Avengers Classic Vol 1 8

Avengers Classic Vol 1 #8
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Art by: Arthur Adams and June Chung
Alternate Covers
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Art by: Arthur Adams and June Chung
Cover Date	March, 2008
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1. "Kang, The Conqueror!"
Reprint of the 1st story from Avengers #8 (original credits are italicized)
Writer(s)	Stan Lee
Penciler(s)	Jack Kirby
Inker(s)	Dick Ayers
Colorist(s)	Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s)	Sam Rosen
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

2. "Love is a Battlefield!"
Writer(s)	Macon Blair
Penciler(s)	Nick Dragotta
Inker(s)	Tom Palmer
Colorist(s)	Wil Quintana
Letterer(s)	Rus Wooton
Editor(s)	Mark D. Beazley Alejandro Arbona

Appearing in "Kang, The Conqueror!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers #8

Featured Characters:

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

Supporting Characters:

• Teen Brigade
  • Rick Jones

Antagonists:

• Kang the Conqueror (First appearance as Kang the Conqueror) (Main story and flashback)
• 40th Century Kang's Barbarian Army (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
• NYPD
• U.S. Army (Main story and flashback)
  • Unnamed General
  • Numerous unnamed soldiers (Main story and flashback)
• The Under-Secretary from the Defense Department
• Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned)
• Rama-Tut (Only in flashback)
• Ant-Man's Ants
• President of the United States (Mentioned)
• United Nations
• Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Asgardians
• Ants

Locations:

• Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
  • Earth (Main story and flashback)
    • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Midtown
              • Fifth Avenue
                • Avengers Mansion
              • Turtle Bay
                • United Nations Headquarters
          • Queens
            • Jamaica
              • John F. Kennedy International Airport
        • Pym Laboratories
      • Virginia (Main story and flashback)
        • Arlington
          • Pentagon
      • White House, Washington, D.C. (Mentioned)
    • Moon, Earth Orbit (Mentioned)
  • Asgard (Invoked)
• Earth-6311 (Only in flashback)
• Subspace

Items:

• Giant-Man's Suit
• Iron Man Armor MK II
• Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
• Mjolnir
• Captain America's Uniform and Shield
• Kang Armor (First appearance)
• Kang's Time Chair (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 (Main story and flashback)
• Avengers' Plane

Synopsis for "Kang, The Conqueror!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers #8

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:

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Other Characters:

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Locations:

• The Flats

Items:

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Vehicles:

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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.

See Also

• 3 image(s) from Avengers Classic Vol 1 8

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