Avengers Vol 1 500

Part of the 'Avengers Disassembled' event

Alternate Covers:
Textless Textless Directors Cut Variant

Avengers Vol 1 #500

September, 2004

Editor-in-Chief

Joe Quesada

Cover Artists

David Finch

Publisher

Marvel Comics

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Avengers #501

Appearing in "Avengers Disassembled, Chaos (Part I of IV)"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers

•  Ant-Man (Scott Lang)  (Apparent death)/Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (Earth-61108) (Death)
•  Black Panther (T'Challa) 
•  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
• Captain Britain (Kelsey Leigh)
•  Falcon (Sam Wilson) 
•  Hawkeye (Clint Barton) 
•  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 
•  Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) 
•  She-Hulk (Jen Walters) 
•  Vision (Victor Shade) (Death)
•  Wasp (Janet van Dyne) 
•  Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) 

Supporting Characters:

• Edwin Jarvis
•  Jack of Hearts (Death)/Jack of Hearts (Earth-61108) (Death)

Adversaries:

•  Ultrons 

Other Characters:

• Ant-Man's Flying Ant
• United Nations
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents

• Agent Coleman

Locations:

• New York City

• Manhattan

• Avengers Mansion[[Category::wikipedia:Avengers Mansion/Appearances]] (Destroyed in this issue)
• United Nations Building

Items:

• Ant-Man's Helmet
• Iron Man Armor
• Falcon's Wings
• Hawkeye's Bow & Trick Arrows
• Captain America's Shield

Vehicles:

• Avengers Quinjet
  
  

Synopsis for "Avengers Disassembled, Chaos (Part I of IV)"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• With this issue, Avengers (Volume 3) reverts to its original numbering systems combining the accumulated comic issues from all three series. The cover to this issue reveals (in greyscale text) that this issue also represents Avengers (Volume 3) #85.

• The cover to Avengers (Volume 1) #1 is reproduced on the splash page to this issue.

• The Vision is destroyed in this issue, but returns in the pages of Avengers (Vol. 4).

• Ant-Man (Scott Lang) is revealed to have survived the explosion in Avengers: The Children's Crusade.

• Avengers Mansion is destroyed in this issue.

• References to the sovereign nation of Latveria are made in this issue.

• The Black Panther appears as King T'Challa only.
  

Trivia

• Reference is made to Hank Pym being a wife-beater. Hank's abusive relationship with Janet Van Dyne was first chronicled in Avengers (Volume 1) #215-217.

• This issue also addressess Tony Stark's lifelong battle with alcoholism. Tony's alcoholism was first revealed in the "Demon in a Bottle" storyline from Iron Man (Volume 1) #128.

Recommended Readings

• Avengers (Volume 3) #500-503
• Captain America (Volume 4) #29-32
• Captain America and the Falcon #5-7
• Fantastic Four (Volume 3) #517-519
• Iron Man (Volume 3) #86-89
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Volume 2) #17-20

See also

• Avengers cover art gallery
• Avengers Disassembled
• S.H.I.E.L.D.

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See Also

• Discuss Avengers Vol 1 500 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Avengers series

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Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• The Grand Comics Database: Avengers Vol 1 [1]