From Ancient Asgard he comes, The Prince of that Realm, an immortal warrior whose heritage is tied both to the realm eternal as well as Earth itself ! He stands for honor and is a divine force for good in the eternal struggle . His Strength of arm is second to none and it swings the mystic hammer Mjolnir for all that is just and right ! He is The Mighty THOR, God of Thunder ! And all the forces of the storm are his to command!
By Ralph L. Angelo Jr
Splash Page: Scene of Thor and The Enchantress kissing in a hospital room of some sort, while
Amora is in a hospital bed, obviously Asgardian.
Narrator: The recap that awaits no God nor Man dept. Last issue it was revealed that "Sif" was in
reality the demoness Cylia, Daughter of Sothgarn the lizard God. After a prolonged battle with
the Enchantress Cylia fell to her doom off the rainbow bridge.
Amora: " MMMmmmmm."
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Thor: "Fair Amora, thou art healing well after thy battle yesterday I see."
Amora: "Aye my Prince. I had in truth just fully healed after our battle with Lord Nefaria* and finally had been released from this very room when the madness with the supposed Sifs wedding began."
*See issue 511
Just then Odin, lord of the Gods enters the room.
Odin: "Greetings my Son."
Thor: "Hello my father."
Odin: "My son, I would have words with the Enchantress ."
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Thor is momentarily stunned by Odins question, but hides his amazement as he nods at the
Enchantress and exits the room.
Amora: "What can I do for thee Lord Odin?"
Odin: "Nay my dear, you misunderstand. Tis what I can do for thee. Your battle with the evil
Cylia was in truth a battle for all of Asgard. And you handled yourself admirably."
Amora: "I-I do not understand my liege. Why did thou not simply banish the witch? She could
not hold any Asgardian with her foolish vow. She was not the one to be married."
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Odin walks over to a window and smells a flower there facing the Asgardian sunlight. Then he
turns and speaks.
Odin: "Know ye this Amora called the Enchantress. Odin is called the all knowing , the all
seeing for a reason. The treachery of the one known as Cylia was ever known to the All father.
But thy chance for redemption came at that exact moment when she admitted her duplicity .
Thou couldst either of walked away and never again would the chance to reclaim thy complete
and true heritage been prevalent , or thou could have acted in Asgards defense as thou did."
Amora sits in the hospital bed, still not quite understanding.
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Odin: "Amora, called the Enchantress. I, Odin, Lord of the realm do hereby absolve thee of all
thy sins in connection with thy past deeds. Thy status as a royal of Asgard is returned to thee in
full measure. So speaks the word and the way. So speaks Odin, King of the Gods!"
Amora sits stunned! Her jaw drops as Odin takes his leave of her hospital room. In the hallway
awaits the mighty Thor.
Thor: "My father, did all go well?"
Odin: "Aye my son it did. She is now a full and true Asgardian once more. But be warned.
Should she ever stray from the path of righteousness , I will never again pardon her for her
deeds."
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Thor smiles.
Thor:" I thank thee my father. She has in truth shown she is capable of much nobility and
goodness."
Odin: "As I have come to see Thunderer. Now on to other matters. The search for Sif begins
today. The warriors Three will join thee I see. When do you leave?"
Thor: "In a mortal hour my liege Limbo is where Cylias brethren were sent, and that is where the Lady Sif must still be languishing. I will see her freed before this day is done!"
Odin: "Very well my son. Let the trumpets blare then, Thor God of Thunder and heir to Asgard
will bring back the missing goddess."
Thor: "Aye, or perish like a true God in the attempt!"
(Lightning crackles around his upraised Mjolnir)
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Cut to earth.. A parking Garage we saw last issue. In it a man lies , blood surrounding his form. His name is Jerry Sapristi. He is Sigurd Jarlsons partner in Warhammer Construction. A woman pulls her car into the lower level garage at that moment and screams, seeing the man lying in a pool of his own blood.
Woman: "DADDY!"
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We take our leave of Jenny Sapristi and her barely breathing father and return to Asgard.
Thor and the Warriors Three, Fandral the Dashing, Hogun the Grim and Volstagg the
voluminous prepare to enter the nether worldly trap that Odin himself constructed to hold the
evil Lizard Gods.
Thor: "Steel thyselves my brave companions, through Mighty Mjolnirs whirling power will we
gain egress to this thrice cursed world. One of our own doth await within and we must needs be
rescue her in as much haste as possible!"
Volstagg: " Verily, the Lion of Asgard doth stand ready to guard thy back Thunderer!"
Hogun: "Aye, the question being how far back will the lion be cowering?"
Fandral: " Nay my friends, do not be so downtrod towards good Volstagg. If any blame is to be
laid here , it must be upon Fandrals head."
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Thor: "What sayest thou dashing one? How couldst thou have known ? The evil witch had thee
ensorceled. There was no way thou could have known."
Fandral : "Still do I bare the guilt my friend. Tis my fault, and mine alone."
Odin approaches the Warriors from the direction of the castle.
Odin: "Do not blame thyself good Fandral. Thou doth wield one of the most trusted blades in all the realms. Tis not thy fault."
Fandral: "Thank you my lord, but still do I feel the pangs of regret."
Thor: "Then tis time to quell those pangs good Fandral. Hone thy spirits as keenly as thy blade.
Both will be needed in the coming moments. Of that there can be no doubt! We Warriors of
Asgard do walk bravely into the lions den ."
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Fandral looks at his friends and fellow warriors. Deep inside him is an almost all consuming
guilt over Sifs disappearance. He thinks of her being trapped in this realm of evil for all these
months and his heart quivers with rage.
Fandral: "So be it. Together my fellow Asgardians, let us enter the realm of the lizards and bring
back our own warrior maiden!"
