Marvel Origins #20

In "Der Donnergott schlägt zurück!", Dr. Blake finds himself caught between identities when he must play the part of Thor to reclaim his stolen staff—only to face off against the elusive Kobra and a cunning Hyde who escapes by morphing into Calvin Zabo. As the lines between hero and impostor blur, Blake must confront the fallout when Jane learns of his deception, leaving his loyalty—and his future—hanging in the balance.

In "Balder der Starke," Balder’s defiance of Odin’s command to execute him—after he abandoned battle to save a fallen bird—unfolds with quiet intensity. Though the Allfather sees his act as weakness, the natural world itself rises to protect the beloved warrior, culminating in Odin’s decree that Balder become unvanquished.

When a lab accident transforms chemist Paul Duval into the Gray Gargoyle—able to turn himself and others to stone for exactly one hour—he sets his sights on New York and a single goal: defeat Thor to claim Mjolnir and achieve true immortality. Drawn to the city by a string of mysterious petrifications, Thor arrives too late to avoid the trap, only to fall victim to the Gargoyle’s deadly touch.

In "Balder muss sterben!", Loki presses the Nornenkönigin for the secret of Balder’s weakness—his vulnerability to mistletoe—driven by a twisted ambition to finally destroy the beloved Asgardian. When he attempts to strike with a mistletoe arrow, it’s the Nornenkönigin herself who steps in to stop him, her presence shifting the balance of fate in an instant.

In "Der Gnade von Loki ausgeliefert!", Thor is summoned by Dr. Strange after a crippling mystical attack leaves him vulnerable—only for Dr. Blake to save his life. With Odin's trust frayed and Loki exploiting the rift, the god of mischief escapes to Earth to seize Jane Foster. As Thor tracks him down, the battle tests not just strength, but the bonds between brother and father, hero and ally.

In "In der Gewalt der Trolle!", Thor—disguised as a common slave—finds himself sold into the hands of the Trolls, where the Dwarf King plots to exploit their labor. As the mine's grim reality unfolds, Thor must navigate captivity and ignite a rebellion among the imprisoned.

In "Im Visier von Magneto!", the master of magnetism pushes his powers to their limits in a tense urban showdown that draws the attention of Thor. As the Brotherhood hunts the X-Men and Magneto flees through the skies in his escape craft, the clash between mutant and god escalates aboard his submerged submarine—where the X-Men’s own vessel closes in from below.

In "Mit vereinten Kräften gegen Thor!", Thor faces a dangerous alliance of Loki’s agents—Kobra and Mr. Hyde—as they target Jane. When Thor is forced to let them go to protect her, Odin banishes him from Asgard, only to later allow his return to Earth. There, Thor must confront the villains again, racing against time to save Jane after she’s mortally wounded—using a desperate time-warp to freeze the moment and turn the tide.