A quick summary of MCU comics: Part 9/9 [Thor: The Dark World Prelude]

NOW UPDATED TO INCLUDE PART 2 (after part 1)

So, I now have to re-number all of my comic posts on MCU comics, because they just released a ninth one!

Part: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

This one takes place after Thor and before The Avengers. This is part 1 of 2, so I expect 2 to bring more info, but this one isn't bad. Highlights?

- Shit is going down all over the 9 realms. Specifically,
+Frost giants on Jotunheim know something is going on. Plus, their king is dead now.
+Trolls on Nidavellir are getting ready to attack the Dwarves, since Asgard can't help the Dwarf king Eitri
+Badoons are falling into civil war, which will soon spread to other planets
+Mauraders are amassing near Vanaheim

Additionally,
-Odin tells Thor that he basically put the universe on fast forward to Ragnarok, essentially an Asgardian apocalypse
-We get a reference to Tyr, who is set to appear in the film, but we don't see him
-Thor keeps himself from looking for a way to Jane. "Now is not the time."
-Jane is trying to re-open the wormhole to Asgard. And she would have succeeded, except Thor broke it.
-Frigga (Thor's mother) finds out Loki is alive, and working with Thanos, and when they find out he's on Earth, Odin tells Thor there is another way to get between realms without the Bifrost -- dark energy.
-Turns out that the Asgardians need the Tesseract to rebuild the Bifrost. So, expect that to be a plot point future films.
-We see Coulson getting Jane Foster moved as mentioned in the film. Not new info, but nice to see it from the other side
-Lots of stuff from the movie, followed by "To Be Continued"

Frigga right before contacting Loki, seeing Thanos and The Other

PART 2

-Sif keeps tabs on Thor via Heimdall while he is on Earth during "Avengers"
-Jane Foster finds out why she was whisked away, and watches the battle of New York on TV
-Before Thor leaves, he gives a message to Selvig for Jane, but Selvig forgets it, and Jane is pissed at Thor. "Thor was here, and then he just left again. No message. Nothing. Not a word. For the last year, every waking thought I had was of him. Of finding him. All the work I did, it was for nothing. So, that's it. I'm done."
-Frigga still feels sorry for Loki, but Odin no longer considers him his son, calling him Laufeyson
-On Vanaheim, the Mauraders are ripping into the Vanir
-Thor gives the Tesseract to Heimdall, who uses it to restore to Bifrost.
-Thor gives a pep talk to Asgard about the entire universe needing they're help (more or less).