In the future of 2591, Servitor, riding a massive cube hovering
over the city, demands that Thor show himself. Servitor easily shoots down the
traffic drones that oppose him. Against the pleas of his girlfriend Salla,
Dargo Ktor transforms into Thor in time to rescue a police officer falling from
a rooftop and then he confronts Servitor. The giant robot tells him its orders
are to take him to its master; they descend into the cube which is much larger
on the inside than the outside and meet Zarrko the Tomorrow Man….
In today’s Earth, Eric Masterson learns from a doctor that
the only hope of saving the comatose Susan Austin is Dr. Don Blake but he can’t
be found. Eric says goodbye to his son Kevin who is going home with his mother
Marcy Masterson. Eric broods about the Don Blake problem all the way home;
there he is met by Bobby Steele, pro quarterback and Marcy’s new husband. Steele
tells Eric that he wants to adopt Kevin and give him a father who isn’t disappearing
all the time. Eric punches him and hurts his hand. Steele, unharmed, takes his
leave, telling Eric to think about it….
Stellaris returns to Earth, seeking vengeance against Thor
for stranding her in space (issue #424). Eric changes into Thor and fantasizes
about clobbering Bobby Steele but settles for making it rain to ruin the upholstery
in Steele’s car. Stellaris then smashes through the wall of Eric’s apartment and
challenges him to fight; Thor tries explaining that he thought she was dead but
no matter, Stellaris produces her guns and starts blazing away, knocking the
God of Thunder for a loop….
In the future, Zarrko tells Dargo Ktor that in the 20th
century a criminal named Eric Masterson will gain control of Mjolnir and become
a bad guy Thor; if this happens it will create a time virus that will wipe out
Dargo’s timeline….
Eric Thor is fighting Stellaris when Dargo Thor appears on
his other side and blasts him with lightning. Trapped between two deadly enemies,
Eric Thor is stunned….
“The Hel-Hounds and the Heroes”
Writer: Tom DeFalco. Pencils: Patrick Olliffe. Inks: Patrick
Olliffe. Colors: Mike Rockwitz. Letters: Dave Sharpe.
Synopsis: Searching for the missing Thor Odinson, Sif and
Balder have come to Niffleheim to find it ruled by the Destroyer animated by an
unknown soul. Balder drops a cliff on the Destroyer and then he and Sif use the
Norn Stones to become invisible and get out of there. The two find the armies
of the dead turned to stone and Garm the Hel-Hound trapped in rock. Garm
explains that Thor had left the Destroyer encased in crystal on his previous
adventure there (THOR #382) as a warning to Hela; once Hela removed it from the
crystal, an unidentified soul possessed it and put Hela into a crystal. It now
rules the land of the dead. Sif and Balder deduce that it can only be Thor
inhabiting the armor; Garm tells them they will need Hela’s help to defeat it
and to get her out of her crystal prison they will need a special sword that is
in the land of Midhogg….
Meanwhile, the Destroyer is in a bad mood and wants to
destroy all who are living….