On Phobos, Nebula is set to launch
a fusion-reaction bomb with the Silver Surfer chained to it at her enemies on
Titan. Thunderstrike and War Machine are facing her giant monster lieutenants
Kurg and Kruk, whose nerve endings have been cauterized, so they feel no pain.
Nebula takes off in her ship as the battle on the ground begins. WM tries
firing a huge missile but it doesn’t harm the giants. The heroes keep pounding
with what they have but the giants keep coming back for more. So Thunderstrike
suggests he take on both of the bad guys while War Machine goes after Nebula’s
ship before it makes the jump into hyperspace. WM catches up to the ship as it
makes the jump, tearing his way into a hold. Geatar sees something odd on the
instruments so he goes back to the hold to investigate. War Machine throws him
overboard. Rhodey goes to the bridge and confronts the villainess. She presses
the button launching the warhead and gives WM the choice: capture her or stop
the bomb to save Silver Surfer. WM takes off after the bomb, disarms it and
frees the Surfer. SS asks Rhodey to guide the bomb to a safe spot on Titan’s
surface while he goes after Nebula. As Nebula wonders why there was no
Titan-shattering KABOOM, SS arrives, shrugs off her gunfire and punches her
lights out.
Surfer with Nebula links up with
War Machine as they head to deliver her back to prison. She vows that her
sidekick Geatar will rescue her only to be told that Geatar is drifting in
space somewhere. They hand her over to Mentor and return to Phobos to check on
Thunderstrike, whom they find standing quietly amid acres of defeated monsters
and aliens. Astonished, Rhodey asks how he beat them. Eric responds that he
realized it was like building a skyscraper: you’ll be fine if you just start at
the bottom and work your way to the top. Surfer thanks them for their help and
promises he will be available to them when they are in need….
Back on Earth, Doctor Strange was
watching via crystal; Wong praises him for his choice of heroes to handle
matters where he could not intervene himself. But Strange is concerned with the
future which he cannot see….