Previous Post Ego used to be a humanoid named Egros that was created when the Stranger tampered with the star around his home planet? Me not like. Me like not at all. To me that goes too far against what Stan and Jack created. That said...the rest of the issue was quite good.

Ewing takes this origin directly from the first telling of Ego's origin in Thor #228 and combines it with the revelation from Astonishing Thor that The Stranger creates Ego:

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Ego is telepathically causing Thor to relive Egros's experience.