Loki's been sprung, impersonating Odin, and this time the old man doesn't want to deal, and so he sends Loki away. Stripped of his powers and in SHIELD custody with a jailer that can see through his trickery, Loki is really going to hate this. And then suddenly bad guys. This is going to be more fun than a bag full of cats.

Odin usually has a rule about mortals on Asgard, but they are facing interstellar war from somewhere outside the 9 realms. Loki knows something, and there is only one way of getting it. Thor consults Nick Fury, who gives him the number of an old Marine buddy, special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. (This takes place between the Avengers and Thor: the Dark World).

Croatoan. That was what was carved on the tree in Roanoke, the lost colony, that disappeared seemingly into thin air. Loki was blamed back then, but now, it's happening again, and Thor begs for Loki's assistance. Jane Foster is stuck in the middle. Of course she is . . .