Mortal Thor, The (2025 series) #14

Sigurd Jarlson is convicted of Dario Agger’s murder and sentenced to thirty years in prison without parole. When he is released it’s into a totalitarian world with green skies. He is unable to obtain an apartment or a job on technicalities so he lives on the streets, begging; Odin, passing by, rebukes him for asking for help. Odin orders him to stand and look up; Sigurd stands and looks up to see the Midgard Serpent watching over all….

In the outside world, Odin shows the Serpent in the sky to Kris Seok and Lukki, explaining that Sigurd’s first trial was to face Thor’s enemies; this is his second trial, enduring Thor’s doom. Kris doesn’t understand any of this; Odin blames Lukki and orders him to tell her everything. Lukki reveals himself as Loki and touches Kris’ forehead and she does understand everything that is going on. Sigurd is the other side of Thor, what the Thunder God lacked but now Thor is dead and Sigurd is the only Thor now, a mortal Thor. Odin also reveals that Loki, equal to Thor, is most favored of his children, which surprises Lukki. Kris asks what they are going to do about Sigurd. Lukki says he is on his own but they can deal with the outer manifestation…but she’s not going to like it….

Sigurd, trapped in the simulation inside of the Midgard Serpent, lives on the street until he dies. And he is reborn as a baby, grows up a rebellious young man, has a rough life, ends up homeless again with the Serpent watching over him. But this time, Odin appears, challenging the Serpent to let him takes his son’s place as Jormungandr’s Bane [This was Lukki’s plan]. Odin flies off and the Serpent follows. And Sigurd goes through the cycle of birth and death many, many times, always refusing to yield to the Serpent. The Serpent faces Odin and needs all his strength so he cannot waste any of it on Sigurd so he runs Sigurd though a vast array of tortures but Sigurd still refuses to yield. And then the angry Serpent ejects him from his body and pursues Odin around the world endlessly—until Lukki casts his trick, forcing the Serpent to swallow his own tail forever. Odin then holds out the Serpent and informs Sigurd he must now face the final judgment, the journey into mystery, the quest through the winter to call back the Thor of the Spring….

Continued in THOR (2026) #801.

Worthy

Synopsis

By Peter Silvestro
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A history of Thor as told by Mjonir. The hammer was born in the heart of a dying star and waited for Thor who was worthy to wield it. Thor used it to battle trolls, Malekith and the Dark Elves, Hela Goddess of Death, the Destroyer, and Loki. Mjolnir has been wielded by Beta Ray Bill, Jane Thor, Frog Thor, and the mighty Thor himself. And through it all, as Thor prepares to battle Surtur, the hammer wonders if it is worthy….

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Thor
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Deicide

Synopsis

By Peter Silvestro
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Universe-7643 is in turmoil because their god, the All-Father Loki has been killed. A nervous man, Maxon Pryce, makes his way through the city, arriving at a local bar where he tells the bartender he is going to be away for another week, asking him to keep an eye on his apartment and his cats. He leaves but is apprehended by Ulysses, the robotic falcon of bounty hunter Monark Starstalker. Monark notes that Pryce was present at the scene of Loki’s assassination and demands to know what he saw. Pryce describes Loki being killed by a blast of lightning and a figure coming from the sky that looked like the God of Thunder. Monark reminds him that the Thunder God was banished many years ago and if he returned the Asgardians would know. But Pryce is certain: the killer was the Mighty Thor….

To be continued…