The Avengers Annual #20 [Newsstand]

(1991)

Subterranean Wars Part 1 (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Kevin West (illustration)

Inks

Fred Fredericks (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Mutates; Brutus

A Storm in Subterranea Part 1: Of Moles and Mutates (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited); Dann Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Kevin West (credited)

Inks

Fred Fredericks (credited)

Colors

Renee Witterstaetter (credited as Reneé Witterstaetter)

Letters

Janice Chiang (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For years they've said it to anybody who will listen: 'Broadway is dying.'

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hercules; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Rage [Elvin Daryl Haliday]; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Sersi [Circe]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Vision
Brutus (first appearance); Grotesk (also in flashback); Kala; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Tyrannus [Romulus Augustulus]; Mutates; Moloids; Lava Men; Tyrannoids; Gortokians

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Keywords

Broadway; New York City; Subterranean Wars

Indexer Notes

Subterranean Wars continues in The Incredible Hulk Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #17, and conceived by Paul Ryan, and researched by Peter Sanderson.

The History of Subterranea (Table of Contents: 3)

Watcher / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Sanderson (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Moore (credited)

Inks

Bud LaRosa (credited)

Colors

Kevin Tinsley (credited)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Watcher, and for billions of years I have watched the history of life on Earth.

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
King Arthur; The Black Knight [Sir Percy]; Brutus; Cha'sa'dra; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Ghaur; Grotesk (also as Prince Gro-Tok); Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Queen Kala; King Krono; Kro; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Merlin; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Set; Brother Tode; Tyrannus [Romulus Augustulus]; The Watcher [Uatu]; Ziran the Tester; Eternals; Gortokians [Thera; Gro-Tok; Princess Ingar (death)]; Tyrannoids [unnamed ones]; Mole Man's monsters; Lava Men; Moloids

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Keywords

Iron Man Armor II; Iron Man Armor Model I

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of Subterranean History. Based on stories by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, and others.

Burning Vision (Table of Contents: 4)

The Vision / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Eric Fein (credited)

Pencils

Michael Bair (credited)

Inks

Michael Bair (credited)

Colors

Gregory Wright (credited as Greg Wright)

Letters

Yug (credited)

Editing

Howard Mackie (credited) (editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The flames shoot out of the abandoned factory, scorching the air around it.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Vision; Thomas Rivera (also in flashback); Grandma Rivera (also in flashback); unnamed firefighters

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Keywords

New York City

A Wing and a Prayer (Table of Contents: 5)

Thor / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Higgins (credited)

Pencils

Ed Murr (credited)

Inks

Michael Bair (credited as Mike Bair)

Colors

Steve Buccellato (credited)

Letters

Michael Higgins (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

God! I-I don't even know if you're there...

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; Edwin Jarvis; Odin; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Jeffrey Cane; Mr. Crane (Jeffrey's father)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Keywords

Absorbing Man's Ball and Chain; Avengers Mansion; Mjolnir; New York City

[Origin Story] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Avengers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ron Lim

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Once upon a time, heroes walked the Earth, daring great deeds and battling terrible evils.

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Ant-Man [Hank Pym] (also as Hank Pym); Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Rage [Elvin Daryl Haliday]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
Loki

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Origin of the Avengers (retold in brief).

Keywords

Iron Man Armor IX; Iron Man Armor Model I; Mjolnir

Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up (Table of Contents: 7)

The Avengers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola (signed as MIGNOLA)

Inks

Mike Mignola (signed as MIGNOLA)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Loki

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #37
• in Empyre (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 [Mike Mignola 'Hidden Gem' Cover] (September 2020)