Fleeing the Avengers, Sub-Mariner searches the ocean for his lost people until he encounters Eskimos worshipping a man frozen in the ice. Taking out his anger on them, Namor throws the ice block into the North Sea and scares off the Eskimos. Seeking Namor in a submarine, the Avengers find and rescue the thawing man, discovering to their shock that he is Captain America, missing since World War II. Cap wakes screaming for his partner Bucky, but swiftly regains his composure, proving his identity via some friendly sparring with the Avengers, and explaining how he was frozen. While Cap sleeps inside the sub, the Avengers are greeted by reporters upon their return to New York, only to suddenly be turned to stone. Emerging later, Cap thinks they’re statues, and wanders New York until Rick Jones asks him to help find the missing Avengers. They determine a photographer is responsible and Cap finds him with the Teen Brigade’s help. Quickly defeating the photographer’s men, Cap discovers the photographer is a stranded alien working for Namor in return for having his ship recovered from the seabed. Cap convinces him to restore the Avengers, unaware Namor is monitoring events remotely. The Sub-Mariner chances to encounter some of his elite guard, and while the Avengers are raising the alien’s crashed spacecraft Namor and his Atlanteans attack them. Their battle ends when Namor mistakes the spaceship launching for an earthquake and flees. While Cap joins the Avengers, Rick worries that the Hulk will be angry when he learns he has been replaced.