Thor #2 Aug 1998
"Deal with the Devil!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring the Avengers.
The unthinkable has happened, the unstoppable Destroyer has murdered the God of Thunder.
But before Hela, Mistress of the Underworld, can claim her prize, a mysterious being of great power intervenes.
Marnot, in order to return the cosmic balance, anchors Thor's essence to the noble form of the mortal Jake Olson, a man who would sacrifice all for the life of another.
Now Thor must return to the field of battle with all haste if he is to save his comrades, the Avengers, from the very monster who sent him to death's doorstep.
Story by Dan Jurgens.
Art by John Romita, Jr., and Klaus Janson.