PlayerNinety_Nine
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What payoff? The hammer is gone....
His new weapon is an Axe and nothing I've read suggests that it works the same way as the hammer
No doubt.
I think they're going to be doing flashbacks/ alternate timelines. I know there have been on set photos of Thor with long hair and two eyes. Also - They've done it so many times in the comic - I'd be surprised if they don't find a way to put it in the MCU