“The Road Back” – (20-page story, continued from the previous issue) – The Avengers try to find out who framed them and disband for the time being. Quicksilver, Hawkeye, and the Scarlet Witch decide to join the circus, which turns out to be the superpowered criminals the “Circus of Crime” (then called the “Masters of Menace). They pose as a normal circus and call the police claiming that the 3 Avengers were trying to rob them. Again they flee. Meanwhile, Captain America, posing as a publicity man, catches Power Man admitting the frame-up on tape. He and the rest of the Avengers then battle Power Man and the Enchantress and win. They use the proof to get pardoned by the government. Afterward, Captain America decides to leave the Avengers