Of course, the meeting isn't exactly a friendly one. Not surprisingly, the angels of Heven view Thor as the Son of Evil, and, upon realizing that the door home has been opened, Angela returns to Heven to confront him. I'm intrigued how Thor is ever possibly going to convince Angela, known as the Wingless One in Heven, to return to Asgard, given the hatred that the angels have for it. Are we simply going to explain that Odin is gone, so it's all good? I guess it depends why the angels were fighting Asgard in the first place. We learn here that they believe that Odin betrayed them, and it seems to be Loki's task to wheedle the details from the queen. Ewing does a great job capturing both Thor's naivety and then dangerous impatience as well as Loki's scheming but practical nature. How those dispositions will combine into a happy ending remains to be seen.
As intriguing as the plot is, the art is even more of a selling point. Bianchi and Dall'alpi's Heven is a sight of beauty not often seen in comics. You understand why Thor views Heven as a paradise full of fair maidens, and his battle with them in the skies over Heven is equally awesome. The art really infuses the issue with the appropriate grandeur that a fight between gods needs, and it earns the issue a fourth star in my book.
**** (four of five stars)
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