Appearing in "Into the Dark Nebula!"
Featured Characters:
- Thor (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Asteroid Engineers
- Gramosian Warriors
- ⏴ Fourth-Dimensional Man (Mercurio) ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
- Xorr the God-Jewel ⏵ (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Tana Nile
- Silas Grant
- Loki (Only in recap)
- Karnilla (Main story and recap)
- Sif (Main story and recap)
- Balder (Mentioned)
- Sssthgar (Only in recap)
- Geirrodur (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Asgardians
- Rigellians
- Frost Giants (Only in recap)
- Sssth (Only in recap)
- Unidentified alien species
- Altarians (Mentioned)
- Gramosians
- Demons (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Milky Way (Only in recap)
- Earth (Mentioned)
- Golden Star (Only in recap)
- Sekar (Only in flashback)
- Mercurio's Home Planet (Only in flashback)
- Dark Nebula
- Orion Base
- Milky Way (Only in recap)
- Asgard (Referenced)
- City of Asgard (Referenced)
Items:
- Mjolnir (Main story and recap)
- Firesword (Only in recap)
Vehicles:
- Starjammer
- Space Sleds
Synopsis for "Into the Dark Nebula!"
The Asgardians travel to the Dark Nebula, there they are attacked by the miners, who think that they are raiders coming to attack again. Once they are defeated and realize who they are, they offer to help. They begin to check with the Alterian miners who deal in slaves, when they are attacked by Mercurio and his army. While they are fighting, the three miners surrender themselves to a gigantic jewel in their mine. The jewel then erupts from the surface and Thor sees that Sif and Karnilla are trapped within the jewel. The voice of the jewel tells them that if they come any closer, they will die.
Notes
- Heimdall is shown onboard this adventure with his fellow Asgardians. He was not mentioned as a prisoner of the Sssth previously. But it is apparent from this issue that he was!
- This issue contains a letters page, The Hammer Strikes. Letters are published from Rick Kiefe, Beverly Glielmi and Ralph Macchio.
- As seen on page one, this issue is Story#1521-Z.