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Thor has lost a fight with Hercules, primarily because Odin took away half his power. Jane Foster tries to console him, but Thor refuses what he believes to be pity. Down the street, a car hits a man, and Jane must go and play nurse. Thor disappears. Meanwhile, Stardust Studios is preparing to shoot a new "Hercules" movie, with the real Hercules signed up to play the title role. No one knows that the new producer is actually Pluto, or that the leading lady is Hippolyta (here called "Hyppolita"), or that they are setting an elaborate trap. In Asgard, Odin remembers that he gave Seidring his Odin Power (last issue) and asks for its return. As answer, Seidring the Merciless blasts him and proclaims himself the new ruler. When Thor returns, he finds Heimdall encased in an ethereal force block and others in force bands. Seidring proposes that Thor act as "my own right arm." When Thor refuses, Seidring calls down three planetoids; Thor ducks, and the planetoids crash into each other. Seidring calls up a globe of liquid wolfbane to engulf Thor; he bursts it. Thor shatters the columns of the hall and fires them at Seidring with Mjolnir; Seidring creates a force field and laughs. Thor calls down lightning, which blinds Seidring and gives him an opportunity to run to a nearby chamber. There he approaches the Odin Sword, an artifact so mighty that the universe will end if it falls from its supports. Seidring blasts him, but gingerly, he's too close to the sword. Thor shakes off the blast and grasps the giant hilt. Rather than rule over nothingness, Seidring returns the Odin Power to Odin, who carries off a senseless Thor and tells him, "Thou art the noblest Asgardian of all!"