The Black Galaxy is no more, comrades Thor, Hercules, and
Eric Masterson are alive and well, though Thor and Eric have been split by the
power of the Celestials. The traumatized High Evolutionary and the damaged Analyzer
are taken back to the New Wundagore to be restored, Count Tagar promises Thor. The
New Immortals, Nobilus, Zon, and Juvan, also depart though Nobilus and Thor
share a moment. After the ship departs, a space warp lands Sif, Leir, and Caber
before Thor, telling him he is needed in Asgard…
…which is under attack by the two battling monsters Surtur
and Ymir. Heimdall oversees the realm’s defenses which are no avail against the
menaces. Balder and Arko rescue a young mother from disaster but they can do
little else. As the Grand Vizier broods over the outcome, Thor and company arrive
and are filled in on the latest situation. The Vizier shows them the only
weapon that can defeat Ymir and Surtur: the Twilight Sword which lies in the
Sea of Eternal Night in the Dimension of Death. Thor is transported into the
Dimension of Death where he immediately begins to age rapidly. Within sight of
the Sword, he is attacked by a horde of winged demons….
Elsewhere, the big bruisers Hercules and Leir try to take on
the giants directly but Caber must whisk them away to keep them from being
killed on the spot….
Seeing Thor in danger, Eric overcomes his fear and demands
that the Grand Vizier send him in to help Thor. He arrives in the nick of time
in a sky cycle, firing upon the demons and driving them away. Then as he ages almost
to his death, Thor transports them and the giant Sword back to Asgard, where the
Sword is lit by the Eternal Flame, Odin loses his control over Surtur and the
two giant villains team up to destroy the Sword. Ymir blasts Thor away from the
Sword with a shower of ice; he is separated from Mjolnir and Eric must come out
of hiding to help him. But Eric can’t lift Mjolnir. But touching Mjolnir and
Thor’s hand simultaneously merges the man and the god once again, restoring
Thor to his full power. Thor hurls the Twilight Sword at Ymir and Surtur and
when they grasp it at the same time, Thor fires a mighty blast with Mjolnir
that transports the Sword and the two monsters into the Sea of Eternal Night,
where they are trapped in suspended animation. His plan having worked, Odin
returns and the realm is safe again. The Watcher departs, having seen what he
was intended to see. Arko returns home to find his wife Deilla has given birth
to their son….