Crescendo! *Doctor Doom appearance
Furious over the constant attacks on his office, Luke Cage is visited by a business man seeking his services. Uninterested, Luke shows the man out when he spots one of the thugs that have previously attacked him and chases off after him. However, the thug -- named Georgie Simms -- puts up a decent fight and is able to make his escape.
After visiting Claire, Luke decides to take the job and learns that he is being paid $200 a day to seek out enemies of the businessman's employer who have stolen his technology and are hiding out in the Bedford-Stuyveant ghetto. Luke tracks them down and is shocked to find that the people he's fighting aren't African-Americans as they appear, but really robots. After destroying one, the others manage to get away.
Curious as to who his mysterious employer is, Luke tracks down the phone number given to him and is shocked once more to find that it's the Latverian embassy. Fighting his way in, Luke learns that he is in the employ of Dr. Doom. Doom explains to him that some of his robots had gone rogue, and because he is not liked in America and the robots having disguised themselves as "Black Men", he sought out the services of Luke Cage to deal with the problem. Doom promises to pay Luke upon success in his mission, and Luke resumes tracking down the remaining robots.
However, when Luke destroys all the robots and makes his way back to the Latverian embassy, he is angered to find that Dr. Doom has closed up the embassy and returned to his home-land, skipping on his bill. Furious to no end on being stiffed on a job, Luke vow to get his payment from Dr. Doom, no matter what.
