Thor (1998) #4, "From The Ashes"

The whole theme of teaming up with core Avengers members is advancing slowly due to time constraints but after checking out Captain America and Iron man books, we now turn to Thor.

Thor is in a pickle. A sea goddess named Sedna has captured him with plans to use her magic to turn him into a "suitable mate". He's at a significant disadvantage because in the previous issue, he hurled his mighty hammer at some sort of dragon creature and the hammer did not return to him as it normally does. It has been behaving erratically.

The God of Thunder need not fear, however, because the Avenging son is in the 'hood.

Without the hammer, Thor's turned back into his secret identity. Did you not wonder where that dude came from?

While the mortal version of Thor (Jake, I believe?) swims to the surface, Sedna calls on reinforcements to deal with Namor.

The sea dragon (or whatever) stuns Namor and also swims to the surface. There, this Jake guy basically calls on his hammer to get its ass back to where it's needed. This time, it responds.

Namor returns to take up the fight but this is Thor's book, after all, so the star performer is the one to do away with the beast. Sedna then makes another attempt at seducing Thor but Namor prevents it.

Sedna sees her plan is going south fast so she escapes.

Thor expresses his gratitude to Namor and even invites him out for a beer but the Prince declines the offer. He's got a kingdom to rule and all that.

But the boys leave one another on good terms which is a nice change from how Namor is so often manipulated into fighting his would-be allies or in conflict with them due to some misunderstanding. It's particularly consistent in this case because even when they have found themselves at odds, Thor has usually demonstrated some respect towards Namor.

One small oddity in this book; Namor speaks to (and of) Sedna as though he's known her a long time but she's only appeared in this issue and the preceding one in the volume.