- Script
- Steve Englehart (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Milgrom (credited) (layouts); Gerry Talaoc (credited) (finishes)
- Inks
- Gerry Talaoc (credited)
- Colors
- Marc Siry (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At his newly-built citadel at the bottom of the world,
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mantis; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (also in flashback)
Fantastic Four: Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff] (cameo flashback); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo flashback); Ms. Marvel [Sharon Ventura] (cameo flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo flashbacks)
Atom-Smasher [Ronald English] (villain, flashback); Black Panther [T'Challa]; Bill Foster (also in flashback as Black Goliath); High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham]; Hank Pym (cameo flashback); Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew] (cameo flashback); Doctor Stack; Gatherers (villains); Chita; Throb (robots); Sensors [Intuition; Sight; Smell; Sound; Taste; Touch] (villains, introduction)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The High Evolutionary sends his Gatherers to Wakanda to steal vibranium for his genetic bomb. Bill Foster, working at the High Evolutionary's base, manages to hide a note on the uniform of one of the Gatherers. In Wakanda, T'Challa defeats the Gatherers and finds the note. He contacts the West Coast Avengers. Just after they arrive, the Sensors arrive to steal the vibranium. During the battle Stack, leader of the Gatherers, is able to secretly steal a sample of vibranium. The Avengers leave Wakanda to investigate what is going on in the Savage Land.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Evolutionary War
Evolutionary War crossover.
Notoriously, this story eliminated all of Mantis' dialogue as part of Marvel editorial blackballing Englehart's attempt to add her to the West Coast Avengers' cast. This resulted in panels in which Mantis was the centre figure and had her mouth open but no speech balloon.
- Script
- Steve Englehart (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Milgrom (credited) (layouts); Chris Ivy (credited) (finishes)
- Inks
- Chris Ivy (credited)
- Colors
- Marc Siry (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A sleek supersonic quinjet cruises to the bottom of the world...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mantis (cameo); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (cameo); Vision (cameo); Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
X-Men
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (cameo flashback); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (cameo flashback); Havok [Alex Summers] (cameo flashback); Longshot (Mojoverse) (cameo flashback); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (cameo flashback); Rogue [Anna Marie] (cameo flashback); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (cameo flashback)
Giant-Man [Bill Foster]; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham] (also in flashback); Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]; Nereel (cameo flashback); Matthew Plunder (as Adam Plunder); Shanna; Doctor Stack; Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Foks
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Mockingbird, Moon Knight and Tigra arrive in the Savage Land. They learn about the restoration of the Savage Land by the High Evolutionary from Ka-Zar. They investigate and learn the High Evolutionary wants to detonate a bomb that will mutate all humans. During the battle Bill Foster takes a new serum which restores his growth powers and cures his cancer. Stack, leader of the High Evolutionary's Gatherers, returns with a sample of vibranium. With the final component in hand, the High Evolutionary flees to finish building his bomb elsewhere.
- Reprints
The Evolutionary War crossover.
The Evolutionary War continued from Web of Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1985 series) #4.
The Evolutionary War continues in The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1979 series) #8.
- Script
- Mark Gruenwald (credited)
- Pencils
- Ron Lim (credited)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited)
- Colors
- Gregory Wright (credited)
- Letters
- Ken Lopez (credited)
- Editing
- Ralph Macchio (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Having aided the High Evolutionary in subduing his evil creation,
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bova (cameo flashback); Jessica Drew (cameo flashback); Jane Foster (flashback); High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham] (flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (flashback); Sir Porga (death in flashback); Thor [Don Blake] (flashback)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
The story is told in full in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #134 and 135 (1966) and Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #94-96 (1967).