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The Avengers by Chris
Batista The centuries-old battle between Loki and Thor continues far into the future. Dargo Ktor, the latest champion of Midgard, and bearer of the legendary hammer Mjolnir, faces a much more dangerous Loki than his predecessors. The God of Mischief has embraced the technology of the future and become a techno-sorcerer of the highest order. Dargo is no match for his powerful half-brother and is left for dead after an apocalyptic battle that sees his wife slain and the city of Minneapolis in ruins. In the years to come, Loki's power grows. Tannan Six, a once loyal shock trooper in the service of Loki, has watched in silence as his master's evil overtakes the entire Earth. While guarding Loki's stronghold, Tannan's curiosity leads him to Loki's trophy room where he chances upon the shield of Captain America and a wooden walking stick. Unable to fathom why, Tannan deserts Loki's forces, taking the shielf and cane with him. Within hours, he is the most wanted man on Earth. In hiding, Tannan meets Tatiana Maximoff, a young girl with a mysterious past. Forced to flee from Loki's death squads for two execution-level crimes - she's a mutant and a sorceress - she tells Tanna about the legend of the Avengers. Realizing he has the shield of Captain America and the cane that transforms into the Hammer of Thor, Tannan knows the path he must take. With the aid of Hercules, Maximoff, Thaddeus Stark, and Deva Van Dyne, the Avengers are reassembled! The five heroes finally find Dargo in the bombed out ruins of what was once his home city of Minneapolis, and convince him to reclaim his cane and slam it into the ground. Once again, Thor is reborn! And for the first time in ages, Loki remembers what it means to be afraid. |
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The Hammer Universe by
Chris Giarrusso Once upon a time, Thor's father Odin, ruler of Asgard, bestowed upon his son the mystical Mjolnir, an enchanted Uru hammer that could only be lifted by the one being Odin deemed worthy enough to possess its power. Seemed like an easy way to make his father proud. But as Thor would soon discover, it's tough to impress your dad when he's the leader of the gods. Despite having saved the arth dozens of times, young Thor continued failing to meet his father's impossibly high standards of Asgardian excellence. Believing his son to be a lazy, overconfident, underachieving delinquent of a god, Odin decides to teach Thor discipline and humility by confiscating Thor's magical mallet. Odin giveth, Odin taketh away. To add further insult to injury, Odin has now given enchanted Uru hammers to each of Thor's Avenger pals in order to constantly remind Thor of his own unworthiness. Each of these enchanted hammers can easily be lifted by any Avenger...any Avenger, except for Thor, that is. So in Mjolnir's place, Thor now carries a humble carpenter's hammer. Thor, god of thunder...a carpenter? Verily, this is no role for the son of gods who walks amongst mortals! Indeed, Odin is practicing tough love Asgardian-style, and is determined to see his son live up to his potential and eventually make something of himself. "One day," thinks Odin, "my son shall become a doctor!" |
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The Asgardians by
ChrisCross Far off in the distant future, Asgard, legendary home of the Norse Gods, is ravaged by a Cosmic Hurricane. Created by a devilish form of Chaos Magic, this storm catches the Gods completely unaware, and proves too great an opportunity for Loki the Trickster not to take. Loki emerges from the wreckage of Asgard with a lust in his heart to crown himself its new king. By manipulating the Chaos Magic, Loki unleashes upon the world the long-though-dead Hypergods, a race of sleeping giants once held in check by the combined might of the Asgardians. But now set loose after five long millennia of slumbering, the Hypergods consume all of Asgard and leave no one in Loki's way. Thor's wife Sif learns of Loki's dastardly plan, but before she can warn Thor or the Warriors Three, Loki sends his Hypergods on her trail and murders her. Thor, overcome with grief about the loss of his Queen, joins the Warriors Three in their lust for vengeance. But in thier rage, these four stalwart heroes are destroyed, as well. Their deaths are brutally quick as the Hypergods quickly overpower them. Now, in a different realm, the Asgardians fight a new war. Dep in the bowels of Hel, they fight to free themsleves from Hela's grasp and return the battle to war-torn Asgard where a triumphant Loki awaits them with a legion of his Hypergods. Tainted by their time in Hel, the Asgardians satnd confident in victory. And the sly Trickster knows that even with the might of the Hypergods, the coming war is one he may not win. |
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Thor by Juan Cano The Thunder God is dead. My fellow wraith warrios fail to understand how it happened, whether it was by the balde of the fire demon Surtur or by Thor's own doing. All we know is that He of the Hammer - the golden-haired Prince of Asgard - kicked down the Gates of Hel and screamed his father's name. Our mistress Hela sent out the war cry, summoning forth the skeletal legion to which I belong. The battle has now raged for many moons, although time has little meaning here in the realm of death. And, yes, while we have taken rest from our battle with the blond barbarian, we have guessed as to what brought him to our land. he continues to bellow his patriarch's name, calling out for the All-Father, demanding to know his father's whereabouts. But little does he know that Odin swells no in Hela's kingdom. Nor does he stand in cursed Valhalla. Yes, the Asgardian knows as thor has crossed over into the afterlife in search of his father...but his sacrifice has been in vain. Where resides mighty Odin? Ah, that would be telling. My skeletal brethren wager that the trickster Loki knows...but does the Thunderer know how to cross back to life? |