Thor faces off against the Demon, an Asian shaman granted superhuman powers by the missing Norn Stone. The Thunder God easily overcomes his foe who retaliates by hurling an enormous boulder at him; Thor deftly smashes the rock to bits with one blow of his Uru hammer. The Demon orders his followers to fire on Thor with a confiscated cannon. Thor recognizes it as one that fires powerful rockets. He hurls his hammer into the barrel of the weapon causing to explode. When the smoke clears, he recovers the Norn Stone from the unconscious would-be world conqueror and returns to Asgard where he turns the stone over to Odin. The All-Father is in a rage that Thor has revealed his secret to the mortal Jane Foster and orders Balder and the warriors of Asgard to subject the God of Thunder to the Ritual of Steel; if he survives he will never visit Earth again. The warriors surround and attack Thor with their strength and swords….
Meanwhile, Hercules is taking a nap in a rural area after arriving on Earth when a nearby commotion awakens him. He investigates and finds a train stranded by a tree which has fallen across the tracks. He easily lifts the enormous tree and tosses it away and accepts as his reward passage to New York City. Once there he visits a nightclub where he is a sensation among the adoring woman and a Hollywood scout who thinks he would be perfect for the role of Hercules in the mivies. As he entertains the ladies with a few ballads, a gang of crooks arrive to rob the place. Annoyed at being interrupted (and even more irritated by being shot) Herc makes short work of the thugs. Outside the getaway driver speeds off but Hercules uproots a lamppost and flings it like a javelin, ripping the car’s chassis out from under it. Jane Foster, about to be discharged from the hospital, notices the commotion from her upper story window and concludes that the powerful hero down there must be her beloved Thor. She hurries down there and is disappointed to see a stranger; however she has caught the eye of Hercules, who dumps the movie scout in a trashcan and takes her off for some entertainment….
Thor, meanwhile, has fought his way past the Asgardean warriors and arrived at the Rainbow Bridge. There he engages in combat with the guardian Heimdall who is his equal in combat. Remembering Heimdall’s overly sharp hearing, Thor creates a sonic boom with his mallet, deafening the guardian and allowing Thor to dash past. Returning to New York, the Thunder God sees a commotion around the hospital and is directed to a soda parlor where Jane is relaxing with Hercules. Thor enters and confront her, brushing off Hercules, and receiving a cool reaction from his beloved. Hercules, offended at being ignored and at Thor’s rude treatment of Jane, slugs the God of Thunder, who challenges his Greek counterpart to combat….