Story continued from CAPTAIN AMERICA
#449.
Manhattan has been enclosed in a dome
which is draining all power in the city while Zodiac goons are
terrorizing the streets. Captain America has just fought his way
across town to Enchantresses' apartment to find Thor who he learns has
lost his divine powers. A horde of Zodiac thugs invades; the equally
powerless Amora presses a few button and automatic weapons fire takes
down the invaders. It turns out the bullets are rubber and filled
with a heart relaxant so the thugs aren't dead. But the guns shut
down too soon, indicating they are also losing power. Questioning the
captive crooks, Amora learns they entered New York through a
dimensional portal located ten blocks away; Thor gives her a
passionate goodbye kiss and he and Cap head out. In the street they
are mobbed by an army of baddies; powerless but still strong Thor
borrows Cap's shield and smashes his way through but loses the shield
when it lands on a rooftop. So Cap and Thor pull off a frontal
assault on the building, recover the shield, lay out all of this
group of bad guys and continue over the rooftops. They encounter a
burning building with a family trapped inside; they choose to delay
their mission in order to save lives. As they continue through the
streets, civilization erodes, with them having to battle thieves,
looters, gangs, snipers, and killers. They reach the final blocks to
find a neighborhood suspiciously peaceful; it's not a trap but a
street where the inhabitants of a home for the blind have fought off
the enemy. Their leader, Lorna Nichols, directs them to an
underground path to the Zodiac-controlled subway station. They enter
and demand the Zodiac gang surrender—and they do. (“There is an
advantage to having a decent reputation” says Cap.) As they ponder
how to destroy the portal, another one appears....
Story continues in IRON MAN #326.