In
Latveria, Doctor Doom philosophizes on the meaning of life to Hela, Goddess of
Death, trapped and helpless in a glass container. He shows her a soul in a
flask, revealing it is Karnilla, forcing her to talk….
In
Hel, Thor realizes that Odin’s soul is no longer in Mjolnir so he takes flight
after the departing dragon Nidhogg, eater of the dead. Valkyrie (Jane Foster)
stops a Valravn from eating one of Thor’s goats and stops the other goat from
eating the dead, hitches them to the cart, and takes off after Thor. The
Thunder God catches up to the dragon which turns to attack him….
Asgard,
sixteen years in the future: A cloaked (and grown-up) Laussa arrives at a
secret location but she is recognized by Hugin and Munin, the two ravens, which
rush off to inform King Thor. Laussa rushes on her mission: she produces the
villain’s glaive and uses it to reconstitute its bearer, Corvus Glaive, but he
does not comprehend what is going on….
Nidhogg
snaps Thor into its mouth but the Thunder God unleashes lightning inside to
damage the dragon and escape. Nidhogg flies off and Thor joins Jane in the
chariot and pursues….
The
imprisoned Hela describes how to sacrifice the dead thus empowering Doom to be
the one ruler of Earth. Doom will succeed where Bor failed but Hela tells him
Bor did not fail, the ritual succeeded….
Asgard,
future: Laussa learns from Corvus Glaive that he was searching for the Black
Stone in the cave (issue #30) but she has looked and it isn’t there. But Glaive
grows unresponsive; Thor enter to tell Laussa that Corvus Glaive may be alive
but he lacks his soul. He warns her about returning to the Forbidden Zone but,
knowing she will go anyway, returns to her a sword she won some years earlier….
Thor
and Jane pursue Nidhogg to Latveria, where their chariot is shot down by Doom’s
defenses. Thor tells Jane to find his father while he lands among Doom’s
guards, whom he recognizes from the mirror in the cave….