(Cover Date: March, 1969)

Summary: Thor & the Recorder are hurled to Rigel, thanks to Ego. After the Recorder completes his mission, Thor pleads with the High Commissioner to not have the Recorder deactivated, feeling that it has a soul. Thor returns to Asgard & is met by the Warriors Three. They then meet with Odin, who uses the spatial screen to learn more of Galactus. They watch Galactus destroy a world & feed off of its energy. Odin goes to the first world that Galactus destroyed. It still shows remnants of the advanced civilization that once lived there. Odin goes back to when Galactus was born. The world was being attacked by an alien armada. An incuba-cell was unlocked above the planet to reveal Galactus. Galactus destroyed the armada, but, craving more energy, he destroyed the planet also. Odin says that he has seen enough & leaves. Torger tells Thor that Sif has gone to Earth to investigate a sensed, unknown danger in his absence & has not been heard from since. Balder is haunted by dreams of Karnilla. Thor heads toward Earth to find Sif. more