This is without a doubt my favourite of the first five collected issues. A little more of the interesting structure was back, but the parade of dead gods was sad and horrifying - genuinely affecting. The panel with Falligar the Behemoth is the best, and it gives a sense of the sheer waste of what's going on here. Not that the gods are particularly decent individuals - for the most part we don't know, but I can't imagine trusting a god as far as I could throw it - but the sense of wonder that's such a staple of the speculative genres is here in spades, as is the idea of a universe impoverished by the death of wondrous things.

Also a welcome addition is the librarian, who clearly has a very low opinion of Thor - he met him as a child, and quickly assessed him as not a reader - and I enjoy that he's so open with his unflattering judgements. I don't expect every character to be a genius, or even averagely intelligent, but I'm far more likely to tolerate those who aren't when the narrative doesn't bend over backwards to try and tell me they're smarter than they actually are. So good choice there I thought.