Appearing in ""...And We Battle for the Earth!""
Avengers #68
Featured Characters:
- Avengers
- Goliath II (Clint Barton)
- The Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
- Yellowjacket (Hank Pym)
- Thor (Odinson)
- Vision (Main story and flashback)
- Black Panther (T'Challa)
Antagonists:
- Ultron-6 / Ultimate Ultron (Apparent death)
Other Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Suicide Squad One
- Myron MacLain
- Taku (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed Wakandans
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- United Nations
- Hercules (Mentioned)
- Odin (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Robots
- Humans
- Asgardians
- Synthezoids (Main story and flashback)
- Cats (Invoked)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- Lower East Side (Main story and flashback)
- Ultron's Underground Base (Main story and flashback)
- Midtown
- Fifth Avenue
- Turtle Bay
- East River Drive (First appearance)
- United Nations Headquarters
- Lower East Side (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Wakanda
- United States (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Goliath's Suit
- Wasp's Suit
- Yellowjacket's Suit
- Mjolnir
- Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Vibranium
- Solar energy feeder
- Mind-probe
- Molecular Rearranger
- Stun-guns
Vehicles:
Synopsis for ""...And We Battle for the Earth!""
Avengers #68
Continuing from last issue, Ultron is about to trigger a device that would atomize New York City, but at the crucial moment when the robot throws the switch, nothing happens. The Avengers attack, with the Vision informing Ultron that he destroyed the devices mechanisms preventing Ultron from detonating the explosion.
After Ultron makes his escape, the Avengers learn of Vision's manipulation at Ultron's hands, and use a mind probe to try and find any knowledge Vision might have regarding any weaknesses the new Adamantium-bodied Ultron may have. They learn that the only way to defeat Ultron's is to use a molecular rearranger device on his indestructible body.
Formulating a plan, they contact Dr. MacLain at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters to get the device and contact the Black Panther (who is in Wakanda helping his people fight off invaders) to get a chunk of Vibranium.
Meanwhile, Ultron plots to kidnap Dr. MacLain in order to force him to build an army of robots to help in his conquest of Earth. Modifying his body into "The Ultimate Ultron", the robot attacks MacLain as he addresses the United Nations. This leads to yet another counter-attack by the Avengers, when Ultron attempts to absorb the knowledge of MacLain, the procedure goes wrong and Ultron begins to go insane and sets himself to self-destruct. However, the Avengers save the day by trapping him in a dome of Vibranium to contain the explosion. Later, "MacLain" is revealed to be Henry Pym in disguise who used self-hypnosis to convince everyone he was MacLain and when Ultron attempted to steal "MacLain's" knowledge, all he absorbed was the phrase "Thou Shalt Not Kill."
Appearing in "The Incredible Hulk"
Hulk Comic (UK) #5
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Soldiers
Antagonists:
- Android
Locations:
- An unidentified swamp in America
Vehicles:
- Truck
Synopsis for "The Incredible Hulk"
Hulk Comic (UK) #5
A moving truck is stopped along a stretch of road along a swamp somewhere in the United States by a military cordon. The soldier guarding the roadblock tells the driver that some violent man has recently escaped a nearby government research center. When the soldier asks what the trucker is hauling, he explains that he picked up a hitchhiker a few miles back.
This hitchhiker turns out to be Bruce Banner, who upon hearing the soldier saying that he was going to check on the hitchhiker, decides to make a run for it. Banner manages to flee into the swamp, but gets caught in quicksand and begins to sink. By the time the soldiers arrive with tracking dogs, Banner is completely submerged in the mire and is presumed dead.
However, Banner has just transformed into the Hulk, who manages to pull his way out of the muck. The soldiers begin to open fire, but the Hulk piles into them, beating them all into submission. Growing weary, the Hulk wanders off into the swamp again and eventually reverts back into Bruce Banner. No sooner is Banner back to normal is he attacked by the "man" who escaped the government facility, a strange being with a transparent dome in the top of his skull and a complex machine inside for a brain.