This is much better. After two absolutely dire issues, this story is hauled back on track by main force. Mostly because it stops trying to make the most gratuitously stereotypical villain since ever the centre of the story and refocuses on Thor's relationship with Midgard, how its fate affects him and what he'll give up for it. Basically, it's stopped trying to be intellectually barren and started going for emotion instead of badly-thought out plot. What a relief!