In New York, the Avenger returns with Monk and Ham to Doc Savage’s headquarters where they find a wounded Long Tom in the street outside, muttering about gold and gangsters. Immediately they are fired upon and Monk rushes straight into the gunfire….
Doc Savage awakens, ties to a huge wooden cross…
Elsewhere the Golden Tree’s resident physician Dr. Chatte is attempting to pry the secrets from Johnny Littlejohn’s head to recover the codes Johnny used to sabotage their computers. That night, Bruce dons his Bat-Man costume and overhears a report to Colossi that Doc Savage is a prisoner of the Red Right Hand. Since the tribesmen are planning to sacrifice him to the ruler, Colossi, the villain makes plans to be there for the spectacle….
Renny and The Spirit, searching for Johnny, come to the home of the Reeses, who gave the injured man refuge; the elderly couple has been gruesomely slain. They turn to see Rima the Jungle Girl and her deadly black panther….
Cheng stands on a hill overlooking Neolantis—and discovers he is being stalked by Ferrios, the giant mechanical man….
The Red Right Hand surround Doc Savage, bound atop their temple. The Bat-Man swoops down, driving off the warriors and lands atop the wooden cross. "Doctor Savage, I presume?"