Avengers Annual Vol 1 14

Avengers Annual Vol 1 #14 Published Released November, 1985 July 30, 1985 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Kerry Gammill Kyle Baker "Fifth Column" Writer Roger Stern Penciler John Byrne Inker Kyle Baker Colourist Christie Scheele Letterer John Workman Editor Mark Gruenwald Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers Annual #13 Avengers Annual #15

Appearing in "Fifth Column"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Black Knight (Dane Whitman) 
  •  Captain America (Steven Rogers) 
  •  Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) 
  •  Hercules 
  •  Starfox (Eros) 
  •  Wasp (Janet van Dyne) 

Supporting Characters:

•  Firelord (Pyreus Kril) 
• Skrulls (Main story and flashback)
  • Skrull Imperial Starfleet
  • Prince Dezan / "Dutch" (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Major Syrro (First appearance)
  • Raksor (Main story and flashback)
  • Floyd Donahue (Impersonates Humphrey Bogart ala Casablanca)
•  Fantastic Four 
  • She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)
  • Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
  • Invisible Woman (Susan Richards)
  • Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)

Antagonists:

• Zabyk  (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Myrn (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• A Skrull impersonating "Thor"
• Skrulls impersonating "Rigellians"

Other Characters:

• More Skrulls
  • Baryn (Death)
  • Zedrao
  • Rocco (Skrull) (First appearance)
  • Louie (First appearance)
  • Eddie (First appearance)
• Nebula (Recap)
• Thanos (Recap)
• Galactus (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Human-Olympian Hybrids
• Titanians
• Xandarians
• Skrulls
• Luphomoids (Recap)
• Taa-ans (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Andromeda Galaxy
  • Klarr (First appearance) (planet under Skrull control)
  • Kral System
    • Kral IV

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Ebony Blade
• Hyper-Wave Bomb (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• Sanctuary
• Starfox's Titanian starship
• The Big Casino (A Skrull Zepellin)
• The "Spirit of Coolidge"
  
  

Synopsis for "Fifth Column"

In search of Nebula, the Avengers and the Skrulls visit the planet Kral, on which Skrulls have taken the form of 1930s American gangsters, where they encounter Prince Dezan, the late Skrull emperor's brother, until recently an imprisoned exile. He has been freed for his knowledge of those who now menace the Skrulls, his one-time fellow rebels, Zabyk and Myrn, who intend to unleash a powerful secret weapon, the hyperwave bomb. The Avengers ultimately join forces with the Fantastic Four, also on Kral on a separate mission, but neither group can prevent Zabyk from firing the dreaded weapon. To everyone's surprise, however, the bomb affects only the Skrulls, robbing them all of their shapechanging powers.

Solicit Synopsis

The Avengers against the Skrulls in a world-shattering saga — and we mean world-shattering! Featuring the final fate of the Skrull race!

Notes

• Breakdowns by Byrne, finishes by Baker.
• This issue crosses over with Fantastic Four Annual #19
• This issue follows the events detailed in Avengers #259 and Avengers #260.
• The Skrulls lose their shape-changing ability after Zabyk sets off a device.

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