Appearing in "The Twilight of Some Gods!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Asgardians (Only in flashback)
- Jane Foster (Only in flashback)
- Avengers (Only in flashback)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only in flashback)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in flashback)
- Giant Man (Henry Pym) (Only in flashback)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Only in flashback)
- Dr. Donald Blake (Only in flashback)
- Gaea (Only in flashback)
- Aesir (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok)
- Odin (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance; dies)
- Balder (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance) (Death and resurrection)
- Hoder (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance)
- Vidar (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance)
- Heimdall (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance) (Death)
- Vili (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance)
- Ve (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok)
- Vali (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance)
- Hoenir (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance) (Killed off-panel) (Resurrection)
- Magni (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance)
- Modi (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance)
- Frey (Mentioned) (Killed off-panel by Surt/Surtur)
Antagonists:
- Odin's eye
- Midgard Serpent (Jormungand) (Only in flashback)
- Hela's Hordes (Only in flashback)
- Hela (Mentioned)
- Ulik (Only in flashback)
- Zoltarr (Only in flashback)
- Grey Gargoyle (Paul Duval) (Only in flashback)
- Geirrodur (Only in flashback)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Only in flashback)
- Mangog (Only in flashback)
- Firelord (Pyreus Kril) (Only in flashback)
- Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (Only in recap)
- Galactus (Only in flashback)
- The Unknown (Only in flashback)
- Radioctive Man (Chen Lu) (Only in flashback)
- Skurge (Only in flashback)
- Amora (Only in flashback)
- Magneto (Magnus) (Only in flashback)
- Absorbing Man (Carl Creel) (Only in flashback)
- Cobra (Klaus Voorhees) (Only in flashback)
- Mister Hyde (Calvin Zabo) (Only in flashback)
- High Evolutionary (Herbert Wyndham) (Only in flashback)
- Loki (Only in flashback)
- "Hordes of Hell" (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok)
- Fenris Wolf (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance) (Death)
- Giants (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok)
- Trolls (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok)
- Loki (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance) (Death)
- Midgard Serpent (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance) (Death)
- Surtur (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Dwarves?
- Olympian Eternals (Only in flashback)
- God of Olympus (Only in flashback)
- Karkas (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Jesus ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- Mary (Only in flashback)
- Joseph (Only in flashback)
- Celestials (Mentioned)
- Snorri Sturluson (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Only in flashback)
- Asgardians (Main story and flashback) (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok as the "Elder Gods")
- Rock Trolls (Only in flashback)
- Vanir (Only in flashback)
- Frost Giants (Only in flashback)
- Xandarians (Only in flashback)
- Zenn-Lavians (Only in recap)
- Taa-ans (Only in flashback)
- Asgardian-Storm Giant Hybrids (Only in flashback)
- Mutants (Only in flashback)
- Wolf Gods (Only in flashback)
- Storm Giants (Only in flashback)
- Fire Giants (Only in flashback)
- Eternals (Only in flashback)
- Olympians (Only in flashback)
- Human-Olympian Hybrids (Only in flashback)
- Deviant Mutates (Only in flashback)
- Celestials (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Midgard
- City of the Eternals
- Palestine (Only in flashback)
- Bethlehem (Only in flashback)
- Olympus (Mentioned)
- Asgard
Items:
- Destroyer (Only in flashback)
- Mjolnir (Main story and flashback)
- Mjolnir (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok)
- Gungnir (Only in flashback)
- Gungnir (Flashback from a prior Ragnarok)
- Völuspá (Saga of the Asgardians) (Mentioned)
- Captain America's Shield (Only in flashback)
- Captain America's Uniform (Only in flashback)
- Power Cosmic (Only in recap)
Vehicles:
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard (Only in recap)
Events:
- Ragnarök (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "The Twilight of Some Gods!"
The Eye of Odin shows Thor the recent past, and further going back to before he was cast as Don Blake. The Eye of Odin then shows Thor a door in his mind's eye, behind which are some of the secrets he seeks. He rips the doors open and sees a vision of Ragnarok, but not any Ragnarok he has ever seen before. He looks back a bit further and sees Asgardians hurling weapons at Balder, but not the Balder he knows. He sees Hoder kill Balder, and Loki leading the Forces of Darkness. He also sees his counterpart die in battle with Jormungand, and Surtur destroy creation. He sees Balder and eight other gods rise from the smoke. The Eye of Odin then shows Thor when this happened, as the flaming Asgard appears as a brightly burning star in the night sky 2000 years ago.
Notes
- Shooter is consulting editor.
- Special thanks go to Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio.
See Also
Recommended Reading
The story references:
- Silver Surfer #4 - Thor vs the Silver Surfer