Writer: Jason Aaron; Artists: Esad Ribic, Steve McNiven, Chris Samnee, Russell Dauterman, Alex Maleev, Ed McGuinness, Stuart Immonen, Pepe Larraz, Jim Cheung, Daniel Acuña, Greg Land, Mike Deodato, Jr., and David Marquez; Letterer: Cory Petit; Colorists: Matthew Wilson and Daniel Acuña; Assistant Editor: Alanna Smith; Editor: Tom Brevoort; Editor-in-Chief: Axel Alonso; Cover Artist: Joe Quesada
One million years ago, during the Stone Age of the Marvel Universe, a group of heroes assembled by Odin (including the original incarnations of the Black Panther, Phoenix, Starbrad, Iron Fist, and the Sorcerer Supreme) have been in battle with a giant alien Celestial. The last of the "Prehistoric Avengers" is the Ghost Rider, who swears vengeance upon the Celestial for the death of his mammoth. When the Celestial stirs, Odin and the others charge forward to attack.
In the present day, Robbie Reyes is asleep in his car before being awakened by a police officer demanding to see his identification. Robbie speeds away, confused when he realizes he drove in his sleep to Cape Town, South Africa. He's attacked by the current wielder of the Starbrand, Earth's "energy defense system", who claims that they have been drawn to the area to find something. While Robbie has no idea what Starbrand is referring to, the attacking hero states that no one can be allowed to find and claim it. Robbie transforms into the Ghost Rider and fights back, with their fierce battle taking them to an archaeological excavation site overseen by SHIELD. Starbrand dismissively murders the SHIELD agents and the battle moves on, allowing the surviving archaeologists to descend into the excavated cave. Inside, deep in the earth, they find the Celestial buried by Odin, which kills them with its giant hand. Back on the surface, Ghost Rider is able to finally defeat Starbrand by giving him the Penance Stare. Consumed by the pain he has caused others, Starband dies in a massive explosion. Robbie transforms back to his human form and is extremely confused that he was able to utilize the Penance Stare. As he gets in his car and drives back toward Los Angeles, the Asgardian trickster god Loki arrives in the cave as the "inheritor" of the Celestial.