Many years ago, Thor and Wolverine sat drinking together,
talking about the best bar they’d even been to (Logan’s was in Sampan in 1944,
Thor’s in Iceland in the days of the Vikings). Logan’s melancholy mood is
broken by the arrival of some extremely unlucky armed robbers. As they whomp
the bad guys, Logan expresses the hope of not living forever….
Untold eons from now, All-Father Thor faces Wolverine who is
the avatar of the Phoenix Force. Logan has been walking the spaceways as a
futuristic ronin. Thor is overjoyed that Logan can now help him save the
universe, bringing planets back to life just as he had done with Midgard—and
Logan slashes at Thor’s throat with his claws. It seems that Logan wants to
help the universe finally die and the two ancient heroes battle in space, each
wanting to kill the other….
Interlude: Ego the Living Planet, now the Necroworld, corrupted by the All-Sword,
has eaten Galactus and prepares to eat everything else; suddenly he is
challenged by a tiny worm on his surface. Ego scoffs but the worm promises not
to hurt him if he hands over the power of the Necrosword. Ego’s attacks are
increasingly violent but they do not disturb the worm….
Thor and Logan continue to battle inside a cyclone full of
lightning conjured by Thor yet Logan still overcomes his foe and has him at his
(non-existent) mercy. Thor’s hammer Mjolnir suddenly comes to his hand, tearing
a giant hole through Logan’s body as it arrives. Yet to Thor’s surprise, Logan
is very hard to kill. The former Wolverine beats Thor into a heap and reveals
that by recreating Midgard he has doomed it; there is someone out there much
scarier than Old Man Phoenix and Thor has attracted his attention and he’s on
his way. Logan prepares for the death blow….
On New Midgard, Thor’s granddaughters, the
Goddesses of Thunder see the approach of a spaceship and prepare for anything
to happen. The ship beams down Fin Fang Foom, followed by Goom, Gorgilla, and
Monstrum; the dragon commands them to kill. The three Goddesses easily take
down FFF’s trio of henchman but Fin Fang Foom has a surprise for them: the real
master is coming—Doctor Doom, more powerful than ever….