Synopsis
The Thing has gone to the Latverian Embassy seeking Dr Doom. He gets fed up of being kept waiting and smashes his way into the private areas. The Ambassador insists that Victor Von Doom has 'resigned' from ruling the country, leaving it in a mess, and they don't know where he is. He continues with this (true) line even as Ben Grimm smashes some priceless vases to give him an incentive to say something different. (Presumably Ben eventually believes the Ambassador and goes away.)
We now learn that Doom is currently in La Paz, Bolivia, where he's found the current lair of the Mad Thinker. When Thinker gets home he discovers that Victor has extracted the AI CPU from his latest android. Von Doom compliments him on the quality of his work - he's going to take it and reverse-engineer it for his own use. But he'll let Thinker live if he promises to mend his evil ways and use his intellect for the benefit of mankind.
Thinker doesn't like any of this. He shoots at Dr Doom but the bullet bounces off a forcefield. An alarm button brings a horde of robots out of hiding. Doom counters by encasing himself in his grey version of the Iron Man armour - and destroys (nearly) all the robots. Before he leaves he (presumably) kills Thinker.
On the way out Victor advises 2 boys not to enter, and magically dissolves away. But he is followed by 1 surviving robot. So he returns, in armour again, to kill it. He apologises for putting the boys in danger before disappearing again.
In Cambridge, England, Amara Perera is returning to her apartment building when she hears someone call her name. She immediately turns and fires a gun - which wounds Victor in the shoulder. She rushes to his side to tend to the wound but he brusquely orders her not to touch him.
Amara is surprised that she was able to shoot Victor, with all his defences. He says he didn't think he needed them around her. She says he (and his reputation) frightens her, especially when he as usual appears out of nowhere. Hurt, he reminds her that he's never hurt her.
She says she didn't get the gun because of him, but because of the people who've come to question her about him - they want to know where he is. Like the Thing last issue. Victor says for her sake he'll leave her alone from now on.
Bur it's too late, as Thing bursts in to the flat and attacks him.