Appearing in "Once an Avenger..."Edit
Featured Characters:
- Avengers
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Joins Team) - Hawkeye
- Quicksilver
- Scarlet Witch
- Giant-Man (Mentioned)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
- Thor (Mentioned)
Supporting Characters:
- King Carelius (First appearance)
- Ravonna (First appearance)
Adversaries:
- Kang
- Kang's Hordes
Other Characters:
- "The Champ"
Locations:
Items:
- Captain America's Shield
- Hawkeye's Bow
- Recreater
- Kang's molecule expander
- Kang's spectro wave
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Once an Avenger..."Edit
- Synopsis not yet written.
NotesEdit
- All the Avengers appeared in last issue, Avengers #22, where they concluded their battle against Power Man and Enchantress. Cap had left the team, he would come to their rescue and rejoin at this issues end.
- While there is a Captain America story that features all the members of the Avengers in Tales of Suspense #72, chronologically it appears it occurs after Avengers #25.
- Kang was last seen in Fantastic Four Annual #3 where he was manipulated by Dr. Doom into crashing the Richards wedding, he was defeated by a number of New Yorks heroes who were attending the reception.
- This is Ravonna's first appearance.
- In an editor's note, "Smiley" admits the creative team lost track of when the Recreater device was last used by Iron Man. It is possible it was a non-Avengers issue or it was confused with another device, such as the image projector used in issues 3 and 12.
- Stan Lee gives an annotated apology to Omar Khayyam, who was a Persian poet/mathematician/philosopher/astronomer, historically famous by his poetic Quatrains. The words spoken by Kang is possibly a variation, or liberally translated verse from one of Khayyam's quotes or poems, altered to fit Kang's insults being hurled at Quicksilver. This is alluded to in a footnote.
- The Avengers, Kang, and Ravonna are all seen next in Avengers #24.
- Credits:
- A Blend of the Finest Story, Art, and Fantasy...Picked at the Peak of Marvel Flavor by...
- Stan Lee, Rollickin' Writer!
- Don Heck, Prancin' Penciller!
- John Romita, Dazzlin' Delineator!
- Sherigail, Liltin' Letterer!
- ...Let Simmer for Five Minutes, the Read with Gusto!
TriviaEdit
- The Heavyweight Champion of the World in 1965 was disputed due to a technicality, but was universally held to be Muhammed Ali (then Cassius Clay). "The Champ" in this issue is caucasian. Clay/Ali is African American. One would assume that Captain America would box "Heavyweight" as he meets the weight requirement (200 lbs. and over).
See Also
Recommended ReadingEdit
- None.
Links and ReferencesEdit
- None.
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