Loki is in his castle pondering his scrying sphere and looking
for a new source of magical energy. He is also trying to ignore Lorelei who is
nagging him to pay attention to her, so he banishes her to far Alfheim. No
sooner is she gone than Loki’s wife, Sigyn, enters, wanting to help him any way
she can. Loki proposes that she be his anchor as he quests for the distant
planet Yann….
In the wake of the new Masters of Evil’s assault on Avengers
Mansion (AVENGERS #273-277), Captain America, Iron Man, Wasp, and Thor are
dealing with the rebuilding while Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) visits Jarvis’
mother to assure her that he’s getting the best medical care. The five Avengers
have a meeting where Wasp explains that she has leased temporary quarters at
the Four Freedoms Plaza. Sigyn suddenly appears looking for Thor, explaining
that she held a Norn Stone to maintain a link to Asgard as Loki quested for
Yann but the link was broken and Loki was lost. Thor reluctantly promises to
find him—but then Doctor Strange appears before them. He explains that there is
a mystic disturbance across the cosmos, caused by a conflict on Yann between
Loki and another sorcerer Sise-Neg. The Avengers agree to join the Sorcerer
Supreme in his mission to Yann. A combination of Strange’s Crimson Bands and
Thor’s hammer teleports them to the distant world. Captain Marvel flies ahead
to find the two villains in combat; on their way to join her, the other
Avengers fight giant monster bats. Thor reaches Loki and Sise-Neg and demands
that they stop; instead they blast him together and Loki proposes a team-up.
But they know they can’t trust one another and go back to fighting. Cap M steps
between them and Sise-Neg’s attempt to trap her goes awry and ends up with Loki
encased in a mound of earth. The Avengers explain that they just want to take
Loki and go home but the arrogant Sise-Neg refuses, insisting no one can tell
him what to do. There ensues a brief battle, ending with the arrival of the
Living Tribunal. LT announces that while he has godlike power, Sise-Neg lacks
divine wisdom and so sends him back in time to grow and learn his destiny. LT
also decides to let the Avengers take Loki home as Yann has been saved, restoring
the cosmic balance. LT teleports the heroes back to Earth. Meanwhile, Loki is returned
to his castle where Sigyn reveals that she called on the Avengers to rescue
him. Loki goes off to sulk about this latest development.