On
the planet Golden Star, Thor and his party discover that they have been duped
by Sssthgar and his lizardly legion. The Asgardians (Fandral, Hogun, Hildegarde
plus Tana Nile and Silas Grant) fight their enemies, though a docile Odin
counsels them to but they are eventually overcome and taken prisoner….
Thor wakes up in a dungeon with the other men
locked up with him; all are dispirited and advise Thor to accept his lot. A
guard offers Thor a taste of gruel but he realizes the food is drugged so he
clobbers the guard with his legs then breaks his bonds. He bashes his way out
of the dungeon and finds Hildegarde and Tana Nile locked up nearby. He frees
them (they appear not to have been fed the drugged food) and they navigate a lengthy corridor, passing
from an ancient structure to a futuristic one; they encounter a door which Tana
recognizes as impenetrable Mondurian steel. Thor and Hildegarde rip it down and
continue their journey through the city. At night, they are approached by a
small alien named Gregor who takes them to a secret hideaway to meet the
resistance, plotting an uprising against their lizardly overlords. Thor agrees
to join them and that night they carry out their plans. Thor and Hildegarde
fight Sssthgar and his henchmen in their throne room while Tana Nile frees the
prisoners from the dungeon. They board Thor’s ship and learn from Sssthgar that
Sif and Karnilla were sold as slaves to miners of the Dark Nebula. The lizard
lord begs to go with Thor as the citizens will rise up and kill him once the
drugs wear off but Thor refuses, leaving him to their justice….