| The Mighty
Thor # 491: "Worldengine: Nailed Up"
Writer: Warren Ellis Artist: Mike Deodato Jr. |
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Thor, sick, dying, and abandoned by Odin is attacked by strange automatons that lead him to a complex that is drawing the life from Yggdrasil.
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Thor, sick, dying, and abandoned by Odin is attacked by strange automatons that lead him to a complex that is drawing the life from Yggdrasil. |
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Beta Ray Bill is struck by the same ailment that debilitates Thor. Thor reconciles with the Enchantress since both are exiles on Earth. A British detective Curzon investigates the attack on Thor. |
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Curzon walks us through Norse Mythology. Thor gets it on with the Enchantress and together they set out to stop whoever is tampering with Yggdrasil. |
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Thor and Enchantress confront Price and learn of his Worldengine. Price's machenery has convinced the World Ash that Ragnarok has occurred and it produces post-Ragnarok humans. However, they quickly die because the environment the World Ash created them to exist within, a fiery realm that had consumed Asgard, doesn't exist. Thor destroys the machinery and frees the World Ash. |
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Thor and the Enchantress spend a romantic evening together only to awaken the next morning to find that the Enchantress has loss all her magic. Thor takes a walk and prevents a young lady from being kidnapped from some thugs. After the battle the Avengers show up and ask him to return to their ranks. |
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Thor meets up with a couple of pathetic vigilantes hoping to make a name for themselves by defeating Thor, who they believe is powerless. Unfortunately for them, Thor has his powers back temporarily (thanks to the Leader in Hulk #440) and teaches them a valuable lesson. Afterwards, Thor notices a drunk with a striking resemblance to his father Odin. |
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Thor is hired to protect a family who has a mysterious sword, with apparent ties to Norse mythology, in its possession. Thor successfully protects an unknown enemy's agents from getting their hands on either the sword or the family. Thor does meet the drunk he believes to be his father. Meanwhile, the man behind all of this is Loki and he finally gets the sword. Thor confronts him and then a drunken Odin grabs the sword and everyone is transported to a mystical realm. |
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Thor and company find themselves in a strange realm based on the epic operas of Wagner. Thor confronts the "Odin" and "Thor" of this realm and when he kills the "Odin", they're snapped back to reality. However, this reality turns out to be an Asgard in ruins. |
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Thor and company now find themselves in Asgard and it is in ruins. Thor battles through trolls to Dr. Strange and a few Asgardians. Strange explains that he got involved when the Enchantress got a hold of him when Thor had disappeared (issue #498) and learned that it actually was the Mad Thinker who had plunged them into the Wagnerian realm. Strange then tracked them to Asgard where he found himself powerless and was taken captive by the trolls. Thor and company then protect the ruins of Asgard from a Frost Giant attack. Thor finds the mystical sword and when he pulls it from Yggdrasil it fades away and his powers and hammer are restored. |
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Thor is back on Earth and is in search of the gods of Asgard since they were expelled when Yggdrasil believed that Ragnarok had finally come. Thor searches for Red Norvell and finds him. Red fills him in on recent events like becoming a version of Thor. They decide to search for the gods of Asgard together. |
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On the eve of the final battle with Onslaught, Thor and Red Norvell spend a bit of time reminiscing. Jane Foster shows up and does a bit of catching up with Thor. Hela appears to Thor offering him an easy out, but he refuses and prepares for battle. Jay's Notes:
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