In the future Zarrko exults in his success, explaining to
Servitor how his Radical Time Stabilizer will merge all possible timelines into
a single time stream that Zarrko will control as Master of Time….
While Present Thor (Eric M.)and Future Thor (Dargo Ktor) continue to bicker, with Eric
clearly unwilling to leave his own time, Beta Ray Bill scolds them and has them
all join hammers and vanish into the future….
At the hospital, the comatose Susan Austin’s doctor gets some
good news….
The three heroes (a/k/a the Thor Corps) catch up to Zarrko’s
time cube (as the bad guy had planned) and break in. Zarrko unleashes demons on
them—ones which consist of Thor enemies from the past and future. They face Grey Gargoyle,
Mercurio the 4-D Man, Cobra, and Tyrus the Terrible; Zarrko encloses Dargo’s
hammer in a force bubble so that in sixty seconds he will revert to his human
form. Eric hurls his hammer to Dargo and that’s good enough, enabling Dargo to
repower and smash Tyrus. They are then attacked by two bad guys Eric doesn’t
recognize, Shatterfist and Demonstaff, followed by Uroc the Uru Warrior….
Back on Earth, Marcy Masterson and Bobby Steele realize that
Kevin must have heard them talking about Bobby adopting him and run away. Kevin
has run off to find Jerry Sapristi who tries to convince him his father loves
him but Kevin wonders if, with the rough times he’s been facing, maybe his dad
would be better off without him….
While Uroc is fighting Eric Thor and Dargo Thor, Beta Ray
Bill sneaks up behind him and blasts him through the roof and into the time
stream. The next enemy they face is Skurge the Executioner who is offended at
these pretenders who would be Thor and tears into them, easily knocking them around.
Eric comes up with a plan that enables them to work together to take down Skurge.
Zarrko then produces his ultimate champion: Loki, God of Evil….
“By Mine Own Heart Betrayed”
Writer: Tom DeFalco. Pencils: Patrick Olliffe. Inks: Patrick
Olliffe. Colors: Mike Rockwitz. Letters: Steve Dutro.
Synopsis: In the cave in Midhogg, the Destroyer battles the
boastful Gar-Toom, intending to humble him. Meanwhile, Sif, believing the
Destroyer is animated by the Soul of Thor decides to stay behind, Balder gives
her the Norn Stone while he takes the sword and heads off to free Hela from her
crystal prison. Destroyer smashes Gar-Toom into gravel and Sif appeals to him—and
the Destroyer punches her lights out: the armor is animated by Lorelei who has always
been Sif’s rival for the heart of Thor. Though she takes a beating, Sif chooses
to stand and fight—so the Destroyer lowers its visor, preparing to disintegrate
the woman warrior….