Boomerang
bursts through a wall into the offices at Stark Enterprises, demanding (on
orders from his boss Justin Hammer) all surveillance tapes they have of the
Ghost in action. He severs the alarm, and is told that doing so automatically
summons Iron Man. Boomerang intimidates the staff, welcoming a bout with the
Golden Avenger but a mystery man in white (spoiler: it’s Loki) suddenly appears
through a shimmering wall to remind him that, even with allies, he has never
beaten Iron Man. The mystery man suggests an easier Avenger to battle….
Mockingbird
persuades Hawkeye to see a doctor about the bite he received from Mad-Dog but
the hero balks, distrustful of doctors. A simple test reveals that he has a
bladder infection and he is prescribed an antibiotic. Clint and Bobbie part
outside and a short time later, Hawkeye is under attack from Boomerang and his
multitude of trick boomerangs. The baddie starts hurling flamerangs,
endangering bystanders and property. Hawkeye uses a trick arrow to gum up
Boomerang’s jet-boots and tries to rescue the civilians. He fires a line to a
woman trapped on an upper floor of a burning building and as he is carrying her
down, Boomerang cuts his line and the two fall, only to be caught by
firefighters. Hawkeye entangles his foe in a big net arrow for the police but
the woman he rescued slaps his face, blaming Hawkeye for the disaster. He walks
off. abashed….
“Some
Assembly Required” 3.5/5
Writer:
Dwayne McDuffie. Pencils: Dwayne Turner. Inks: Chris Ivy. Colors: Mike Rockwitz.
Letters: Jack Morelli.
Synopsis:
Stingray searches the bottom of the Hudson River for the recently sunk
Hydrobase and Avengers Mansion, looking to see what can be salvaged. He
discovers that the room where giant robots have been kept in stasis is now
empty—and then he is hit from behind….
At
a pier above, several female Avengers are moving material that has already been
recovered when a distress call comes from Stingray. Firebird dives under the
water to investigate and she is almost immediately hurled back to the pier. The
Mad Thinker’s Awesome Android is active, having mimicked Stingray’s underwater
armor. Not thinking, Black Widow fires one of her Widow’s Bites at it and it
immediately fires a larger one back. She calls for assistance but most of the
Avengers are tied up with battles of their own. Only Monica Rambeau, Captain Marvel,
is available to come. Hellcat, Moondragon, and Firebird each try an
attack but they all fail—and the latter accidentally gives the Android her fire
powers. Captain Marvel arrives and salvages a stasis field projector, which,
powered by Firebird, shuts the Android down. But they are concerned about the
robots that are still missing and why Monica was the only Avenger available to
answer the distress call….