Avengers Classic Vol 1 8

Alternate Covers: Textless Textless Avengers Classic Vol 1 #8 Published March, 2008 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist Arthur Adams June Chung "Kang, The Conqueror!" Writer Stan Lee Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Dick Ayers Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Sam Rosen Editor Stan Lee "Love is a Battlefield!" Writer Macon Blair Penciler Nick Dragotta Inker Tom Palmer Colourist Wil Quintana Letterer Rus Wooton Editor Mark D. Beazley Alejandro Arbona Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers Classic #7 Avengers Classic #9

Appearing in "Kang, The Conqueror!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers)
  • Thor Odinson / Don Blake
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark)
  • Giant-Man (Henry Pym)
  • Wasp (Janet van Dyne)

Supporting Characters:

• Teen Brigade
  • Rick Jones

Antagonists:

• Kang the Conqueror (First appearance as Kang the Conqueror)
• 40th Century Kang's Barbarian Army (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• New York policemen
• US Army personnel
• Ant-Man's Ants
• Unnamed General
• The Under-Secretary from the Defense Department
• President of the United States (Mentioned)
• United Nations
• Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
• Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Queens
          • John F. Kennedy International Airport
    • Virginia
      • Arlington
        • Pentagon
    • Washington, D.C.
      • White House
• Subspace

Items:

• Iron Man Armor MK II
• Mjolnir
• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Kang Armor (First appearance)
• Kang's Anti-Grav ray
• Kang's Anti-matter screen
• Kang's Attractor ray
• Kang's Energizer tank
• Stark/Pym's Power ray
• Kang's Force field
• Neutrino missile

Vehicles:

• Kang's Timeship
  
  

Synopsis for "Kang, The Conqueror!"

Kang the Conqueror comes to rule Earth. The Avengers attack and are beaten and captured, apart from the Wasp. She and Rick Jones form a plan and get onto Kang's ship and free the Avengers. The Avengers battle Kang again and manage to defeat him by destroying his suit which controls all his weapons. Kang is forced to flee back into his time.

Appearing in "Love is a Battlefield!"

Featured Characters:

•  Rick Jones 

Supporting Characters:

• Irene Turner
• Paulie
• Jamie

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Locations:

• The Flats

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Love is a Battlefield!"

Rick Jones tries to apply Captain America's combat training to courting a girl he likes.

Notes

• "Kang, the Conqueror!" was originally printed in Avengers #8.

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