Continued from DOMINATION FACTOR:
FANTASTIC FOUR #4.
In an alternate reality created for
Queen Knorda, the assembled Avengers and Fantastic Four have just
learned that it was Loki impersonating Dr. Strange to trick them into
recovering the scattered slices of the Golden Apple for him. The God
of Mischief departs and the heroes decide they must try to locate
Thor, who doesn't exist in this reality and who they can barely
remember. They are then surrounded by police bots, ordering them to
disperse; Vision tries to interface with them but the unit explodes,
possibly destroying the android hero. The powerless superbeings split
up: Captain America and Thing to seek out references to Thor in
government databases, Iron Man and Mr Fantastic to locate the time
machine at the Praxis labs, Invisible Woman, Scarlet Witch, and
Human Torch to try to appeal to Queen Knorda....
Meanwhile, Knorda looks back over her
early career in Asgard as a warrior queen and the ensuing long life
on Midgard in a variety of guises and now Loki would wed her but she
wants nothing to do with him....
Steve and Ben arrive at the Hall of
Records but they are spotted by security bots, leading Ben to fight
and Steve to suffer a heart attack....
Sue, Wanda, and Johnny come to Knorda's
throne room where she turns Thor's helmet over to them, the mystical
object which could restore their world, because she is certain it will
do them no good. Sue berates the Queen for abandoning her feminist
ideology to accept a throne from Loki. Security bots capture Sue and
Wanda; Johnny, no hero in this world, panics and flees. Vision hacks
into the mainframe to restrain the ubiquitous bots but Loki soon
drives him out....
Reed and Tony try to program the time
machine but Doctor Doom kills Reed with a laser gauntlet; Tony manages
to reflect the beam back, burning Doom's face. The other heroes
arrive but so do the Harbingers, tearing apart the lab. They are able
to apply some of their 616 powers but Johnny is killed by the giants.
Wanda marshals her magical powers and, using Thor's helmet, manages to
raise the Thunder God from the dead as a wooden giant to defeat the
Harbingers. Knorda arrives with the Golden Apple and Thor powers the
time machine to take her back to the day Odin gave her the apple. She
uses it to banish Loki, allowing Thor to live but costing her the
gift of immortality. In the present, the dying Knorda is escorted by
Hela Goddess of Death), to Valhalla, afterlife of the noble
warriors.....
The effects of the Golden Apple undone,
the story reverts to Reed and Tony on Air Force One, looking at
Norway's gift to the USA: a golden statue of Queen Knorda and it's
the Vision who guides the plane to a safe landing.