Prologue: in the Egyptian desert Kree warriors kill a Shi’ar enemy then uncover one piece of the God’s Whisper, escaping the planet before they are caught in violation intergalactic treaties….
Jim Hammond, the original android Human Torch, is living in anonymity in Blaketown, Illinois, working at an auto shop. He returns to the garage to find his boss dead at the hands of Kree champion Tanalth the Pursuer. He flames on and they fight, destroying the garage quickly in the process. Witnesses recognize the Torch’s voice and are surprised to learn Jim’s secret. Tanalth shoots the Torch with a special gun that uncovers a forgotten adventure in his mind. It was during the war, as the Invaders fought the minions of Baron Strucker—but Toro was missing and a strange hero called Major Liberty in place of Captain America. Liberty then challenged Strucker’s ally Hela the Norse Goddess of Death who waved her hand and drained the life from the patriotic hero. By accessing this memory, Tanalth learns the location of the final piece of the God’s Whisper, the device that bent Hela’s will to serve the Nazis. Now to cover her departure she unleashes her violence on the Torch’s friends and blasts the Torch as he is distracted. As she plans to destroy the entire town to cover her tracks, she is suddenly confronted by Captain America and the Winter Soldier….
Epilogue: back on the Kree homeworld, Namor the Sub-Mariner is a prisoner of the Supreme Intelligence….