As Captain America tries to stop
the hordes of walking dead in Manhattan, Xandu is in the Death Dimension,
holding Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, and Scarlet Witch at bay with the powers of
the Wand of Watoomb. Melinda Morrison begs Xandu to stop but Earth and the
Death Dimension continue to merge. Xandu shuts Melinda up by immobilizing her
with a spell as the demon lords pledge allegiance to her and Xandu as co-rulers
of the combined realm. And then Xandu ramps up the power….
Back on Earth, Cap and the police
try to stop the dead but bullets are useless and the cops must fall back
against the relentless march….
As the villain’s power increases,
Strange realizes that Captain America is the key to things and transports the
Crystal of Kadavus to Cap. Cap picks it up and its rays course through him
painfully and knock down the walking dead. But the real reason: the Crystal
then draws Melinda through the portal to land in Cap’s arms, awakened from her
coma. Angry, Xandu teleports to New York to retrieve his bride. The villain
knocks Cap down with some winds and turns the police bullets against them. Cap
tries to carry Melinda off but he is tripped by a monster hand and falls,
knocking himself out. But pain wracks Xandu and Melinda, the Earth itself
trying to cast them out. Cap, recovered, tells Melinda to return to the Death
Dimension with Xandu and be a true queen over the realm. She understands and
begs Xandu to take her back…
…and he does. Melinda asks Dr.
Strange to make her queen of this sphere as Cap wants him to. Strange
understands and fills Melinda with his power and the power of the demon lords
and the result? Queen Melinda is now more powerful than Xandu…and she doesn’t
want to be his mate. She did love him but his attempts to force her to be his
bride killed any love she had for him so she now banishes him from the Death
Dimension forever, dropping him into the New York cemetery. The dead dissolve
and the two merging worlds split apart once more….
Melinda thanks Spidey and Wanda
for keeping the demons at bay, Strange for merging them into her, and asks them
to thank Cap for giving her the idea. Spidey has the Wand of Watoomb, wrapped
up for safekeeping. They try to figure out the significance of the upside-down
card but Melinda tells them not to bother, they will never get it. She sends
the trio home…
…where they meet Cap who has
concocted a cover story for them and they depart. The police take Xandu away
and note that he is crying. And in the Death Dimension, Melinda knows she has
lost the only man she will ever love and she will never see him again, alive or
dead….