The Kawan Silver Surfer
vows revenge against Hercules and when Herc attacks him, he seizes the demigod
by the throat and informs him of his crimes. The Surfer was a member of the
Brotherhood which worshipped Galactus. Herc visited their world-ship and
clobbered them, leading the Brotherhood to die by suicide, fearing Galactus’
anger. The Surfer was off world at the time and returning, he saw the disaster
and sought out his god, hoping to be killed and join his people. Instead,
Galactus was impressed by his anger and transformed him into his herald,
promising him vengeance against Hercules. And now that Herc is in his ands…the
Imperial Guard, led by Herc’s grandchildren, attacks the Surfer and swoop down
to rescue the plummeting Hercules, Juno seizing him by his hair so they can zip
away….
The Rigellians detect
the massive black hole that was once Galactus and they plan a rescue mission
for the multitude of Rigellian colonies there. Needing to dispatch a Recorder
to investigate the phenomenon, they discover the closed Recorder to the area is
Recorder 417, assigned to Hercules….
Back on Wilamean, Silver
Surfer engages the Imperial Guard in an aerial battle while, on the ground,
Herc leads the firing of the ion cannons. The Surfer is unharmed and smashes
Hercules so hard he crashes through several levels of city and lands in the
sewage treatment plant. The two hit each other until they wreck the city’s
hydrogen processors, sending flames through the water system, startling Skyppi
in the hospital when fire shoots out of his sink. Worse happens to Prime
Minister Spincor who is bathing when his bathroom is engulfed in flames. Herc
finally manages to wound the Surfer when he drives a huge wooden splinter into
his foe’s shoulder. Soldiers arrive, led by the grandchildren then Surfer
seizes Juno….
In the palace, Recorder
417 relays a message from the Rigellians to Emperor Arimathes that they request
a sub-space audience with him. Recorder then shows the Emperor film that shocks
him….
Hercules demands that
the Silver Surfer release Juno; the monster refuses. Herc taunts the creature,
mocking his god Galactus, driving him into a rage. Surfer hurls Juno away from
him and unleashes a blast of the Power Cosmic at Hercules. Ursus leaps in front
to protect his grandfather and is obliterated. Hercules and everyone around are
stunned at this development, then Hercules, consumed by divine anger, beats the
Silver Surfer into the ground, breaks his board in half, and uses the jagged
edge to decapitate the Herald of Galactus. Then Hercules collapses and the
medics are summoned….