Heimdall uses his extraordinary senses to scan the Negative
Zone and finally to locate Annihilus who is siphoning a tiny bit of the captive
Odin’s life force, adding it to his Cosmic Control Rod to make himself
immortal. Heimdall rallies the troops to attack the enemy base but Eric Masterson suggests a more subtle approach, which confuses the assembled warriors….
In a New York hospital, Leena Moran visits the comatose
Susan Austin and reveals herself to be the Enchantress in disguise. She also ponders
whether Susan poses a threat to her and thus must be killed or not. Amora
adopts a wait and see attitude….
Thor, Sif, and Balder arrive at Annihilus’s asteroid base,
with Sif being openly hostile towards Eric, whom she considers unworthy to take
the place of her beloved Thor Odinson. They enter the base quietly but are
instantly enclosed in a huge glass bubble with the insect-trolls on their way
to kill them. Thor breaks though the bubble with Mjolnir and they battle the
monsters; Thor seizes the mega-gun and shoots down all of the trolls yet Sif calls
using such a weapon demeaning for an Asgardian. A giant flying metal fist strikes
at them, smashing Thor into the wall while round spongelike creatures bury
Balder and Sif under their masses. Thor pulls himself out of the wall and
smashes the fist to bits with a blow from Mjolnir, then conjures up a
gale-force wind to dispel the multiplying sponges. When Sif sees him with his
helmet, she is stricken by his resemblance to her beloved Thor and quickly demands
he cover his face again….
Back in New York, Eric Masterson is fired from his job for
his chronic absenteeism. Jackie Lukus goes over to Eric’s home looking for him
and encounters a mystery man also seeking Eric. He declines to leave a name and
departs….
Thor uses Mjolnir to seek out Odin and they discover the
All-Father in a huge metal casket. Annihilus appears on the scene, boasting
that he has used Odin’s life-essence to make himself immortal. Thor battles the
villain while Sif and Balder rush Odin to a nearby spaceship. Annihilus uses
his Cosmic Control Rod to blast Thor down; Sif returns to aid Thor and is
likewise defeated. Thor hurls Mjolnir straight at the Rod and hustles Sif to
safety; the device explodes, apparently killing Annihilus. Eric is distraught over
having killed a foe; Sif rebukes him and vows a blood oath to locate Thor….
Back in Asgard, Heimdall thanks Thor for his service and,
reminding Eric that he is guardian of Midgard, teleports him back to Earth….
Meanwhile, the mystery man returns, looking for Eric….