Following the defeat of Surtur, Odin reclaimed the throne in Asgard. Although there is much celebration, Sif notices Thor is concerned over when Loki may return to attack Asgard anew.

While in the deep reaches of space, the Abomination rematerializes on the Stranger's world following his defeat at the hands of the Silver Surfer. Finding himself outside the Stranger's citadel, the Abomination sneaks into it to try and find a means of defeating his captor so that he might escape. Spying the Stranger using his space scanner, he witnesses the Stranger detecting a new and interesting specimen for the taking, so the Stranger departs to investigate and teleports away.

The Abomination notices that the Strange had left his scanner on and turned its attention to Thor. Deciding that the Thunder God would make an ideal opponent to crush the Stranger, the Abomination uses the Stranger's devices to teleport Thor to the Stranger's citadel. The Abomination tricks Thor into helping him, convincing the Thunder God that he is just a helpless prisoner of the Stranger. Thor is then taken to the holding cells where the Stranger has imprisoned many other alien creatures. Thor frees them all when suddenly the Stranger appears, prompting all his captives to flee across the planet.

Thor battles the Stranger one-on-one; however, he finds that the Stranger's powers are many and that he could be more than his match, so he decides to flee the scene to determine a new strategy. While back in Asgard, Odin is troubled that Thor has gone missing and agrees to allow Sif to seek him out.

While back in the Stranger's world, Thor decides the best thing to do is to lay low and decides to transform himself back into Donald Blake to maintain a low profile. This ends up working against him when he happens upon the Abomination, who has rallied together all of the Stranger's captives. Blake overhears the Abominations' true intentions, that he's not beneficent as he originally pretended to be and that he intends to take over the Stranger's citadel for his evil ends. Spotting Blake, the Abomination and his cohorts easily over-power the lame doctor and take away his cane before he can strike it on the ground. Finding the weakling doctor weak, they toss Blake aside and plot their attack.

Blake is relieved when Sif arrives and gives him his cane back when he wonders what to do next. Changing back into Thor, the two gods attack the Abomination and his minions and easily defeats his opponents. However, the battle alerts the Stranger of their location, who arrives still craving vengeance against the Thunder God. Realizing that such a powerful being would threaten the realm of Asgard, Thor uses his mystical hammer to travel back in time to the point when the Abomination first summoned Thor to the Stranger's world.

This time, when the Abomination tries to rally Thor to his side, the Thunder God easily knocks him out and returns the gamma monster to his cell. Returning to Asgard before the Stranger returns, he is reunited with Sif, whom he embraces with a kiss.

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