—Giant-Man (Hank Pym)I'll come right to the point. I received a cybernetic alarm from a frightened group of ants!
Appearing in "This Hostage Earth!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Mole Man (Main story and recap)
- Numerous unnamed Moloids (Main story and recap)
- Unnamed thieves
- Monk (First appearance)
- Red Ghost
Other Characters:
- Fantastic Four (Only in recap)
- Invisible Girl (Sue Storm) (Only in recap)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Only in recap)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Only in recap)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Only in recap)
- Miss Mayhew (First appearance)
- Miss Mayhew's boss (First appearance)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
- Teen Brigade (Mentioned)
- NYPD
- Super-Apes (Mentioned)
- Hairdresser (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Insects
- Asgardians
- Moloids (Main story and recap)
- Tigers (Referenced)
- Apes (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and recap)
- Earthspace (Main story and recap)
- Milky Way (Main story and recap)
- Sol System (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- North America
- Europe (Cameo)
- Italy (Cameo)
- Pisa (Cameo)
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Cameo)
- Pisa (Cameo)
- Italy (Cameo)
- Subterranea (Main story and recap)
- The Mole Man's Subterranean lair
- Moon, Earth Orbit (Mentioned)
- Heavens (Invoked)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Sol System (Main story and recap)
- Milky Way (Main story and recap)
- Earthspace (Main story and recap)
Items:
- Giant-Man's Suit
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Mjolnir
- Iron Man Armor MK II
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Fantastic Four Uniforms (Only in recap)
- Mole Man's Atomic Gyroscope
- Moloids' portable battering devices
- Moloid tank
- Mole Man's stun gun
- Image Projector
- Transistorized fox-hole diggers
- Hyper-ionic rockets
Events:
- X-Mas (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "This Hostage Earth!"
Giant-Man believes something dangerous is happening beneath the earth, but none of the other Avengers believe him, so he heads underground himself to investigate. Shortly after, he is captured by Mole Man. More damage occurs and the Avengers discover Giant-Man was correct, so they invade Mole Man's underground base.
Meanwhile, the Red Ghost approaches the Mole Man and they make an alliance. The Wasp frees Giant-Man, and the team stops the Mole Man and Red Ghost's plans.
Appearing in "Into the Great Wide Open"
Featured Characters:
- Umbu
- Yonkashi
- Dennis
- Ootie (Death)
Supporting Characters:
- Moloids
- Annie
Other Characters:
Items:
Synopsis for "Into the Great Wide Open"
Seven Moloids escape onto the surface world. Four are quickly killed by the hazards of the urban landscape. The survivors disguise themselves as a tall man in a trenchcoat and go dancing with rednecks.
Appearing in "The Mole Man of the Ants!"
Featured Characters:
- unnamed Moloid
Supporting Characters:
- Moloids
- ants
Synopsis for "The Mole Man of the Ants!"
A Moloid accidentally shrinks himself and becomes the tyrannical king of an ant colony.
Solicit Synopsis
"THIS HOSTAGE EARTH!" in which the mighty Avengers battle to save their beloved planet from a fate so deadly that none but the macabre Mole Man could have devised it! A timeless Marvel tale of most compelling excellence by Stan Lee and Don Heck! PLUS! An astonishing all-new Avengers adventure chockablock with madcap mayhem from masters of mirth Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot Comics) and Juan Doe (FANTASTIC FOUR: ISLA DE LA MUERTE!)!! And MORE all-new material in this double-sized final issue!
Notes
- "This Hostage Earth!" was originally printed in Avengers Vol 1 12.
- "Into the Great Wide Open" takes place immediately after the events in "This Hostage Earth!"