Mighty Thor #700 *Spoilers*

[JKtheMac]

Mighty Thor #700 - The Blood of the Norns

This is a comic I have been anticipating for months now, and overall I am very pleased with it, but before I give my first impressions here is a synopsis. This is a complex book, so I will take it a story at a time.

Thor Odinson Splash Walter Simonson & Matthew Wilson - p1
Norns Story Dauterman & Matthew Wilson – Pgs. 2-5, 29-31, 34-37 & 42
Karnilla shows Odinson a vision from the golden sap of the World Tree. He sees himself as he was when he was Thor flying over New York.
Karnilla explains she called him here because the Norns are in danger from Malekith, who is seeking to control his own destiny. While discussing it Malekith's multi-realm army attacks. Odinson, Toothgrinder and Thori put up a solid defence while Karnilla orders the guards to hide the Norns in three separate places. She then goes down to the Well of Wyrd and severs her own strands. Thor is still fighting but Thorgi and Toothgrinder are struggling and let a couple of elven attackers pass, but Karnilla confronts them with the strands of fate and chokes them. She can see where the threads will lead and we glimpse her vision.

We see:

• Loki wielding the Infinity Gauntlet. Celestials judging somebody negatively.
• Mangog.
• Thor Odinson wielding a golden hammer with a golden arm holding Jarnbjorn.
• Jane in a hospital robe lying apparently dead and emaciated.
• Frost Giants in a frozen New York.
• The gates of Valhalla.
• Asgardia crumbling in flames.
• Namor with crown and trident
• Valkyrie in a battle pose.
• Old Loki with a dark cloak the Necrosword the dark blade.
• Thor fighting with a bloody face and arms wearing a damaged helm.

Frost Giants hack at the roots of Yggdrasil to bring down the Nornkeep on Karnilla. As this happens she speaks of "deaths coming for..." Odinson rushes to her aid finding her dying in the rubble. She explains she did her best to twine the tale and with her dying breath warns of other deaths coming and not to "Let Jane..."

She-Hulk Story Daniel Acuna – pgs. 6-12, 28, 32-33, 38, 41 & 46
Jane battles a maddened Jenifer as Hulk. She is out of control and in the end Jane has Mjolnir bring down an empty airport control tower on them both. She cant reach Mjolnir and realises she will die if she cant reach it. She begins to change, see later story.

War Thor Story James Harren & Dave Stewart – pgs. 13-15 & 47-50
Volstagg is being taken somewhere secure so the healers can examine him, he calls his Mjolnir and transforms into War Thor. He flies to Old Asgard, apparently to be alone, and fights with Toothgnasher who was assigned to protect the hammer by Odinson. Another enemy approaches and the goat runs to confront it. His head is ripped from his body by Mangog who declares it is "Time for gods to die screaming and wailing." War Thor and Mangog rush towards each other.

Young Thor Story Becky Cloonan & Dave Stewart – pgs. 16-19
A montage of Young Thor seeking worthiness, fighting a ship of bones, Loki and Fenris, competitive drinking with Atlanteans, and a father/teenager argument with Odin. He asks Heimdall to send him wherever someone needs smiting.

King Thor Story Das Pastoras – pgs. 20-21
While Thor's granddaughters squabble about how best to bring rain King Thor tells Jane and Steve they are not here to worship but to live. He tells their children the story of how he defeated Galactus.

Necrosword Story Chris Burnham & Ive Svorcina – pgs. 22-25
Galactus after the events of Odin's story merges with the Necrosword (as seen in TGoT #24) and fights Ego the Living Planet. A supposedly killing blow has Ego wielding the Necrosword and devouring Galactus while old Loki watches on and schemes.

Loki Story Andrew MacLean & Dave Stewart - pgs. 26 & 40
Loki and Lufey are returning from an ambush by mountain giants, where their guards were slaughtered. Lufey calls them cowards and explains to Loki that real giants fight face to face. Loki asks about how his mother died, if it was at her own hand or Laufey's when Loki was born, but Lufey collapses unconscious.
When he awakens Loki explains he killed the pursuing giants, staring each in the face as he did so. Laufey is impressed Loki looks stoic.

Frog Thor Story Jill Thompson – pgs. 27, 39 & 45
Throg finds a murder victim in the park. He makes the perpetrator hand himself in by making it relentlessly rain on him wherever he goes, indoors or out.
He hears of a disturbance in Lagurdia and overhears who is involved.
She-Hulk Story Reprieve He arrives in the rubble and saves Thor from turning into Jane by touching her finger with his sliver of Mjolnir.

Malekith Cutaway Mike del Mundo - p43
Malkith is pleased his fate is now his own and declares it is not just his fate but that of all the realms.

Hela Cutaway Oliver Coipel & Dave Stewart - p44
Thanos finds Hela on a murdered world, missing her realm. Thanos promises her she shall have it, but they will need to kill many more people. They embrace.


My opinions on the story and art to follow, but feel free to chip in because I need a coffee after all that.