Marvel Heroes & Legends 1997 #1

(October 1997)

Avengers Assemble! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script

James Felder

Pencils

Sal Buscema (pages 1-14, 37); Dick Ayers (pages 15-19, 30-36); Steve Ditko (pages 20-29); Gil Kane (pages 38-48)

Inks

Al Milgrom (pages 1-14, 37); Dick Ayers (pages 15-19, 30-36); Tom Palmer (pages 38-48); Steve Leialoha [as Steve Lialoha] (pages 20-29)

Colors

Chi Wang

Letters

John Costanza

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]]; Moloids; Teen Brigade; Rick Jones; Attuma (flashback); Sub-Mariner [Namor] (flashback); Virginia "Pepper" Potts (flashback); Titanium Man [Boris Bullski] (flashback); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Magneto; Edwin Jarvis; Harold "Happy" Hogan; Vision (cameo); Beast [Henry McCoy] (cameo); Daredevil [Matthew Murdock] (cameo)

Synopsis

As Thor, Giant-Man, the Wasp and Iron Man decide to leave the Avengers, Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch join the ranks to replace them.

Keywords

Avengers Mansion

Indexer Notes

Retelling of Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #16 with many new scenes. This story contains numerous continuity errors, such as: Pym and Van Dyne's dual identities being treated as public at a time when they were still secret; Magneto menacing Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch at a time when he had been imprisoned by the Stranger, the entire reason the siblings were able to join the Avengers; and on the last page an image of Avengers who would join the team in the years which followed includes Daredevil, who at the time of publication had never been an Avenger (he did join in 2011).