The Avengers #83

(December 1970)

Come on in, the Revolution's Fine (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

John Buscema

Inks:

Tom Palmer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Herb Cooper

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Lady Liberators [Black Widow; Wasp; Medusa; Enchantress [Amora, posing as the Valkyrie]; Scarlet Witch]; Avengers [Black Panther; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver; Vision]; Masters of Evil [Klaw; The Melter; The Radioactive Man; Whirlwind]; Tom Fagan (dressed as Nighthawk); Roy Thomas; Jean Thomas; Executioner (flashback); Yellow Jacket (flashback)

Synopsis:

Valkyrie shows up at Avengers HQ and convinces Wasp and the Scarlet Witch to join her team of Lady Liberators; With the male members of the Avengers attending Tom Fagan's Halloween parade, the Masters of Evil attack and pummel our heroes; The Lady Liberators show up to save the day and do what their male chauvinist pig counterparts failed to do as they make quick work of the villans; Valkyrie is revealed to be the Enchantress, however, and the lady heroes are forced to defeat their former leader; The gender war rages on.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #7 (1975)
• in Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of the Avengers (Marvel, 1982 series) #02822
• in King-Size Hulk (Marvel, 2008 series) #1
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #9 (2009)

Indexer Notes

With the Lady Liberators Vs the new Masters of Evil team. Story includes allusions to Tom Fagan's annual Halloween Parade in Rutland, Vermont. Character information from Darci, August 2007.