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The Black Goliath returns to Champions HQ, to find the Null-Life Bomb has expanded outwards. Climbing the building to investigate, he is sucked inside the bomb. On the world of Kamo Tharn, where the Stranger sent the Champions to retrieve the Runestaff of Kamo Tharn, Hercules reveals that the Runestaff is on Earth, after he took it from Kamo Tharn in a previous battle, which is why Kamo Tharn hates Hercules so. Kamo sends his beast men against the Champions, but the heroes are quickly outnumbered. Things take a strange turn when Darkstar discovers the portal that the Stranger used to send them here quickly closing, and with time running out, she jumps though it to return to Earth to get the Runestaff - followed by Iceman. Inside the void of the Null-Bomb Black Goliath is brought up to speed on what is going on, while the Stranger continues to use his power to slow the bomb’s growth - until the Black Goliath tries to smash the bomb - which sets off the security parameters, unleashing several robots for him to fight. Darkstar and Iceman float through space, though Darkstar is not aware Iceman followed her, while back in Kamo Tharn’s realm, the remaining four Champions battle assorted perils and creatures, only to seemingly see each other die in a bizarre series of events, though their bodies remain frozen before Kamo Tharn. Darkstar and Iceman finally arrive in the void created by the Null-Life Bomb, though Darkstar ignores Iceman, heading straight to the Stranger, she explains what has transpired. The Stranger opens a portal for Darkstar to obtain the Runestaff from its Earthly location, which she does, only to be told that she must use it. The Stranger adds what power he can to the staff, wielded by Darkstar, moments later, in Kamo Tharn’s realm, the Champions wake from their hypnotic state, and Angel attacks Kamo Tharn, while Darkstar continues to restore the universe to how it was before the Null-Life Bomb was detonated, and eventually, she too wakes, in the Champions HQ. With the universe safe, the Stranger departs, and the Champions are returned to Earth. The Champions celebrate their victory, and Darkstar feels like she now belongs, while Hercules wonders if he can belong, being half human, half god.