
Days later, as Asgardia is being
repaired, Jane chats with Thor, having resumed her chemotherapy and
without Mjolnir to interrupt her...and the Odinson is pained at the
loss of his hammer, thinking he will never again be worthy. Jane
tries to persuade him that he will always be Thor and Thor can never
die. She presents him with a tiny fragment of Mjolnir that fell to
the moon and persuades him that he doesn't need the hammer to be
Thor. He thanks her and says goodbye and Jane looks to the sky where
once she flew.