Thor, now exiled to Earth, thinks he
sees Jane Foster with her boyfriend Dr Kincaid—but he realizes he
is mistaken as Jane was melded with Sif in issue #236. His mind goes
back to an earlier incident....
Dr Donald Blake finds his walking stick
glowing and leading him to the roof. He transforms into Thor and
Mjolnir leads him to a park where he finds Jane Foster; the ground
opens up and she is pulled below. Thor follows into a cavern where
eldritch lights cause him to sleep.... When he awakens he realizes he
is in Hades and Pluto makes himself known, that he is resuming his
revenge against the Thunder God (from issue #164) with Loki,
appearing in spirit form, as his ally. Jane is hanging by chains
above a lava pit and Thor must fight the Underworld's champion to
free her. The champion turns out to be Ulik the rock troll and the
two go at each other furiously for several pages. Then Pluto unwisely
mentions that he is “using” Ulik; this royally ticks off the
giant troll and he starts to tear the place apart to get at Pluto.
Thor rescues Jane—and Pluto, who is the only one who can show them
the way out of this place. Thor sends Ulik to Asgard where he can
take his anger out on Loki and a grateful Pluto sends them back to
New York City. Finding the memory of the adventure erased from her
mind, Thor hurries her home so she is not late for dinner with her
boyfriend....