Tony Stark finally appears before Senator Byrd’s Congressional Committee to reveal all of Iron Man’s secrets. Suddenly he collapses from a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The nation, including Happy Hogan and Pepper Potts, is stunned to find that Tony wears a chestplate, indicating the wounds he received in Vietnam (issue #39, right?) were more serious than he ever let on. Awakening from his coma, Tony must deflect questions from the press that he secretly is Iron Man—which is when everyone realizes Iron Man and Tony Stark have never been seen together. Happy Hogan decides to take action….
The next day, while Stark is still hospitalized, Iron Man is seen flying over the city (though he appears to be having trouble controlling his boot jets). A teen motorcyclist challenges the Golden Avenger to a race, and, when rebuffed, pursues Iron Man anyway. Happy Hogan, inside the armor, radios Tony who gives him tips on flying so that he levels off and leaves the easy rider in the dust. At the hospital, Tony thanks Happy for his help in preserving his secret. Far away in China, the Mandarin has been monitoring the flight of Iron Man—and concluded that the Avenger is Happy Hogan. Back in the hospital room, Happy slowly fades from view, with Tony realizing he has been abducted via the enemy’s teleporter as he himself was earlier (in issue #76)….
Story #2The Super-Adaptoid!
Writer:
Stan Lee. Penciler:
Jack Kirby. Inker:
Frank GiacoiaSynopsis
Captain America brings
Hawkeye,
Wasp and
Goliath into the
Avengers lab where he shows them the immobilized
Adaptoid. The few seconds they spend examining the android is enough for it to adapt their powers and after they leave it begins to change. When Cap returns from seeing his teammates off, he is attacked by the
Super-Adaptoid, a giant combining Cap’s fighting skill, Goliath’s size and strength, Wasp’s wings, and Hawkeye’s bow and arrows. The huge android pins Cap to the wall and offers to make him over into an Adaptoid and together they can destroy the other Avengers and turn all mankind into an army of Adaptoids. Cap refuses and the Super-Adaptoid carries him into the sky to drop him to his death. Cap manages to climb onto his foe’s back and immobilize its wings, causing them both to plummet to Earth, but the Super-Adaptoid catches hold of a bridge with the battle continuing at that dizzying height. The Super-Adaptoid hurls Cap far away so that he falls into the sea. Believing its mission has been accomplished with the death of Captain America, the Super-Adaptoid awaits further orders from
A.I.M. Receiving none, it decides to find a place of refuge where none shall ever find it. In the final panels, Cap rises to the surface of the water, a victor over his enemy.