Giant-Size Invaders Vol 1 1

Giant-Size Invaders Vol 1 #1 June, 1975 Editor-in-Chief Len Wein Cover Artists Frank Robbins John Romita Gaspar Saladino Publisher Marvel Comics "The Coming of the Invaders!" Writers Roy Thomas Pencilers Frank Robbins Inkers Vince Colletta Colourists Petra Goldberg Editors Roy Thomas "Deep-Sea Blitzkrieg!" Writers Bill Everett Pencilers Bill Everett Inkers Bill Everett Editors Joe Simon Previous Issue Next Issue — (Title) Giant-Size Invaders #2 (Story) Invaders #1

Appearing in "The Coming of the Invaders!"

Featured Characters:

• Invaders (Origin revealed)
  •  Bucky 
  •  Captain America 
  •  Human Torch 
  •  Sub-Mariner 
  • Toro

Supporting Characters:

• FBI agents
  • Agent Stuart
  • Agent Wilson
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Only in flashback)
• Winston Churchill

Adversaries:

• Colonel Krieghund (First appearance) (Apparent Death)
• Adolf Hitler (Only in flashback)
• Brain Drain (Behind the scenes)
• Master Man 
• Nazi agents
• Heinz Kruger (Only in flashback)
• Red Skull (Only in flashback)
• German soldiers

Other Characters:

• Abraham Erskine (Only in flashback)
• General Phillips (Only in flashback)
• Agent R (Only in flashback)
• Simms (Only in flashback)
• Doctor Anderson
• Japanese Air Force (Only in flashback)
• US Armed Forces (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Virginia

• Hampton Roads
• Chesapeake Bay

• Washington, D.C. (Flashback and main story)

• Walter Reed Hospital
• White House

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Super-Soldier Serum (Appears in flashback and main story)

Vehicles:

• Nazi U-boat
• HMS Duke of York
  
  

Synopsis for "The Coming of the Invaders!"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Deep-Sea Blitzkrieg!"

Featured Characters:

• Sub-Mariner

Supporting Characters:

• Atlanteans

• Emperor Thakorr (Apparent Death)
• Lucas
• Mel

Adversaries:

• Nazis

• Adolf Hitler
• Hans
• Heinrich

Other Characters:

Locations:

• Antarctic Circle
• Atlantis
• Germany

• Berlin

Items:

Vehicles:

• Atlantean Shark Ship
• Atlantean Whale Ship
• Nazi U-boat
  
  

Synopsis for "Deep-Sea Blitzkrieg!"

--For a full synopsis of this comic, please see the original publishing of this comic in Sub-Mariner Comics #1.--

Notes

• This issue shipped on March 18th, 1975.

• Includes a two-page editorial by writer Roy Thomas.

• This issue includes a reprint of Sub-Mariner Comics #1 by Bill Everett originally published in the Spring of 1941. In this story, titled "Deep-Sea Blitzkrieg!", neither the Atlanteans, Emperor Thakorr, nor Adolf Hitler are addressed by name.

• Chronologically earliest appearance of the Invaders.

• The origin of Captain America is recapped in this issue. More details are given. In particular, the officer who recruited Rogers for the Operation Rebirth experiment is identified for the first time as "General Phillips".

• Captain America and the Human Torch last teamed up to face the Red Skull in Young Allies #1.
  

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• Sub-Mariner quotes page

See Also

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Recommended Reading

• Invaders (Volume 1)
• Invaders (Volume 2)
• New Invaders

  Links and References

• Invaders series index at Comicbookdb.com
• Invaders series index at the Grand Comics Database Project

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