On
the docks, Thor is at the mercy of the Destroyer which has wrested Mjolnir away
from him as he counts down the sixty seconds before he turns back into the
vulnerable Don Blake. Thor commands Mjolnir to come to him and there is a
fierce struggle with the enchanted armor but the hammer breaks out of the
Destroyer’s grip and returns to its master. Thor knocks his foe into the river
and the battle continues underwater before exploding back onto the docks. But
Hercules returns with the soulless body of Professor Clement Holmes and his
assistant Otto. Otto calls to Holmes and the Destroyer reacts, giving Thor the
opportunity to knock it out with a single blow. Holmes’ soul returns to his
body, initially angry over the disruption of his studies until he remembers
what happened. He is broken and Otto takes him home. Thor leaps back into the
river to retrieve his winged helmet, a valued gift from his father Odin. Herc
thinks it ugly. Thor’s mind is still on Krista, sensing that she is somehow
still in danger. They return to the hospital, Thor resuming his Don Blake
identity….
The
flaming Firelord flies through space, landing in Manhattan in search of two
people; he bursts into the hospital and strides through the halls, terrifying
the patients and employees. A doctor confronts him and Firelord knocks him out
of the way with his Cosmic Staff, setting the man’s clothes ablaze. Who other
try to put of the flames, Hercules confronts the intruder who resents being
touched and a fight results, the combatants crashing through the door and into
Krista’s room. Don tries to intervene but he is knocked against a wall and his
cane flies out the window. He carefully makes his way past panicking humans and
out to the street to recover his stick. He has a brief identity crisis then
decides he has never been Don Blake but always Thor. He strikes the cane and
becomes Thor as the two combatants come flying out of the high window. In the
street blow, Firelord informs them that he has been looking for them for his
master Galactus. He summons his master…
…and
in Asgard, Odin is shocked that his son Thor would allow the Herald of Galactus
to summon his master. Sif and Hildegarde are frightened by the implications (as
well as Galactus)….
In
his spherical craft in remote space, Galactus returns to Earth because the
universe is in serious danger….
Characters:
Thor, Hercules, Destroyer, Firelord, Don Blake, Krista, Odin, Sif, Hildegarde, Galactus