Juggernaut is surprised by the arrival of a half-dozen new
superheroes but he shows nothing but contempt for these kids. The New Warriors are
there to rescue Thor so Speedball leaps at the villain and is bounced out of sight
with a single backhanded blow. Namorita and Nova try wrapping an I-beam around
the baddie but he snaps it off with just a flex of his arms. Night Thrasher, a
living weapon, takes on Juggy while Marvel Boy and Firestar hustle Thor to
safety. The mystery villain (spoiler: it’s still Loki) shrugs off this little
impediment to his plans. Juggy is able to ignore Night Thrasher who is
pummeling him ineffectively and he starts losing it so Firestar has to carry
him to safety and talk him back to sanity. Namorita and Nova hammer the bad guy
with railroad cars and the team thinks they have won but Juggernaut astonishes
them all by throwing the cars off….
Back at the Masterson home, Susan Austin watches Kevin while
Hercules lounges around reading comic books—and then Eric’s ex-wife, Marcy Masterson
arrives, announcing she wants to reclaim legal custody of her son….
Thor is starting to recover from another of his seizure’s
while the New Warriors take turns attacking Juggernaut, without any results.
Thor enters the field, calling down a huge lightning strike on Juggy, which the
villain merely shrugs off. Thor then summons all of his god-power, forcing the
baddie back until the concrete foundation crumbles beneath him, dropping him
into a pit which the Warriors quickly fill with steel girders and Firestar
melts them into a huge cocoon which Thor sends out into space. When Juggernaut
breaks free, he finds he Is on a remote planet. Mystery Villain pitches a fit
while Thor gives the New Warriors some words of encouragement and takes off….
“Freedom is Only a Choice Away”
Writer: Tom DeFalco. Pencils: Ron Lim. Inks: Mike DeCarlo.
Colors: Nel Yomtov. Letters: Michael Heiser.
Synopsis: Beta Ray Bill is a captive aboard the psychic
slaveship and used, along with several other aliens, to power the craft. And
now the ship has the Great Fleet in its sights, intending to capture the
helpless travelers. Thus hooked up, Bill is aware of what is going on all over
the ship and he witnesses Captain Orack giving his men the command to attack
the Great Fleet. The other captives fear retaliation too much to try to escape
so Bill rips his way out of captivity, recovers Storm Breaker from the crewmen
trying vainly to lift it, and challenges Orack to fight….