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BONVILLAIN BONUS , THE PRIMORDIAL AND MALICIOUS GOD OF THE SYMBIOTES, HAS ARRIVED ON EARTH WITH AN ARMY OF DRAGONS. SO FAR, EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES HAVE BEEN HELPLESS TO STOP HIM – BUT BRUNNHILDE, THE LAST OF THE VALKYRIES TO TAKE HER PLACE IN VALHALLA, HAS SECRET KNOWLEDGE OF KNULL’S WEAKNESSES, AND SHE HAS OFFERED A PLAN…

AS THE LAST OF THE VALKYRIES—WARRIOR GODDESSES WHO FERRY THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO FALL IN BATTLE TO VALHALLA—DR. JANE FOSTER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING THE SOUL OF THE FIRST SLAIN HERO—THE —TO ITS FINAL RESTING PLACE. BUT ON THEIR JOURNEY TO THE AFTERLIFE, JANE AND THE SENTRY WERE ATTACKED BY A HEADLESS —THE FIRST ENTITY MURDERED BY KNULL EONS AGO. THE CELESTIAL FEEDS ENERGY TO KNULL’S NECROSWORD AND, IN RETURN, FEASTS UPON THE SOULS OF THE SWORD’S VICTIMS.

BUT ONE WARRIOR MANAGED TO BREAK FREE OF THE CELESTIAL—A OF AGES PAST WHO WAS CAPTURED WHILE CARRYING HER BELOVED’S SOUL TO VALHALLA. SHE HELPED JANE ESCAPE, BUT THE SENTRY WAS ABSORBED INTO THE CELESTIAL’S COLLECTION.

WHILE THE NEWLY FREED VALKYRIE SOUGHT OUT HER ANCIENT WEAPON—THE LEGENDARY AX JARNBJORN—JANE JOINED FORCES WITH DANI MOONSTAR OF THE X-MEN AND HILDEGARDE OF THE TO SEVER KNULL’S CONNECTION TO THE CELESTIAL. USING AN OLD VALKYRIE RITUAL, THEY’VE WOVEN A NEEDLE AND GOLDEN THREAD THROUGH THE FABRIC OF REALITY THAT THEY HOPE WILL PIERCE THROUGH THE CELESTIAL. BUT HILDEGARDE WAS LOST TO KNULL’S FORCES, AND BOTH JANE AND THE NEW VALKYRIE FACE DEMONS OF THEIR OWN. THE RITUAL IS ONLY HALF-COMPLETE…AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT. & TORUNN GRØNBEKK WRITERS

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