When Falls A Hero! Stripped of his Godly powers, Thor must now face the Wrecker, who has been granted mystical powers accidentally by Karnilla the Norn Queen. As their battle rages on in New York City, Thor can only maintain a defensive and is soon easily beat into submission by the simple minded crook. While in far away Asgard, Balder and Sif can only watch in horror as their friend and ally is savaged on Earth. No longer able to stand being idle and doing nothing, Sif convinces Balder to join her in trying to convince Odin to come to Thor's rescue. Over hearing this Loki decides to steal the mystic crystal, preventing Odin from being able to view the goings on on the Earth.
Back on Earth, the Wrecker has turned his attentions away from the defeated Thunder God to plunder another bank. Thor revives and once more attempts to stop the Wrecker from robbing the bank. Despite Thor's best efforts, the Wrecker is able to easily fight off Thor with his enchanted crowbar. Meanwhile in Asgard, Balder and Sif seek an audience with Odin and plead that he restore Thor's powers. When they explain Thor's possible death, Odin decides to see for himself, having only wished to punish his disobedient son, not cause his death. However when they arrive at the chamber of the mystic crystal, they find that it's gone. Sif and Balder correctly theorize that Loki must be responsible. Balder asks Odin for permission to hunt down Loki in the realm of the Norn Queen so that he might regain the crystal and prove Thor's plight, a request which Odin allows.
On Earth, Thor continues to fare poorly against the Wrecker, finally beginning to give into fatigue as the two battle it out at a construction site. Thor manages to get a second wind and begins to fight the Wrecker into submission. However things quickly change, when the Wrecker cause a derelict building to collapse on Thor. Sorting through the rubble, the Wrecker finds what he believes to be Thor's dead body.
