(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: Hela summons Loki (in spirit form) to witness her final victory over Thor. Thor, his spirit inside the Destroyer, crashes his way into Hel. Balder, still ill from the plague, confronts the Frost Giants invading Asgard. Thor asks Hela to restore his body, otherwise, he will destroy her realm & her. She refuses, believing he would not destroy the balance of the 9 worlds. Thor destroys Hela's skeleton soldiers that attack him. Kurse comes to Balder's aid to fight against the Frost Giants. Hela realizes that Thor's spirit in the Destroyer would kill her. She tries to destroy Thor's body, but he encases it in crystal before she can do so. Volstagg avoids the fight with the Frost Giants but inflicts harm through his clumsiness. Hela moves Thor's body in front of the Destroyer's disintegrator beam, which destroys its crystal casing. Thor doesn't allow Hela to touch the body. Hela calls for Loki's help, but he does nothing due to her jabs against him. Thor tells Hela to remember all of Asgard's foes he has sent to her realm. Hearing his words, Hela touches Thor's body to restore it to health. Loki shows Thor that Asgard is under attack by Frost Giants. Thor returns his spirit to his body & encases the Destroyer in crystal so that others do not possess it. Hela returns Thor to Asgard with the ablility to die once more. On arrival, Thor sends the giants fleeing. Utgard-Loki offers to help cure the Asgardians' plague in return for their freedom. Balder talks Thor into not killing him. Later, having learned from Hela that Loki was behind the plague, Thor pays a visit to Loki. Thor breaks Loki's arm with his hammer as a warning to Loki to not confuse his forbearance with weakness.
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