Story #2Enter…the Tumbler!
Writer: Stan Lee. Penciler: Jack Kirby. Inker: Dick Ayers. Colorist: ?.
Synopsis
As the
Adaptoid, having made itself a perfect duplicate of
Captain America, is heading out of
Avengers Mansion, a criminal known as the
Tumbler crashes through the window and challenges him to battle. Despite being an exact copy of Captain America something is missing, as the Adaptoid is quickly outmatched, with the Tumbler claiming Cap’s shield as a trophy. The gloating baddie tells how he was once a hopeless punk until reading of Cap’s exploits inspired him to train as an acrobat and turn to crime. The fight soon ends with the Tumbler hurling the phony Cap through a wall. Suddenly the real Cap appears, having escaped his bonds, and easily beats his agile challenger. The police take away the luckless Tumbler and Cap and
Jarvis carry the immobilized Adaptoid into the lab, where it reverts to its original form, and hatches a new plot to destroy Captain America.