(January 2001)

Marvel, 2001 Series
 
Price
6.95 USD; 9.95 CAD
Pages
164
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
ISBN
0-7851-0765-7 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
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Editing
Polly Watson (reprint editor); Joe Quesada (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Book design by Comicraft. Black and white reprints of originally colored stories.

Printed in November 2000, with a 2000 date copyright notice.

Nights of Wundagore (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Greg Horn (painting)
Colors
Greg Horn (painting)
Letters
Comicraft

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Quicksilver; Falcon; Scarlet Witch; Captain America; Ms. Marvel]
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Indexer Notes

Cover inspired by Avengers #187

Nights Of Wundagore (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Greg Horn (insert); Comicraft (design)
Inks
Greg Horn (insert); Comicraft (design)

Table Of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Polly Watson
Letters
typeset

On The Matter Of Heroes! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
David Michelinie
Pencils
John Byrne (breakdowns)
Inks
Gene Day (finishes)
Letters
Elaine Heinl
Editing
Roger Stern

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Beast; Black Panther; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain America; Hawkeye; Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; Moondragon; Ms. Marvel; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Thor [also as Dr. Donald Blake]; Vision; Wasp; Wonder Man; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Django Maximoff; Edwin Jarvis; Guardians of the Galaxy [Charlie-27; Martinex; Nikki; Starhawk; Yondu]; Henry Peter Gyrich; Scott Lang
Synopsis
Government bureaucrat forces the Avengers to reorganizes themselves a more manageable unit or risk losing security clearances. Meanwhile, the Guardians of the Galaxy return to the 30th century and Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are mind controlled by a mysterious old man.
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Honor Thy Father (Table of Contents: 4)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
David Michelinie
Pencils
John Byrne (breakdowns)
Inks
Klaus Janson (finishes)
Letters
Diana Albers
Editing
Roger Stern

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Wasp; Wonder Man; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]]; Django Maximoff; Dr. Donald Blake; Henry Peter Gyrich
Synopsis
The Avengers track down Django Maximoff to his New York apartment, and manage to release the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's spirits when the Vision shatters Django's mystical talisman. They have no conscious recollection of being Maximoff's children as he claims, but accompany him to Eastern Europe to investigate.
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The Redoubtable Return of Crusher Creel! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
David Michelinie
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Klaus Janson
Letters
Jim Novak
Editing
Roger Stern

Genre
superhero
Characters
Absorbing Man; Avengers [Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Wasp]; Django Maximoff; Henry Peter Gyrich
Synopsis
An accidental bump between a plain-clothed Hawkeye and Absorbing Man, who was ready to leave US territory, turns into fight between the villain and the Avengers. The Falcon officially joins the Avengers.
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Death on the Hudson! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
David Michelinie
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Diverse Hands
Letters
Diana Albers
Editing
Roger Stern

Genre
superhero
Characters
Absorbing Man; Avengers [Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel; Vision; Wasp]; Edwin Jarvis; Henry Peter Gyrich
Synopsis
Incapable of defeating the Avengers, the Absorbing Man uses his power to merge with the ocean and disappears.
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The Yesterday Quest! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald (plot); Steven Grant (plot); David Michelinie (script)
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dan Green
Letters
John Costanza
Editing
Roger Stern

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; Ms. Marvel; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Wasp]; Whizzer [Bob Frank] (flashback); Miss America [Madeline Joyce Frank] (flashback); Bova; Django Maximoff; Edwin Jarvis; Modred the Mystic; Toad (flashback)
Synopsis
While the Avengers rest after a battle with the Absorbing Man, the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver arrive in Transia with Django Maximoff. Pietro tries to remember his childhood, while Wanda is abducted by Modred the Mystic, now a servant of the Darkhold.
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Nights Of Wundagore! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald (plot); Steven Grant (plot); David Michelinie (script)
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dan Green
Letters
Jim Novak
Editing
Roger Stern

