Avengers Vol 1 17

Avengers Vol 1 #17

June, 1965

Editor-in-Chief

Stan Lee

Cover Artists

Jack Kirby

Publisher

Marvel Comics

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Appearing in "Four Against the Minotaur!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  •  Hawkeye 
  •  Quicksilver 
  •  Scarlet Witch 
  • Giant Man (Mentioned)
  • Iron Man (Mentioned)
  • Thor (Mentioned)

Supporting Characters:

•  Rick Jones 

Adversaries:

•  Mole Man 
• Moloids
• Mole Man's mechanical monster
• Minotaur (Single appearance)
• Lava Men (Mentioned)
• Magneto (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

•  Hulk (Bruce Banner) 
•  The Leader 
• United States Army

Locations:

• Subterranea
• United States of America
  • New York City
    • Manhattan
      • Avengers Mansion
  • "The Desert" (unidentified desert)

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Hawkeye's Bow
  • Trick Arrows

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Four Against the Minotaur!"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• Captain America, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were all last seen in Avengers #16 where the latter three joined the team to replace the original members who took a leave of absence.
• While there is a Captain America story in Tales of Suspense #66, it is a flashback tale from World War II.
• The events in this issue happen simultaneously with the Hulk story in Tales to Astonish #69, where the Hulk battles the Leader. All the panels dealing with the subplot involving the Hulk battling the leader originate from this issue.
• The Mole Man last battled the Avengers back in Avengers #12.
• Each of the Avengers are next seen in Avengers #18 battling the Commissar, the Captain America story in Tales of Suspense #67 is another flashback story.
• After the Mole Man's defeat, he is next seen in Fantastic Four Annual #3 where he is manipulated by Dr. Doom into crashing the wedding of Reed Richards and Sue Storm.
• Rick Jones does not accompany the Avengers on their mission, but instead ends up finding the Hulk in Tales to Astonish #69.
• The Hulk, Rick Jones and the Leader are next seen in Tales to Astonish #70.

• Credits:
  • Story by: Stan Lee (Who Else?)
  • Art by: Don Heck (Why Not?)
  • Inked by: Dick Ayers
  • Lettered by: S. Rosen
• references: Tales to Astonish #69 and Avengers #5
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

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See Also

• Discuss Avengers Vol 1 17 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Avengers series

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Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

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