Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Vol 1 3

Alternate Covers: Textless Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Vol 1 #3 Published Released February, 2005 December 15, 2004 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist Scott Kolins 1st story Writer Joe Casey Penciler Scott Kolins Inker Scott Kolins Colourist Wil Quintana Letterer Richard Starkings Comicraft Editor Tom Brevoort Andy Schmidt Nicole Wiley Molly Lazer Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #2 Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #4

Appearing in 1st story

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) 
  •  Giant-Man (Hank Pym) 
  •  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  •  Thor Odinson 

Supporting Characters:

•  Edwin Jarvis 
• Rick Jones
• General Paul Wallace (First appearance)
• Special Agent Murch

Antagonists:

• Masters of Evil
  • Baron Zemo (Heinrich Zemo) (Main story and recap)
  •  Black Knight (Nathan Garrett) 
  • Melter (Bruno Horgan)
  • Radioactive Man (Chen Lu)

Other Characters:

• U.S. Army (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
• Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
• God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• Pepper Potts (Voice)
• Bucky Barnes (Recap)
• Elendil

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and recap)
• Asgardians
• Valkyrior Steeds

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and recap)
  • United States of America
    • New Jersey
      • Cresskill
    • New Mexico (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
      • Tularosa Basin (First appearance) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Queens
          • Flushing
            • Stark Enterprises Main Plant
        • Manhattan
          • Midtown
            • Fifth Avenue
              • Avengers Mansion
    • Virginia
      • Arlington
        • Arlington National Cemetery
        • Pentagon (Mentioned)
        • Camp Lehigh (Named only)
    • Washington, D.C.
      • National Mall
        • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • United Kingdom (Recap)
    • England (Recap)
      • London (Recap)
        • Greenwich (Recap)
          • Royal Observatory (Recap)
  • English Channel (Recap)
• Hell (Invoked)

Items:

• Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
• Ant-Man's Helmet (Cameo)
• Iron Man Armor MK III
• Bucky's Uniform (Recap)
• Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Main story and recap)
• Mjolnir
• Giant-Man's Suit
• Black Knight's Power Lance
• Melting Ray MK I
• Adhesive X

Vehicles:

• An experimental drone bomber (Recap)
• Quinjet
• Captain America's Motorcycle (Main story and recap)
  
  

Synopsis for 1st story

The Hulk’s rampages continue to impact on the public's perception of the team and Agent Murch introduces Iron Man to General Wallace. Wallace proposes that the team become an official arm of the military. Meanwhile Captain America and Rick Jones travel to the Arlington National Cemetery and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Avengers take on the Masters of Evil and Captain America discovers their leader is his World War II nemesis, Baron Zemo.

Notes

• This eight issue limited series explores previously between and behind the scenes events during the early days of The Avengers. Avengers:EMH #3 deals with events surrounding Avengers #6.
  • Sequence #1 (Cap visits Arlington and Washington, D.C. takes place between Avengers #5 and Avengers #6.
  • Sequence #2 ("One Week Later") takes places during Avengers #6
• The Hulk's rampage and encounter with the U.S. Army appears to take place in Tales to Astonish #61; however, the encounter appears to have had much more details and destruction than previously presented to readers.

New and Different Information Presented this Issue

• Thor apparently named this group of villains "Masters of Evil." The name obviously caught on.
• Captain America visits the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which obviously did not exist when this original story between Avengers #5-6 was published in 1965.
• Baron Zemo appears to shoot Captain America, grazing him in the head; however, in Avengers #6, Zemo's un-named pilot shot Cap. Additionally, the wound Captain suffers is shown to be much more severe than originally chronicled. Cap is unconscious at the end of this story and will be bandaged and still recovering next issue.

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Recommended Reading

• Avengers #5-6

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