After taking Margo Damian home, Thor
rejoins the band of heroes he's met on their journey to Olympia
aboard the flagship of Zuras, ruler of that realm. Mutates Karkas and
Reject engage in some friendly (for the former) bickering while
Ikaris asks Thor about the death of his father Virako which the
Thunder God was witness to (in THOR ANNUAL #7). Thor assures him his
father's death was a heroic self-sacrifice. Meanwhile, the fun-loving
Sersi takes some pleasure in annoying the solemn Thena and Ikaris by
turning the ship's controls into flowers....
As they approach the city, a golden
disc comes through the sky and disables an engine; the occupants
levitate to safety while the ship crashes in the mountains. They
enter the city to learn that the Olympic games are in progress and it
was a stray discus which hit their craft. Thor is presented to Father
Zuras who, in turn, introduces him to the gathered crowds. Thor goes
off alone to brood on his exile and to wonder if Sif misses him....
Following her mission for Odin, Sif is
on a desolate world of ruined buildings when she is attacked by a
Storm Giant and she defends herself....
The Warriors Three find themselves on a
different desolate planet and, searching a cavern on their mission,
they are captured by the dragon Fafnir, who really hates Odin....
Back at Olympia, the games are
interrupted by the arrival in their midst of the Forgotten One, now
called Hero; he relates his history to them: the big guy, having
lived for centuries on Earth as various heroes, was exiled by Zuras;
a rogue Eternal freed him, gave him a metallic look, and dispatched
him to carry a bomb to the Celestials' mothership. The bomb exploded,
harming only Hero and he was healed by the Celestial known as The One
Above All and sent as his emissary to the Eternals with the warning
not to interfere with the Fifty-Year Judgment. The assembled Eternal
warriors attack him and are all bowled aside within seconds by the
interloping Hero. Hero then topples the arena itself—but Thor
arrives to challenge the bad guy while Ikaris supports the broken
pillars of the arena. The battle of the superbeings continues until
suddenly Thor and Hero vanish...to find themselves aboard the
Celestial mothership....