Writers: Kieron Gillen and Matt Fraction
Artist: Carmine Di Giandomenico
Colourist: Chris Sotomayor
Letterer: Virtual Calligraphy’s Clayton Cowles

(Note: This issue continues from Mighty Thor #20, and into Mighty Thor #21)

Previously, in Journey Into Mystery: Released by Loki in order to defeat the Serpent during Fear Itself, Surtur has enacted his plan to completely destroy all of creation, working alongside Loki’s former BFF, Leah. The Nine Realms are at war with Surtur’s minions and the Manchester Gods, as well as the Vanir. The one hope in the war effort seemed to be Thor, but Loki tricked his brother into a trap, and left him to drown in a lake of Surtur’s fire, apparently revealing his true colours as a villain once again.

Continuing to sow seeds of doubt, Loki also caused the assembled Asgardian hordes to turn on Volstagg, temporary King of Asgardia. However, when he reported back to Surtur, Loki took the opportunity to steal Twilight’s Shadow, the silhouette of Surtur’s all-powerful Twilight Sword, and flee Muspelheim. Surtur released the Hel-Wolf, one of the first creatures wrapped up in Loki’s schemes, to track down and kill Loki.

Writers: Kieron Gillen and Matt Fraction
Artist: Carmine Di Giandomenico
Colourist: Chris Sotomayor
Letterer: Virtual Calligraphy’s Clayton Cowles

(Note: This issue continues on from Mighty Thor #19 and into Mighty Thor #20)

Previously, in Journey Into Mystery: Loki freed the fire demon, Surtur, from his imprisonment in Limbo in order to stop the Serpent and his armies of fear. Loki also allowed the Manchester Gods to take over the British subconscious known as Otherworld. Oh, and let’s not forget that Loki has also made enemies of Hela, and Mephisto. All in all, Loki’s not doing very well, despite the very best of intentions. We think.

Now, Surtur has ignited the flames of war between the Aesir and the Vanir, and battles rage across all of the Nine Realms. Loki and Thor are fighting battles on all fronts, while the Warriors Three find themselves in reluctant positions of leadership. But the worst is yet to come, as Surtur’s villainous Steward has been revealed as Leah, Loki’s previous best friend who was supposedly removed from existence when Hela drank from the Holy Grail to restore her severed hand. And now, as Surtur’s flames ignite across all of existence, Everything Burns…

Writers: Kieron Gillen and Matt Fraction
Artist: Carmine Di Giandomenico
Colourist: Chris Sotomayor
Letterer: Virtual Calligraphy’s Clayton Cowles

Note: This issue continues from The Mighty Thor #18 and into The Mighty Thor #19

Previously, in Journey Into Mystery: The only way to save his brother, Thor, was for Loki to release the fire demon, Surtur, from his imprisonment in Limbo. Along the way, Loki made enemies of a Hel Wolf, adding to his growing list that already included Hela and Mephisto. Surtur escaped and hadn’t been heard from—until now.

Loki and Thor find Broxton under attack by flames that cannot be doused by normal means. Despite their valiant efforts, Thor is gravely wounded. As Loki tends to Thor’s wounds, they hear a summons from Asgardia—upon closer inspection, the World Tree has been set ablaze by these mysterious flames. And now…Everything Burns.

Writers: Kieron Gillen, Dan Abnett, and Andy Lanning
Artist: Carmine Di Giandomenico
Colourist: Chris Sotomayor
Letterer: Virtual Calligraphy’s Clayton Cowles

(Note: This issue follows on from New Mutants #42, and continues into New Mutants #43)

Previously, in Journey Into Mystery: Sigurd, a long-forgotten Asgardian warrior, has had his cover rumbled when the New Mutants appear on his doorstep. Worried that they would tell the other Asgardians where he was hiding, Sigurd unleashed a spell that transformed all of the Asgardians in the vicinity into humans, erasing their memories.

Loki, Thor, the Warriors Three, Hela and Leah were trapped in Sigurd’s spell, and the New Mutants tried valiantly to restore their memories. With the apparently restored Loki’s aid, they thought they had done it, casting a counterspell. Unfortunately, the spell did not work, since Loki was lying – he didn’t remember who he was at all! At that moment, the Disir, flesh-eating cannibals from Asgard’s distant past, learned that their curse of not being able to eat Asgardian flesh had been undone by Sigurd’s spell, and they launched an all-out attack on San Francisco.

Writers: Kieron Gillen, Dan Abnett, and Andy Lanning
Artist: Carmine Di Giandomenico
Colourist: Andy Troy
Letterer: Virtual Calligraphy’s Clayton Cowles

(Note: This issue follows on from Exiled #1, and continues into New Mutants #42.)

Previously, in Journey Into Mystery: The Disir, flesh eating women who used to serve Odin’s father, Bor, have been released from Mephisto’s Hell due to the reappearance of Sigurd, an ancient warrior that they thought had died. Mephisto tasks Loki with finding them again, or he will reveal Loki’s part in recent dark dealings. Loki enlisted his brother Thor, goddess of death Hela, her handmaiden Leah, and the Warriors Three to help him in this quest.

Sigurd turns out to be the alter ego of Zig, a man who just happens to be living across from the New Mutants in San Francisco. When the New Mutants, the hordes of Asgard and the Disir appear on his doorstep, Sigurd uses an ancient tablet to cause all of the Asgardians to disappear.

Marvel has just announced a seven-part crossover (nine, including two epilogue issues) between Journey Into Mystery and The Mighty Thor entitled “Everything Burns.”

Written by series scribes Kieron Gillen and Matt Fraction, with art by Alan Davis and Carmine di Giandomenico, the crossover will begin in August and end in October, and details a “Ragnarok-level event” for Thor’s world as war tears through the Nine Realms.

[Newsarama]

Writer: Greg Pak
Penciller: Carmine Di Giandomenico
Inker: Carmine Di Giandomenico

One of Marvel’s most compelling characters, Magneto’s past was for a long time shrouded in mystery, with only fragments known. However, X-Men: Magneto Testament finally reveals the harrowing events that led to the birth of Magneto, telling the story of Max Eisenhardt, a young Jewish schoolboy in Nazi Germany.

This has been branded as the definitive origin of Magneto. Does this story give a deserved origin to one of Marvel’s most famous characters? And more importantly, does it work with such a delicate setting?