Malekith, sitting around in Svartalfheim, is looking for
trouble so he decides to crack open the Casket of Ancient Winters and release
Pentigaar and send him to Midgard to kill Thor….
In Asgard, Lady Sif is concerned about the well-being of the
realm as she has been left in charge while Odin is in his Odinsleep; she is
also concerned that Thor never arrived to take the healing potion to Earth
where Hogun lies at the point of death while Hela waits to claim his soul….
Thor, meanwhile, is at a bar on another planet, where the Avengers
(Quasar, Photon, Starfox, Tigra) are celebrating after their Infinity adventure
with Moondragon and Jack of Hearts. Thor is impatient to get back to Earth to
see Hogun and when he leaves the building he is attacked by Galactic Patrol
warriors who want the Avengers gone; the other heroes join in the battle but
Thor ends it quickly by summoning a hurricane to blow their adversaries away….
On Earth, Dr. Jane Foster confides in her friend Hannah
Fairmont her concerns about her comatose husband Keith Kincaid. Jane is
summoned back to Hogun’s room by Fandral and Volstagg, the latter pausing
briefly to eat all the food in the cafeteria….
Balder the Brave, driving Thor’s chariot, arrives on Earth,
rushing to the hospital with the healing potion when he is intercepted by the
icy warrior Pentigaar. In their back-alley battle, an overturned dumpster reveals
a silver egg that has fallen from the sky; Pentigaar assumes Thor is inside and
attacks the egg; Balder, assuming Pentigaar knows what he is talking about,
goes to the defense. But the egg bursts open to reveal Beta Ray Bill, exiled to
Earth, which is now a space prison, by the Galactic Patrol. Bill delivers such
a beating to Pentigaar that the icy warrior flees back to his master, leaving the
two heroes to proceed with their mission of mercy….
Just as Jane has given up hope for Hogun, Balder and Bill
burst into the room and administer the potion. Hogun recovers and Hela flies
off bitterly….
Back in Svartalfheim, Malekith is disappointed so he
switches his attention to Asgard, planning to unleash the full fury of the
Casket of Ancient Winters on the realm….