Thor begins to whirl mighty Mjolnir over his head, faster ever faster . The mystic mallet crackles
with energies as it begins to peel open the doorways to a realm it once opened many months ago!
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Thor : "Step through the gateway my fellow warriors! Tis time to rescue fair Sif!"
With a leap the Asgardians hurl themselves into a realm of nightmare proportions! The sky is
black as night with constant lightning. Withered trees cover the barren landscape. And the
SMELL! The odor is beyond belief. This realm is an evil place.
Fandral : "And Sif has been trapped here how long? Verily my brothers in arms, we must do this
quickly. "
Volstagg: " A-aye m-my f-friends. L-let us f-find the maiden m-most f-fair and h-hie ourselves
b-back to A-Asgard."
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Hogun: "Steel thyself Volstagg. For once I have no remarks to be made at thy suffrage. I agree.
Let us begone from this hellish realm most quickly."
Thor breathes the fetid air, his resolve is like unto a thing of iron as he espies a towering
structure in the dimly lit distance. Flashes of lightning illuminate the evil structure.
Thor: " There my friends. That is where our sister in arms doth lie to be sure. Let us make haste
for the dark castle."
Fandral: " Let us be quick about this my friends."
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Fandral leads the march towards destiny as the others keep pace through the dead, chittering woods. Volstagg looks nervously over his shoulder and in all directions at once . His sword is drawn and he holds it shakily as the group walks .
Thor: " Keep thy wits about thee my friends. The attack will come soon."
Fandral: " I don't remember this realm being this way when last we were trapped here*."
* see 503-504
Hogun: "Worry not my fellows, I would wager we will smite these dragons long before they can
make their mark 'gainst us."
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Off panel voice : " Then Assssgardiansss , you would lossse that wager!"
Suddenly from the very dead woods themselves leap a veritable horde of the dragon Gods!
Thor: "They did use their chameleon like abilities and were around us the whole time, hiding
amongst the dead trees."
Thor swings Mjolnir , smashing a Lizard God across its face, breaking it's venomous tusks in one
blow !
T-Kow!
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Fandral : "They come from everywhere! Their numbers seem endless!"
Fandral Slashes through several of the Lizard things, cutting and hacking savagely as razor sharp
talons rip at his skin, shredding his tunic to ragged strips!
Volstagg : "T-they are all around us!"
Volstagg Stumbles, crushing several of the Lizards beneath his girth!
Splaat!
Thor: "Fight on my friends! Our prize awaits us!"
Thor hammers the ground with Mjolnir, sending out an earthquake-like shockwave that scatters
the Lizard Gods like ten pins !
Ba-Room!
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Cut to Earth, and the parking garage we saw earlier. Kowalski and Morachevsko of Code Blue
stand with Ruiz and Lt Stone.
Mors: "Man this guy was beaten pretty badly. It hadda be a supertype to do this much damage
and leave the guy still breathin'"
Kowalski: "I know man. No wonder why they called Code Blue in. Look at the fist imprints in
the concrete around where we found the guy. Even that car over there has fist prints imbedded in
the fenders. "
Stone approaches his men.
Stone: "Look alive gentlemen. Whoever did this had to have skin as hard as rock. That narrows
our search"
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Above the police officers and hidden amidst the rafters of the Garage roof hangs an all to familiar red and Blue figure. His opaque eye slots on his mask hide a rare anger as he watches the grim scene unfold.
Spidey: ( Stone's right. Whoever did this has skin as hard as rock, or for that matter stone.)
He snaps his gloved hand.
Spidey: (besides Luke Cage the only other guy I know with skin that hard has to
be.....TOMBSTONE !)
Without a word Spider-Man slips out into the evening air and swings away, as the young and
beautiful Jenny Sapristi sits sobbing in a nearby Police car, as it follows the ambulance carrying
her father to mid-town hospital. In the shadows of an alleyway another figure stands and smiles.
His albino white skin reflecting the full moon as his pointed teeth glisten with moisture.
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Tombstone: "So Jerry's got himself a daughter. Nice. Guess I'll have to look after her while her old man is in the hospital. Poor kid, who'll take care a her without me lendin' a hand?"
Walking back onto the street he begins to whistle tunelessly as he disappears into the night.
Back to Limbo...
Thor and the Warriors three are beset by wave upon wave of Lizard men. The numbers wearing
them down.
Fandral: " We must needs be free ourselves of this predicament my brothers."
Hogun: " Hunnph . Trust Fandral to belabor the obvious."
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Thor : "Stand fast my friends, the God of Thunder is not done yet!"
Thor slams Mjolnir to the ground twice in succession, causing a whirlwind to form and begin
lifting the lizard Gods from the battleground but suddenly...
Thor: "What? The storm doth fight me , as if another seeks to control its fury! Tis not possible!"
Fandral: " Eh? What sayest thou Thor? "
Off panel voice: "He's saying he's havin' a little trouble here with his big ol' tornado he whipped
up!"
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All eyes turn to the figure on a parapet of the castle above them.
Volstagg: "By my troth! I do not believe it!"
Thor: " Aye Volstagg, tis beyond comprehension!"
Voice: " No it ain't you Asgardian creeps, what's unbelievable is how you coulda forgotten all
about me fer all this time! Me the guy who saved your butts more then a few times! And this is
the thanks I get! Me , Red Norvell!"
Standing on the Balcony above them is the man who was once also known as Thor, and in his
arms is the woman who they all came looking for...The Goddess Sif!
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Fandral: "Do mine eyes deceive me?"
Thor: " Nay my friend, Red Norvell and the lady Sif together, but whose side are they on????"
Next: Good question , isn't it?