In the jungle, Goliath fights frantically against the Adaptoid
horde, constantly reminding himself that they are not human and that he is an
Avenger….
At the main A.I.M. base, the other Avengers (Hawkeye,
Vision, Black Panther, and Wasp) have located the central control of the base
and neutralized the enemy. They contact Nick Fury to send in a cleanup team but
sensors show that the Super-Adaptoid is no longer there. (But the reader knows
the android has been watching from a distance and it swims away underwater.) Vision
and Wasp go out into the jungle to find Goliath; he’s there, he destroyed all
of the monsters but he is an emotional wreck.…
Back at Avengers Mansion, Hawkeye excuses himself while Hank
asks to talk to Panther soon; T’Challa suggests that Jan keep an eye on Hank….
T’Challa returns to P.S. 75 as teacher Luke Charles and
talks to the misfit Delroy who walks out of the classroom and is immediately slugged
by the bullies….
Hawkeye and Vision foil a bank robbery but the police resent
their interference while the crowd is afraid of the non-human Vision. Hawkeye
stops off to troll the SHIELD agents keeping them under surveillance….
Agent Murch meets with Hank and Jan and takes every
opportunity to express his disdain for the Avengers while impressing on them
the importance of capturing the Super-Adaptoid….
Hank, troubled by dreams of the Adaptoids playing on his insecurities,
heads out to the garage where his anger and frustration cause him to lash out
releasing some chemicals. He inhales the gas and changes….