Enjoy that shot of Thor on the cover, because that's the extent of his appearance in this issue. Wait, that's not true - he's in two ads and in a single panel recapping what happens to him at the end of Siege #1.The rest of this issue is given over to recapping the events in Asgard as the gods celebrate their return from Latveria. They learn of the events in Chicago where Volstagg is blamed for the deaths of "hundreds," which means attendance at that Chicago Bears game must have been poor indeed.
Volstagg is the only character who seems to be behaving normally. We see Loki behaving like a common murderer, which is sad since he's so much better as an evil manipulator, pulling the strings and influencing events.
There are some nice scenes with Volstagg in the custody of the local police - although we don't how he was able to get halfway across the country from Chicago so quickly.
At any rate, this issue sets up the events of the Siege from Asgard's viewpoint, and it paints those gods as dim and unprepared.
The story by Kieron Gillen seems rushed and the art is a mix of styles from three different artists - Billy Tan, Batt and Rick Elson. The art's not bad, it's just that the whole issue is stalling for time as events in the mini-series play out.
Hopefully Thor will be here next issue to straighten things out.
Grade: C+
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