The Bite Of The Blood Brothers! The Thing attempts to walk back to civilization after his battle with the Hulk's last issue. Iron Man flies overhead but is too busy to stop. Iron Man is returning to the place where he first meets Thanos in an attempt to find clues about the titan’s location. The blood brothers soon ambush him. The Thing, having seen Iron Man land, follows after him.
Monitoring Iron Man from his Cosmic Cube, Thanos orders his agents, the Blood Brothers, to destroy him. The Blood Brothers, however, did not anticipate the arrival of the Thing, who matched their strength and his rocky exterior, which prevented them from drinking his blood. With the aid of the Thing, Iron Man can fight the Blood Brothers to a standstill.
With the Blood Brothers defeated, Thanos uses the cosmic cube to send them away. After the fight, Iron Man tells Thing that he doesn't have the power to carry them out of the desert and apologizes. The Thing, figuring it is his lot in life, trudges off into the desert, continuing his walk back to civilization.
