Avengers Vol 1 173

Part of the 'The Korvac Saga' storyline Avengers Vol 1 #173 July, 1978 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artists George Perez Terry Austin Publisher Marvel Comics "Threshold of Oblivion!" Writers Jim Shooter David Michelinie Pencilers Sal Buscema Inkers Diverse Hands Pablo Marcos Win Mortimer Bob McLeod Joe Rubinstein Dan Green Rick Bryant Klaus Janson Colourists Nel Yomtov Letterers Gaspar Saladino Annette Kawecki Editors Roger Stern Jim Salicrup Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #172 Avengers #174

Appearing in "Threshold of Oblivion!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Black Panther 
  •  Black Widow (Joins Team)
  • Captain America
  •  Captain Marvel (Joins Team)
  • Hawkeye
  •  Hercules (Joins Team)
  • Iron Man
  • Scarlet Witch
  •  Thor 
  • Wasp
  •  Whizzer  (Joins Team)
  • Wonder Man
  •  Yellowjacket 

Supporting Characters:

• Jarvis
• Guardians of the Galaxy
  •  Charlie-27 
  •  Nikki 
  •  Starhawk 
  •  Vance Astro 

Adversaries:

•  Korvac 
• Collector

Other Characters:

• Carina Walters
• Django Maximoff
•  Eternity 
•  Hera 
•  Mephisto 
•  Nick Fury 
•  Odin 
•  Uatu 
•  Vance Astrovik 
•  Zeus 

Locations:

• New York
  • Avengers Mansion
  • Forest Hills
• Asgard
  • City of Asgard
• Hell
• Olympia
• Blue Area of the Moon

Items:

• Mjolnir
• Hawkeye's Bow
• Iron Man Armor MK V

Vehicles:

• Drydock
• Boeing 747
  
  

Synopsis for "Threshold of Oblivion!"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• Plot by Shooter, script by Michelinie.

• Inkers for this issue are credited as "D. Hands". Inks (story pages): Marcos pages 1, 6, 19, Mortimer pages 2 and 3, McLeod pages 4, 21, 23, Rubinstein pages 7, 10, 14, Green pages 11 and 20, Bryant pages 13 and 27, Janson pages 28 and 29.

• Letters (story pages): Saladino (uncredited) page 1, Kawecki pages 2-17.

• This issue contains a letters page, Avengers Assemble". Letters are published from Wayne Jones, Ken Walsh, and Meredith Ellen Robbins.

• As seen on page one, this issue is Story # C-803.

• This issue contains an advert for Hostess Fruit Pies featuring Spider-Man Vs. Home Wrecker.

• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for more info.
  

Trivia

• There is a subtle reference to Doctor Who in this issue. The Collector is identified in an orbiting object about the size of a phone booth, with an impossibly large interior, much like the TARDIS used by the Doctor.

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