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Odin looks in on Thor, who is recovering from a battle with Seidring (see previous issue). Odin then gives Seidring his wish: to rule the world. Unfortunately for Seidring, the world he gets is inhabited only by rock trolls, far away from Asgard. Hercules, meanwhile, is in Hollywood preparing to star in the latest "Hercules" movie. He meets the actress who will play the queen of the Amazons (who, unbeknownst to Herc, is the real Hippolyta). As a screen test, Hercules is menaced by a mechanical titan warrior, which vanishes in a sheet of flame. He meets the director (who, unbeknownst to Herc, is really Pluto). Meanwhile, Balder takes a weak Thor to the frozen Sea of Marmora for some beast-fish hunting. They spot a few from their ice skimmer, but Thor, firing his reel-rifle, misses his target. The enraged beast-fish attack! Balder drives off one that has smashed its way into the skimmer's cabin, and the danger has passed. Thor, disgusted with himself, wants a rematch with Hercules to regain his honor. Pluto gives Hercules a contract--"a mere formality"--to which he applies his thumbprint without reading it. Pluto unmasks and reveals his trap: the contract is really an Olympian pact, enforceable by Zeus. By signing it, Hercules has agreed to become the ruler of Hades. When he refuses, two titan warriors attack. Soon enough Thor is back in fighting trim. He defeats Volstagg at jousting (quarterstaffs on a log over a water tank). Odin grants him leave to return to Midgard (Earth), where he finds Hercules awash in a sea of Pluto's demons. Their grudge match will have to wait. Thor pitches in. Pluto and Hippolyta go to Olympus to put his case before Zeus, while Hercules and Thor finish off the demons by jointly crushing them under a column. Thor hears of Hercules's plight and regrets that they can't have their rematch under such conditions.