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Although Iron Man succeeds in drawing off enough electrical energy to restore the Absorbing Man to normal size, Creel's battle with the Avengers continues throughout the harbor area. Captain America and the Falcon soon arrive to join the fray. However, when the Absorbing Man takes on the properties of Cap's shield, even Iron Man cannot withstand his blows. The battle occupies Creel long enough to make him miss the ship to South America, and when he realizes this, he flies into a rage. Attacking the Vision, he unintentionally becomes as intangible as his adversary and falls through the dock into the water. Unable to swim fast enough to catch the departing ship and still pursued by the Avengers, Creel changes his body into water and disperses into the ocean.