A flashback
shows us Thor and his allies in battle against the Frost Giants. After the
battle, a raven snacks on a human corpse….
Now: Hulk and
Charlie are on the roof of the badly damaged Sanctum Sanctorum and Thor has just
appeared. Charlie is glad to see him as he has just mentioned that Dr. Strange
(who Hulk and Charlie were coming to see) is in Asgard. But Thor recognizes the
skin of Lycana and believes Charlie is the monster Valravn, a lycanthrope who
killed his kinsman centuries ago and now wears the skin of a dead girl. Thor
will not listen to Charlie’s defense as Valravn is a liar, and he believes Hulk
has been deceived. Hulk tries to take Charlie away, Thor stops her, Hulk
punches him, sending him crashing into a building several blocks away. An angry
Thor returns and a massive battle takes place, ending with Hulk plummeting into
the Hudson River. Thor tells him to remain still as he must take Valravn to
Asgard….
Another
flashback: Thor enters an inn, telling the patrons of Valravn. Each of the
patrons has a story of a relative or acquaintance killed by the lycanthrope.
Thor recognizes the young serving girl as Valravn and it casts aside its disguise
to appear in its real form: a winged wolf….
Charlie has
likewise assumed her lycanthrope form and attacks Thor. They fight and argue
over the River and then Hulk hits Thor with a sunken ship as a battering ram.
They land on the Rainbow Bridge where Thor encounters Sif and the Warriors
Three. Thor tries to explain to his friends but Hulk asks Thor to just let them
go. Mjolnir sits on the bridge and Thor summons it to him but Hulk grasps the
handle and is hauled along by the hammer, bowling over the Asgardians. Hulk is
hauled into the sky until a lightning bolt makes him let go. Hulk heads straight
for Thor but Charlie swoops in and carries the Thunder God out of the way. She
appeals to the former allies to stop the fight, resuming her original form to
show she is harmless. Hulk tells Thor to stay away as they depart. Thor admits
he may have been hasty….
As Clea effects
magical repairs on the damaged Sanctum Sanctorum, Black Widow and Revolution
(the former Winter Soldier) arrive, looking for Hulk. At least three gamma-powered
individuals have gone missing in the past two weeks under mysterious
circumstances and they need to learn if Hulk is connected. Clea advises them
that if they want to gain Hulk’s trust, befriend Charlie….
Characters: Black
Widow, Charlie, Hulk, REVBB, Sif, Thor, Warriors Three