"Crescendo!" - Iron Man faces off against Ultimo for the final round of their battle. He carefully lures the robot to the volcano that spawned him, where their battle releases a lava flow that traps him. After evading still more agents of the Mandarin, he finds himself back in America, only to learn what Senator Byrd has been up to in his absence. "Them!" - Nick Fury drops by Avengers mansion to see if the super team has any information on Them. Before he and Cap can finish their discussion, they are attacked by a robot capable of changing and controlling its own chemical composition. The pair are forced to defend themselves, but the odds are not in their favor.