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Ms. Marvel; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Wasp]; Bova; Chthon; Django Maximoff; Edwin Jarvis; Henry Peter Gyrich; High Evolutionary (flashback); Jonathan Drew (flashback); Magda (flashback); Modred the Mystic; Whizzer [Robert Frank] (flashback); Miss America (flashback)
Synopsis
Bova, a humanoid cow created by the High Evolutionary on the Wundagore Mountain complex, rescues Quicksilver and reveals to him his true origins and those of his sister. He calls the Avengers for aid in rescuing Wanda, who has been possessed by Chthon, the Elder God who creatod of the Darkhold.
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The Call of the Mountain Thing! (Table of Contents: 9)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald (plot); Steven Grant (plot); David Michelinie (script)
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dan Green
Letters
Jim Novak
Editing
Roger Stern

Genre
superhero
Characters
Agatha Harkness (flashback); Avengers [Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Ms. Marvel; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Wasp; Wonder Man]; Bova; Cagliostro (flashback); Chthon; Gaia (flashback); Django Maximoff (D); Gregor Russoff (flashback); High Evolutionary (flashback); New Men (flashback); Magda (flashback); Modred the Mystic; Morgan Le Fey (flashback); St. Brendan (flashback); Taboo (flashback)
Synopsis
Chthon and Mordred easily defeat all of the Avengers, but before Chthon can completely take over the Scarlet Witch's form, the Beast returns with New Men armor and confuses the demon enough for the Avengers to recover and turn the tables. Chthon is defeated and Modred is left catatonic, but Django Maximoff dies.
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Elementary, Dear Avengers! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Avengers / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (plot); Bill Mantlo (script)
Pencils
John Byrne (breakdowns)
Inks
Dan Green (finishes); Frank Springer (finishes)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Editing
Jim Shooter

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Beast; Captain America; Falcon; Ms. Marvel; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Wasp; Wonder Man]; Elements of Doom [Carbon; Chlorine; Cobalt; Phosphorus; Radium; Vanadium]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Crystal; Gorgon; Karnak]
Synopsis
After dropping off Quicksilver in Attilan (and learning his wife Crystal is pregnant), the Avengers pass through the Soviet Union to contain a menace revealed to be living incarnations of elements from the periodic table.
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Wings and Arrows! (Table of Contents: 11)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald (plot); Roger Stern (plot); Steven Grant (plot and script); David Michelinie ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dan Green
Letters
Jim Novak
Editing
Roger Stern

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; Scarlet Witch; Thor; Vision; Wonder Man; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]]; Deathbird; Edwin Jarvis; Henry Peter Gyrich; Mr. Keeshan of Cross Technology
Synopsis
While Gyrich continues to interfere in the daily goings-on of the Avengers, Hawkeye has to find a job to pay the bills and gets hired by Cross Technology in his superhero identity. For his first week in the job, he has to prevent a series of thefts by Deathbird.
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Indexer Notes

This story takes place after Avengers Annual #9

Quicksilver (Table of Contents: 12)

Backpack Profile / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

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Letters
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The Scarlet Witch (Table of Contents: 13)

Backpack Profile / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

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Letters
typeset

[They Are Earth's Mightiest Heroes...] (Table of Contents: 14)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Polly Watson
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Nights of Wundagore
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Nights Of Wundagore
  3. 2. Table Of Contents
  4. 3. On The Matter Of Heroes!
    The Avengers
  5. 4. Honor Thy Father
    The Avengers
  6. 5. The Redoubtable Return of Crusher Creel!
    The Avengers
  7. 6. Death on the Hudson!
    The Avengers
  8. 7. The Yesterday Quest!
    The Avengers
  9. 8. Nights Of Wundagore!
    The Avengers
  10. 9. The Call of the Mountain Thing!
    The Avengers
  11. 10. Elementary, Dear Avengers!
    The Avengers
  12. 11. Wings and Arrows!
    The Avengers
  13. 12. Quicksilver
    Backpack Profile
  14. 13. The Scarlet Witch
    Backpack Profile
  15. 14. [They Are Earth's Mightiest Heroes...]
This issue was modified by
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Paulo Costa
  • Jim Van Dore