Avengers Vol 3 1

Avengers Vol 3 #1

February, 1998

Editor-in-Chief

Bob Harras

Cover Artists

George Pérez
Tom Smith

Publisher

Marvel Comics

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Appearing in "Once an Avenger..."

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Beast (Hank McCoy) (Joins Team)
  •  Binary (Joins Team)
  •  Black Knight (Joins Team)
  •  Black Panther (Joins Team)
  •  Black Widow (Joins Team)
  •  Captain America (Joins Team)
  •  Crystal Maximoff (Joins Team)
  •  Darkhawk (Joins Team)
  •  Demolition-Man (Joins Team)
  •  Falcon (Joins Team)
  •  Firebird (Joins Team)
  •  Giant-Man (Joins Team)
  •  Hawkeye (Joins Team)
  •  Hercules (Joins Team)
  •  Iron Man  (Joins Team)
  •  Living Lightning (Joins Team)
  •  Machine Man (Joins Team)
  •  Magdalene (Joins Team)
  •  Moondragon (Joins Team)
  •  Namor (Joins Team)
  •  Pulsar (Joins Team)
  •  Quasar (Joins Team)
  •  Quicksilver (Joins Team)
  •  Rage (Joins Team)
  •  Sandman (Joins Team)
  •  Scarlet Witch (Joins Team)
  •  Sersi (Joins Team)
  •  She-Hulk (Joins Team)
  •  Spider-Woman (Joins Team)
  •  Starfox (Joins Team)
  •  Stingray (Joins Team)
  • Swordsman (Joins Team)
  •  Thor (Joins Team)
  •  Tigra (Joins Team)
  •  US Agent (Joins Team)
  •  Vision (Joins Team)
  •  Wasp (Joins Team)

Supporting Characters:

•  Firestar 
•  Justice 
• Edwin Jarvis
•  Rick Jones 

Adversaries:

• Flying Trolls of Thryhem (First appearance)
• Mutaurus
• Gullin
• Vanna
• Demon Riders
•  Mordred 
•  Morgan le Fay 
• Midgard Serpent
• Frost Giants
• Fomor
• Rock Trolls

Other Characters:

• Carlos(First appearance)
• Luna Maximoff
• N'Dele(First appearance)
• Megan McLaren

• Fantastic Four
  •  Invisible Woman 
  •  Mister Fantastic 
  •  Thing 

•  Hulk 
•  Moon Knight 
•  Spider-Man 

• Captain Mar-Vell (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Charlie-27 (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Deathcry (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Doctor Druid (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Gilgamesh (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Hellcat (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Jocasta (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Mantis (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Marrina (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Martinex (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Masque (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Mockingbird (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Swordsman (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Thunderstrike (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Two-Gun Kid (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Vance Astro (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara) (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Yondu (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Doctor Doom (Only in flashback)
• Heimdall (In Thor's thoughts only)
• Warriors Three (In Thor's thoughts only)
  • Fandral (In Thor's thoughts only)
  • Hogun (In Thor's thoughts only)
  • Volstagg (In Thor's thoughts only)
• Balder (In Thor's thoughts only)
• Sif (In Thor's thoughts only)
• Odin (In Thor's thoughts only)
• Aragorn

Locations:

• Cafe Transia (First appearance), Manhattan, New York City, New York State
• Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Wakanda
• New York City's East River & World Trade Center
• Central Park
• Cincinnati, Ohio
• UCLA Campus, Los Angeles, California
• Las Vegas, Nevada
• Denver, Colorado
• Hebrides (First appearance), Scotland
• San Francisco, California
• Queens, New York City
• Bronx, New York City
• Fifth Avenue
  • Avengers Mansion
• Tintagel Head (First appearance), near Cornwall, England
• South Pacific
• "Deep" in the Arctic
• Central America
• Equatorial Africa
• Rainbow Bridge, Asgard (Appears in flashback and main story)

Items:

• Hawkeye's Bow & Trick Arrows
• Swordsman's Sword
• Captain America's Shield
• Renaissance Armor
• Mjolnir
• Black Widow's Gauntlets
• Falcon's Wings
• Quantum Bands
• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
• Energy shield
• Twilight Sword
• Norn Stones
• Sword of Light
• Shield of Night
• Avengers Identicard

Vehicles:

• Avenger's Quinjets
  
  

Synopsis for "Once an Avenger..."

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• Story division: Page 1 "Once an Avenger..."; untitled Prologue; Chapter 1 "And There Came a Day..."; Chapter 2 "Avengers Assemble!"; Chapter 3 "A Common Threat..."; Chapter 4 "...To Fight the Foes...".
• Captain America's previous chronological appearance was in Captain America Vol 3 #1, he appears next in Avengers Vol 3 #2
• The Black Widow's previous chronological appearance was in Daredevil #375, she appears next in the next issue.
• The Fantastic Four's previous chronological appearance was in Iron Man Vol 3 #1, they appear next in Thunderbolts #11.
• Next Chronological Appearance of Spider-Man: Sensational Spider-Man #28
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

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See Also

• Discuss Avengers Vol 3 1 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Avengers series

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Recommended Reading

• Spider-Woman #2 - First appearance of Morgan Le Fey
• Iron Man #150 – Iron Man’s first encounter Morgan Le Fey
• Avengers #241 – The Avengers face off against Morgan Le Fey
• Thor Annual 1999 – To learn where Thor and Doctor Doom have been.

Links and References

• None.