Thor
#71"Undertow"
THOR VOL 2 #71 - 80
Thor
#71
"Undertow"
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Scot Eaton
Inker: Scott Koblish
Letters: Randy Gentile
Significant Events: 1st appearance and death of Braybo, 1st appearance of Ystyr
Synopsis: Mistress Kya shows Thialfi the darker side of Lord Thor's utopia, including the lost Mjolnir.
Thor
#72
February 2004
"Paradise Lost"
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Scot Eaton
Inker: Scott Koblish
Letters: Randy Gentile
Significant Events: none
Synopsis: Thialfi and Magni are shown that things are not quite the paradise they believe them to be.
Thor
#73
March 2004
"The Betrayed"
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Scot Eaton
Inker: Scott Koblish
Letters: Randy Gentile
Significant Events: none
Synopsis: Thor questions Fandral and Hogun about what happened last issue. Thialfi and Magni speak out against what happened, and in flashback, we see Balder betray Thor and the deaths of multiple heroes when they attack Thor in his castle. Thialfi reaches the conclusion that he must help the mortal rebellion.
Thor
#74
April 2004
"Forever Branded"
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Roger Robinson
Inker: James Pascoe
Letters: Randy Gentile
Significant Events: death of Thialfi
Synopsis: While Kya's forces distract that guards, Thialfi goes to kill Lord Thor while he is in the Odinsleep. Unfortunately, he has underestimated the Enchantress.
Thor
#75
May 2004
"Realization"
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Scot Eaton
Inker: Drew Geraci
Letters: Randy Gentile
Significant Events: death of Mistress Kya, death of Porjyst
Synopsis: Magni goes to visit his secret friend, Sif. Back when Asgard fell, she wasn't killed, Thor exiled her for speaking out against him. She tells him that he must speak to Thor about the Asgardians leaving Earth. Magni returns, only to witness the executions of Mistress Kya and Porjyst. But Kya's spirit leads Magni to find Mjolnir, and when he picks it up, it causes Desak to wake up.
Thor
#76
May 2004
"Challenge"
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Scot Eaton
Inker: Drew Geraci
Letters: Randy and Cory
Significant Events: none
Synopsis: Magni now wields Mjolnir, and Thor has awakened from the Odinsleep. Magni and Sif return to Old Asgard and discover Ulik, who tells them that their dimension was held together by the Odinpower. Magni then goes to Thor and challenges him to lift Mjolnir, to prove that he is right in what he is doing on Earth.
Thor #77
June 2004
"The Reckoning"
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artists: Scot Eaton
Inker: Drew Geraci
Letters: Randy Gentile
Significant Events: Death of Hogun
Synopsis: Magni challenges Lord Thor to lift Mjolnir, and prove that what he's doing is right. But before he can do so, Desak arrives, and begins attacking. During the battle, Desak cuts off Hogun's head, and tosses it to Thor. Desak then begins attacking Thor, and he is immune to the Odinforce. But before Desak can finish him, Mjolnir hits him dead on, signaling that Magni has joined the fray. Meanwhile, Loki goes to release his secret weapon, hoping to solidify his grip on Earth forever.
Thor #78
July 2004
"Slipstream"
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Scot Eaton
Inker: Drew Geraci
Letters: Randy Gentile
Significant Events: Revealed that Tarene and the Spirit of the Jewel are one and the same
Synopsis: Desak continues to tear through the Asgardians, when Loki releases his secret weapon - the Destroyer. The Destroyer pounds on Desak, until he discovers whose spirit is animating it, that of Tarene, the Designate, the Spirit of the Jewel, his creator. He then releases her from the armor, and merges himself with it, ready to destroy the Asgardians once and for all.
Thor #79
July 2004
"Letting Go"
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Scot Eaton
Inker: Drew Geraci
Letters: Randy Gentile
Significant Events: Lord Thor travels back in time and undoes his own timeline, and remerges Thor and Jake
Synopsis: Lord Thor and Loki have words, while Desak/Destroyer attacks again. Magni fights back proving why he is the god of strength. The Designate attacks Magni, taking him out of the fight. Lord Thor sends Sif and the Enchantress to take Magni to safety. Desak/Destroyer kills Fandral, Volstagg, then kills Loki. Lord Thor, realizing that he's made a mistake, picks up Mjolnir. Hurling it with all his power, backed by the Odinpower, it takes Desak/Destroyer's head. Lord Thor and the Designate use Zarrko's time device to determine where it all went wrong. Lord Thor travels back in time and stops the explosives from destroying Asgard, and tells the army that if they stop the attack, he will leave. He then uses the Odinpower to re-merge Jake Olson and his younger self, while giving the memories he has of the last 200 years, so that he will not make the same mistakes. Lord Thor then disappears, his timeline no longer existing.
Thor #80
August 2004
"Ragnarok Part the First"
Writer: Michael Avon Oeming
Artist: Andrea Divito
Inker: Andrea Divito
Letters: Randy Gentile
Significant Events: 1st appearance of Hyrm, 1st appearance of Pastuzak, Death of almost everyone in the issue (Hey, it's not called Ragnarok for nothing!)
Synopsis: Thor has reset the timeline, remerging himself with Jake Olson to regain his humanity. Loki is looking for the forge that created Mjolnir and finds it in the possession of the dwarves. He takes it and Surtur creates multiple hammers like Mjolnir. And even though they are not as powerful, there are more of them. With them, Loki attacks. Riding Naglfar, he succeeds in killing just about everyone, except Thor. Thor crashes through the dimensional barrier to seek the aid of his former allies - the Avengers.
