At a New York hospital, cancer patient Mrs. Chambers goes into cardiac arrest. With a flash of intuition, Dr. Jane Foster knows that the dying woman is the human host of the missing Lady Sif. She hastily calls Don Blake in Broxton with the urgent news; Don strikes his damaged stick on the ground and the power of broken Mjolnir summons Thor but also renders him unconscious. When the Thunder God awakens after much lost time, he visits Dr. Strange in the New Jersey Pine Barrens and asks the sorcerer to repair Mjolnir. Strange tells him it can be done but the magicks needed for the operation would drain the Odinforce from Thor and bind his life to his hammer’s much more closely, meaning that if the hammer was again broken, Thor might also die. Thor agrees and the spells are cast; he hurries to the hospital where he is able to draw Sif’s spirit out of Mrs. Chambers just as the old woman dies. From the void Don communicates with the spirit of Rose Chambers and she is grateful that she was able to do some good in the world as she died….
Bill Junior has joined Kelda in the Asgardians’ new home and hopes to fit in but he is shocked to discover that they are in Latveria, domain of Doctor Doom. (Loki tells Doom he is pleased with how the new situation is turning out.) Bill tries to warn Balder that Doom is a villain but Balder explains that, despite his own misgivings, a change of scenery was needed for the people of Asgard. If Bill is wrong, the Aesir will be happy; if not, they will have a common enemy. Outside a trio of ruffians picks a fight with Bill but Kelda intervenes, giving him a deadly spear of ice with which to defend himself. The toughs back down but continue to try to goad Bill into challenging them. He confides in her that he hopes to find a way to help Balder. The king of Asgard, meanwhile, seeks counsel of Heimdall, who can only foresee death….