Thor stands in astonishment at the arrival of Exitar the
Exterminator who comes to carry out the judgment of Arishem of the Celestials
against Pangoria. The planet’s ruler, Pegas the Pirate King, and his cronies
seek to escape via spaceship, leaving the planet’s masses to their destruction.
But Arishem sends a signal to Exitar to begin the process of purification and
the latter encases Pangoria in an energy shell that prevents any of the
spacecraft from leaving. Thor flies to the top of Exitar’s head and swings Mjolnir
in a mighty blow that manages to crack Exitar’s armored helmet. Thor enters to
find himself in a world he had never imagined, a place of strange lights and
colors where he is attacked by a flock of winged creatures. He calls up a storm
to blow them all away and he travels to the brain through the maddening memories
of every strange world the Celestial has visited….
Outside, Pegas orders his fleet to attack Exitar, knowing
that this is futile but using it as a distraction so his ship may penetrate the
shell surrounding Pangoria….
Growing closer to Exitar’s brain, Thor is attacked by
antibodies which engulf him but he is able to shake them off with a bolt of
lightning, though his battle armor is damaged beyond repair. Then he reaches a
gigantic glowing blue dome, where he is attacked by a giant humanoid robot that
he manages to destroy. Thor wraps his Belt of Power around Mjolnir then uses
them to focus his life energy as it shoots toward the blue dome. The dome is
cracked, sending a shock through the Celestial but Mjolnir is destroyed. As he
mourns his ruined relic, he is approached by an army of humanoids; with seconds
to prepare, he takes the fight to them….