After a long absence,
Hercules returns home, climbing Mt. Olympus and at the top fighting a
yellow-crested Titan. Guards arrive to tell Herc that it is “The Day of
Reflective Silence” to observe Zeus’ birthday and the titan was merely trying
to quiet him. Soon, the silence is broken and Zeus looks in on Hercules who is
loudly carousing with the serving women. In his anger, Zeus banishes Herc until
he learns humility—not on Earth where he is a demigod but into the galaxy where
his strength is nothing special. Apollo lends Herc his Sun-Chariot and two
fiery steeds and Herc takes off for the stars….
In the Andromeda Galaxy,
Hercules encounters the fleet of the Colonizers of Rigel where he is invited
aboard to rest. Herc turns down a request to join them on their journeys but
they do persuade him to take along Recorder 417 so they can add his travels to
their data banks….
Hercules and the
Recorder arrive at the planet Petocco where they land at Starharbor, the
planet’s cosmopolitan spaceport. They check into a hotel (with the Recorder
charging all expenses to the Rigellian Empire) and go out looking for drink and
women. Herc spies a blue giant and on learning that he is a Pheragot, the
strongest creatures in the galaxy, he picks a fight but is surprised that his
foe cries and everyone now hates him because Pheragots are also the kindest and
gentlest beings in the galaxy. Then a disabled starliner crashes into the port
and Herc is able to detach the passenger section and carry it to safety then he
hurls the burning fuel tanks into space where they explode harmlessly. Herc is
now hailed as a hero….
Later, a dude bumps into
him and Herc’s first instinct is to fight but he decides against it, alarming
and confusing the other fellow….