(Cover Date: September, 1987)

Summary: The Collector's wife returns from the dead after 3 billion years due to the Grandmaster. His wife prefers to go back to being dead due to her apathy for living. SS asks him why he aided the Grandmaster when he tried to kill the Avengers. The Collector tells him that he owed the Grandmaster a debt for saving his life. SS is greeted by Espirita who was added to the Collector's collection when she didn't die from the poison (see WCA Annual #2). SS returns Espirita to Earth. She asks him if he is a herald of the Messiah, which he obviously denies. Kree & Skrull ships have an encounter somewhere in the Milky Way. When the Kree board the Skrull ship, they find the Skrull have committed suicide, except for one which is disguised. The Skrulls are protecting the secret that they have lost their shape-changing power. SS is attacked by the Elder, The Runner, who intends to kill him. SS is eventually overpowered, knocked unconscious & crashes into an asteroid. In deep pain, he hears a voice & is greeted by Mantis. more