At his Sanctum Sanctorum, Doctor
Strange receives a visit from the Silver Surfer. SS explains that he has some
unfinished business and needs Strange’s help. The problem is Nebula, the space
pirate who SS has encountered several times. Well, she has escaped from her
latest prison and is assembling an army on Phobos, Mars’ moon, seeking revenge
against her enemies’ planet Titan. But Surfer doesn’t want Strange to join him
as he is already known to Nebula and she can take advantage of his fatal flaw.
His allies must be someone Nebula does not know. Strange asks for a little
time…
…and introduces Surfer, not to
Thor and Iron Man, but to Thunderstrike and War Machine. With the situation
explained, Strange transports the trio of heroes to Phobos where they are
immediately caught up in battle with Nebula’s forces. Silver Surfer leaves the
other two to fight the hordes while he goes to find Nebula. Arriving at her
flagship, he is immediately shot by her henchman Geatar with a synaptic
disruptor, rendering him helpless.
War Machine and Thunderstrike
fight monsters for a while then decide to catch up with the Surfer. They arrive
at the flagship to discover SS chained to a fusion-reaction bomb ready to be
launched at Titan. And to keep the two interlopers busy, she brings out her
giant monster lieutenants Kurg and Kruk, whose nerve endings have been
cauterized, so they feel no pain….