The Avengers IV

105-152

This page: 136-152

After the Mantis epic, it was time to revamp the team. Among other changes, I brought in the Beast, my first character - there was still no X-MEN book at this time - and he bonded so well with the Avengers that now, even when X-MEN is Marvel's top book, many people still prefer him here.

Also introduced was Moondragon, a creation of Jim Starlin's who'd ended up in the Mantis epic as the loser in the Celestial Madonna sweepstakes. She lacked Mantis's humanity, but maybe hanging with the Avengers would muss her up a little. Or not...

Then came the Two-Gun Kid, a simpler man from a simpler time, thrust into superhero madness - and Patsy Walker, whom I introduced in AMAZING ADVENTURES, fighting her way into the superhero world as Hellcat.

Finally, I resurrected Wonder Man, who went on to become an Avengers mainstay.

This run also includes another attack by Kang. I loved the idea that the guy could lose to the Avengers, go away for years to plan, and return 30 seconds after he left, ready to go again.

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Collection: includes AVENGERS 141-144, 147-149I
Collection: includes AVENGERS 141-144, 147-152I

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NOTES:

136: Gee, that cover looks familiar. A reprint of AMAZING ADVENTURES #12 to set up the Beast.

141: Not only does the Serpent Crown storyline start here, so does George Pérez...

149: Moondragon convinces Thor he's slumming by hanging around with his physical inferiors. Instead of bonding with her inferiors, she's removing the superiors.

150: I was halfway through scripting this issue when an editorial shift at Marvel drove me and several other writers out the door, so the last half of the book is a reprint.

151: Pages were added to the last half of my story to fill out a whole book, but my story is untouched on pages 3, 7, 10, 14, 15, 17, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 31.

152: Scripted by Gerry Conway over my plot.