Avengers Vol 1 12

Avengers Vol 1 #12

January, 1965

Editor-in-Chief

Stan Lee

Cover Artists

Jack Kirby

Publisher

Marvel Comics

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Appearing in "This Hostage Earth!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  •  Giant-Man (Henry Pym) 
  •  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 
  •  Thor 
  •  Wasp 

Supporting Characters:

•  Rick Jones 

Adversaries:

•  Mole Man 
• Moloids
• Monk (First appearance)
•  Red Ghost 
• Super-Apes (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

• Ant-Man's Ants
• Fantastic Four (Only in flashback)
  • Human Torch (Only in flashback)
  • Invisible Girl (Only in flashback)
  • Mister Fantastic (Only in flashback)
  • The Thing (Only in flashback)

• Miss Mayhew
• Hulk (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Italy
  • Pisa
    • The Leaning Tower of Pisa (First appearance)
• The Mole Man's Subterrain lair
• United States of America
  • New York City
    • Manhattan
      • Avengers Mansion

Items:

• Iron Man Armor MK III
• Mjolnir
• Captain America's Shield
• Mole Man's Atomic Gyroscope
• Moloids' portable battering devices
• Moloid tank
• Mole Man's stun gun
• Image projector
• Transistorized fox-hole diggers
• Hyper-ionic rockets

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "This Hostage Earth!"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• Since the events of Tales of Suspense #61 occurred prior to Avengers #11, it stands to reason that all the heroes solo titles for this month all occur prior to the events of Avengers #11.
• Mole Man was last seen in Fantastic Four #31.
• Giant Man references the Fantastic Four's battle with the Mole Man in Fantastic Four #22, where the Mole Man plotted to sink major cities into the center of the Earth and get revenge on the Fantastic Four following his original defeat at their hands back in Fantastic Four #1.
• Thor mentions Mole Man's apparent demise at the hand of the Fantastic Four in Fantastic Four E31. In that issue, the Avengers attempted to intervene in the Fantastic Fours attempt to stop him in this issue.
• The image projector the Wasp uses to try and find Giant Man in this issue was last used in Avengers #3 when Iron Man was searching for the Hulk.
• The Red Ghost, who makes his appearance later in this issue, was last seen in Fantastic Four #29. He debuted in Fantastic Four #13 where he and his super-apes battled the Fantastic Four on the moon.
• Thor is next seen in Journey Into Mystery #113, where he attempts to reveal his identity as Don Blake to Jane Foster and battles the Grey Gargoyle.
• Iron Man is next seen battling the Mandarin (again) in Tales of Suspense #62.
• Captain America is next seen also in Tales of Suspense 62, preventing a jail break.
• Giant Man and Wasp are next seen in Tales to Astonish #64 where they battle Attuma.
• The Mole Man and Red Ghost are next seen in Fantastic Four Annual 3 where they are manipulated by Dr. Doom to crash Reed Richards and Sue Storm's wedding.
• This issue is reprinted in Marvel Triple Action #6 as well as Essential Avengers Vol 1.

• Credits:
  • Written in the Marvel Manner by Smilin' Stan Lee
  • Illustrated in the Marvel Tradition by Dazzlin' Don Heck
  • Delineated in the Marvel Style by Darlin' Dick Ayers
  • Lettered in the Nick of Time by Swingin' Sam Rosen
• references: Fantastic Four #22, Fantastic Four #31, Avengers #3, and Fantastic Four #13
  

Trivia

• This issue features a letter in the letters column from a 16-year-old George R. R. Martin, creator of Game of Thrones.

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16-year-old George R. R. Martin's letter in Avengers Vol. 1 #12

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See Also

• Discuss Avengers Vol 1 12 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Avengers series

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Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• None.