Believing the new Thor to be a criminal caught in the act of
robbing the Guggenheim Museum, Spider-Man attacks him, ignoring his claims of innocence.
With Thor down, Spidey goes after Absorbing Man and Titania. Creel turns to steel
and battles the Web-Slinger. Thor rushes to aid Spidey but the later thinks he
is being attacked from behind and lashes out. The two heroes tussle while the
two bad guys escape, Titania wanting to know what deal Creel had with Thor. Being
swiftly battered by the Wall-Crawler, Thor unleashes lightning to knock Spidey
off his feet long enough to explain the situation and suggest they work
together….
In Asgard, Karnilla the Norn Queen reveals she is working with
the bad guys while fooling Heimdall into believing she has allied with the good
guys….
Creel and Titania finally hide at a construction site where
she punches his lights out and he explains his scheme to scare her into going
straight. She continues to smash him with large objects until Spidey and Thor
arrive, after which the two baddies battle the two heroes while Titania continues
to smash Creel….
At the hospital, Dr. Paretsky is about to confess his love
for his patient Susan Austin when she is interrupted by the visiting Ed Marrero….
Word comes to the police of the super-melee and Lt. Marcus Stone
leads the cops of Code: Blue to the site where they open fire on the
combatants. An enraged Creel hurls his ball and chain at the cops which Thor is
able to deflect with his hurled hammer. The cops shoot Creel but the
steel-jacked bullets only turn him to steel and he strikes back. Thor takes him
on while the cops fire a device at Titania that enwraps her in a metal ribbon
which Creel is able to break open…but she still punches him in the head for his
betrayal. Creel jumps on Thor, intending to touch Mjolnir and gain the power of
Uru so he can escape with Titania and make up. Thor’s only recourse is to
strike the hammer on the ground and change back to Eric Masterson. With Creel
being groggy and human, Eric is able to punch him out and then turn back to Thor.
Titania runs to her fallen lover which just seem wrong to Thor….
In Asgard, Karnilla plots strategy with allies Uroc the
Invincible and Stoll the Wolf God, suggesting they recruit more allies from
Midgard….
“The Face of Fear!”
Writer: Tom DeFalco. Art: Patrick Olliffe. Colors: Mike
Rockwitz. Letters: Michael Heisler.
Synopsis: Searching for the missing Thor Odinson, Sif and
Balder have arrived on the galactic cruisier called the Destiny Hunt.
Captured by the New Immortals, the Asgardians are brought before Count Tagar. Then
Sif notices with a start that Nobilus looks and sounds like Thor….
Summoned to the crown of the Stature of Liberty, Amora the
Enchantress is contacted by Karnilla the Norn Queen who tries to recruit her to
the side of the Realms rebelling against Asgard, Amora is undecided….
While Balder dithers about revealing his love for the Lady
Sif and she agonizes over whether Nobilus in really Thor, an alarm goes off.
The missing High Evolutionary’s personal ship has been found parked on Ego the Living Planet
and the Celestials are also there, in the process of eradicating
Ego….