Amazing Adventures Vol 2 4

Amazing Adventures Vol 2 #4
Previous Issue	Amazing Adventures (Vol. 2) #3
Next Issue	Amazing Adventures (Vol. 2) #5
Art by: John Buscema, John Verpoorten and Morrie Kuramoto
Cover Date	January, 1971
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Stan Lee

1. "With These Rings, I Thee Kill!"
Writer(s)	Jack Kirby
Penciler(s)	Jack Kirby
Inker(s)	Chic Stone
Letterer(s)	Artie Simek
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

2. "Deadlock"
Writer(s)	Mimi Gold
Penciler(s)	Gene Colan
Inker(s)	Bill Everett
Letterer(s)	Jean Izzo
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

 I am all powerful! Your new Master! 

—Mandarin

Appearing in "With These Rings, I Thee Kill!"

Featured Characters:

• House of Agon
  •  Triton 
  •  Black Bolt 
  •  Medusa 
  •  Karnak 
  •  Gorgon 

Antagonists:

• Mandarin

Other Characters:

• Scholar (Unnamed)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Inhumans

Locations:

• Earth
  • Asia
    • Ancient Temple of Yin
  • North America (Vision)
    • United States of America (Vision)
      • New York (Vision)
        • New York City (Vision) (Destroyed)
  • Moon (Vision) (Destroyed)

Items:

• Mandarin's Rings
• Eye of Yin (Absorbed into the Mandarin's Rings)

Synopsis for "With These Rings, I Thee Kill!"

Black Bolt removes the eye from the statute of Yin, but it speeds off as the Mandarin uses one of his rings to draw it to him. The Inhumans split up to set off searching for it and discover the Mandarin just after he has dissolved the sphere and absorbed its power. The Inhumans battle the Mandarin, defeat him, remove his rings and discard them underground while sealing in the cavern.

Appearing in "Deadlock"

Featured Characters:

•  Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) 

Supporting Characters:

• Paul Hamilton
• "Young Warriors"
  • Carlos
  • Other Members (Unnamed)
•  Ivan Petrovitch 

Antagonists:

• The Don's Henchmen
  • Mario
  • Other Henchmen (Unnamed)
• The Don (Anthony Scarola)

Other Characters:

• NYPD
• Mayor (John Lindsay) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only) (Topical reference)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • New York Press
          • Spanish Harlem

Items:

• Black Widow's Suit and Gauntlets

Synopsis for "Deadlock"

The Black Widow tries to persuade the Young Warriors to leave Scarola's house. She buys them a separate building and they leave Scarola's building.

Solicit Synopsis

(January) "With these rings - I thee kill!" So says the Mandarin - and the Inhumans better believe it! Plus the finale of the Black Widow's greatest caper!

• (February) AND, STILL ON SALE- "With These Rings - I Thee Kill!" The Inhumans take on the Mandarin! Plus the Black Widow's greatest caper!

Notes

• As seen on the first story pages, Story #1 (Inhumans) is Story#326-Z. Story #2 is Story #429-Z.

• This issue debuts a new letters page, Amazing Mails. Letters are published from Sheldon Wirbe, Jeff Young, Wilson Fong, Paul Levitz, and Arthur Chertowski.

• The Mayor of New York City at this time was John Lindsay and this character bears a likeness to Lindsay and as such should be treated as a topical reference given Marvel's sliding timescale.

See Also

• 2 image(s) from Amazing Adventures Vol 2 4
• 2 reprint(s) of Amazing Adventures Vol 2 4

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