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Quote1 Asgardians -- a toast. To one of our own. Against the hordes of Hel he stood alone. He defended the bridge at Gjallerbru so that we could pass and right a great wrong done to the innocent souls of Midgard. Raise your glasses. To Skurge the Executioner! Quote2
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Appearing in "The Death and Life of Skurge the Executioner"

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Synopsis for "The Death and Life of Skurge the Executioner"

In Asgard, Balder remembers a poem, by a terrible poet, named Skurge. But the memory of the man doesn't sit right with him. A round man with a gift for verse and a taste for mead and maidens, and the jolliest soul he had ever met. Thor greets him, and tells him that he is mistaken, for Skurge was a friend of Odin and a cobbler, and as children, they would go running through his shop, and he died long before any of them were old enough to hold a sword. Sensing sorcery, Thor confronts Loki. Loki wants to know why he would having trouble recalling Skurge, the old woman that lived by the Well of Urd? Loki casts a spell, sifting through all three of their memories, and figure the only place to find answers is Hel. They traverse there, and find the Bloodaxe, and seem to know that it belonged to Skurge, but they don't remember him as a warrior. Hela arrives and is furious that they trespass in her domain, only to discover that she has only vague memories of Skurge as well. Thor vows to find the answer, and they head towards Gjallerbru.

Once across the bridge, things appear different. All three of them are different, and Thor recalls Loki being a woman a moment earlier. But they soon discover that they are in Svartalfheim, home of the Dark Elves, and they are not happy to see trespassers. They are attacked by the Elves, and with a mighty blow of Mjolnir...

They are in Jotunheim being attacked by a Storm Giant. They defeat the Giant, and Loki notices where they are now, at Yggdrasil. They see Amora the Enchantress casting spells around the World Tree, trying to call Skurge back from the dead. She doesn't care if she destroys the Nine Worlds in the process, she only desires to have her love back with her. Loki decides he wants to help her.

Reality shifts again, and things are more or less back to the way they should be. Loki, being the trickster she is, switches places with Thor, which gets him close enough to Yggdrasil to try and stop Amora. Thor convinces her that she's wrong to do this, that killing the Nine Worlds to bring him back dishonors him. She never really intended to destroy everything, but it's too late, Skurge is coming back. There's only one way to stop it, Thor must kill Skurge again. He swings the Bloodaxe again and again at Yggdrasil, ending his return and saving the Worlds.

Back in Asgard, Thor, Loki, and Balder and all the other Asgardians raise a toast to Skurge the Executioner, finally fulfilling their promise to him so long ago.[1]

Appearing in "Like a Bat Out of Hel!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Thor #362

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Synopsis for "Like a Bat Out of Hel!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Thor #362

As Thor and his group are making their way out of Hel, they come across Naglfar. when Hela attacks them and Mordonna stands revealed, an enraged Skurge destroys the ship with his Bloodaxe. As the group race for the Helgate, the demons of Hel rise up to stop them. The Einherjar use the M-16's given to them by the mortals and drive the demons back. Hela calls forth all the dead that have been slain. The Einherjar force their way through and make for Gjallerbru. Thor plans to hold the demon horde while the others escape, but he is struck from behind by Skurge. Skurge tells Balder that he has no reason to return, so he will hold the bridge. Skurge keeps his word and not one demon sets foot upon the bridge. Bitter, Thor defeats Garm easily and the way is clear.

Solicit Synopsis

His name was Skurge, and men and god alike knew him as Executioner...and the legend of his life and death reverberate across the walls of Heaven itself. In Asgard, though...no one can quite remember WHAT happened to him. How did he live? How did he die? And why does everyone in Asgard remember it differently? There's trickery at hand so vile even Loki joins Thor in trying to unravel it. Some comics are giant-sized. Some are king-sized. Only THIS comic can be called GOD-SIZED! By Matt Fraction (THOR: AGES OF THUNDER) and a roster of all-star artists including Doug Braithwaite (SECRET INVASION: THOR), Dan Brereton (IMMORTAL IRON FIST ANNUAL) and Marko Djurdjevic (THOR #7-8)!

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