Mar-Vell carries out Zo's plans by stealing a ship and allowing himself to get captured to retrieve an idol!

That Zo Might Live, a Galaxy Must Die!

Zo commands Mar-Vell that he must destroy his home city in order to save the universe. When Mar-Vell refuses he is shown that the worshippers of the Pagan Kree God Tam-Bor have built a statue with such magnetic force it can destroy the universe. Reluctantly Mar-Vell travels to his home world and allows himself to get captured by the worshippers of Tam-Bor in the hope they will lead him to the statue.