Nick Fury asks Thor's aid in investigating an alien ship heading for earth; Thor arrives and triggers the awakening of an alien protector, Beta Ray Bill; Bill bests Thor and takes up his hammer only to be accidentally summoned to Asgard by Odin who thinks he is summoning Thor.
Printed: Nov 1983
Writers: Walt Simonson
Art: Walt Simonson
Cover: Walt Simonson
- 1st appearance of Beta Ray Bill, a Korbinite alien worthy of picking up Mjolnir
- 1st appearance of Lorelai, the sister of Enchantress
