Appearing in "O, Bitter Victory!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Sam Sawyer
- Edwin Jarvis
- United States Army
- Asgardian Warriors
- Judith (First appearance)
- Kamo Tharnn (Mentioned)
- Jane Foster (Vision or hallucination)
- Galactus (Mentioned)
- President of the United States (Mentioned)
- Dormammu (Referenced)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Solar System
- Distant star system (Unnamed) (First appearance)
- Homeworld of Kamo Tharnn ⏵ (Unnamed) (First appearance)
- Palace of Kamo Tharnn (First appearance)
- Homeworld of Kamo Tharnn ⏵ (Unnamed) (First appearance)
Items:
- Mjolnir
- Runestaff (Mentioned)
- Power Cosmic
- Iron Man Armor Model 3
Synopsis for "O, Bitter Victory!"
Thor and a group of commandos sneak into Loki's camp at night, only to be captured by Loki who imprisons them all within a mystical giant diamond. Upon hearing Loki's laughter, General Sawyer realizes that Thor and his team have failed, and that the only option left is a nuclear strike.
In California, Orrin saves Judith from a drunk driver by casually swatting his car aside.
Elsewhere, on the sole planet orbiting a distant star, Sif and Hercules arrive, questing for Kamo Tharnn and his mystic Runestaff that they need to save the life of Jane Foster.
Back on Earth, at Avengers Mansion, Iron Man and Firelord team up to break through the barrier, but only Firelord makes it out before the force field closes behind him. Firelord flies to Washington where he leads the army against Loki's legions to rescue Thor. When Firelord battles Loki, he inadvertently disrupts Loki's concentration on the diamond-spell that was keeping Thor and the commandos imprisoned, enabling Thor to break free. Thor challenges Loki to one-on-one combat with no weapons or spells, to be fought in the sixty seconds that will elapse before Thor reverts to his human form, and Loki agrees to fight. However, only seconds after their duel begins, Thor realizes that Loki is losing the power that he had gained from Dormammu, and is able to knock Loki out and regain Mjolnir with only two seconds remaining.
Notes
- This issue is broken down into three Chapters:
- Chapter One: The Assault
- Chapter Two: Decision at Dawn
- Chapter Three: Sixty Seconds to Die!
- No letters page is published this month.
- The homeworld of Kamo Tharnn first appears in this issue. It will not be given a name until Thor #335.
- Exactly where Kamo Tharnn's homeworld is located is not revealed in this issue. However, the fact that it is described as the sole planet in orbit around a distant star means that it cannot be part of the Beta Scorpi star system because that star system is known to contain at least five planets, the fifth of which is Elanis.
Trivia
- Although Loki was seen with his Firesword last issue and he appears on this issue's cover wielding a sword as he battles Thor, he isn't actually shown wielding a sword at all in this issue's story.
- The unseen and unnamed President of the United States who authorized General Sawyer to drop an atomic bomb on Loki's Asgardian army would have been Gerald Ford, but that non-appearance would have been a topical reference.