| Swordsman |  Cap's right. If I were planning a sneak attack, I'd have you cold!  |
| Thor | Who? |
| Swordsman (Jacques DuQuesne) | So fleeting is fame, eh? Don't tell me you've forgotten -- The Swordsman! |
Appearing in ""Night of the Swordsman""
Featured Characters:
- Avengers (Main story and recap)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda) (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Captain America (Steve Rogers) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- Vision
- ⏴ Iron Man (Tony Stark) ⏵
- Mantis (Main story and flashback) (Joins)
- Thor (Odinson)
- Black Panther (T'Challa)
- Swordsman (Main story and flashback) (Rejoins team)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Quicksilver (Pietro) (Only in recap)
- Crystal (Only in recap)
- Living Bombs (Mentioned)
- Construction Workers
- Harry
- Frank
- Unnamed Construction Worker
- Ares (Mentioned)
- Mandarin (Mentioned)
- Goliath (Hank Pym) (Only in recap)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Mentioned)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Mentioned)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Zzzax (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Panther Cult (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Androids (Referenced)
- Mutants (Referenced)
- Inhumans (Only in recap)
- Synthezoids
- Pigs (Mentioned)
- Eagles (Mentioned)
- Cranes (Mentioned)
- Snakes (Mentioned)
- Praying Mantises (Mentioned)
- Asgardians
- Haab
- Robots
- Ennead
- Wolves (Mentioned)
- Gods (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earthspace (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- United States (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Midtown (Main story and recap)
- Fifth Avenue (Main story and recap)
- Avengers Mansion (Main story and recap)
- Fifth Avenue (Main story and recap)
- Midtown (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- United States (Main story and recap)
- Asia (Only in flashback)
- Himalayas (Only in recap)
- Great Refuge (Only in recap)
- Vietnam (Only in flashback)
- Saigon (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Himalayas (Only in recap)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- Sun (Mentioned)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Asgard (Mentioned)
Items:
- Captain America's Shield (Main story and recap)
- Iron Man Armor Model 3
- Panther Habit
- Swordsman's Sword (Main story and recap)
- Goliath's Suit (Only in recap)
- Mjolnir
- Hawkeye's Suit, Bow and Trick Arrows (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Lion God's Hunting Spear
- Lion God's Totem-Stick (Mentioned)
- Adamantium
Synopsis for ""Night of the Swordsman""
As the Scarlet Witch mulls over the fact that her own brother is against her romance with the Vision, she storms out of Avengers Mansion after watching a training session between Vision, Captain America and Iron Man when they refer to Vision as an android. In public, Wanda is gawked at by construction workers and she attacks them in a fury. When they retaliate they are stopped by Mantis who fights them off and brings Wanda back to Avengers Mansion.
There, she is joined by her partner, the Swordsman and both ask for membership in the Avengers. The idea is opposed at first, especially by Captain America given their past clashes with the Swordsman, but the other Avengers vote to give him and Mantis a chance as their ranks are depleted with the departure of Hawkeye and Quicksilver.
After training with the Avengers, Swordsman joins Mantis on the roof of the mansion where she uses her powers to summon the Lion God back to the Mansion, who immediately seeks to destroy the Black Panther once again. Mantis and Swordsman pretend to join forces with the Lion God until the Avengers are defeated, however, Mantis manages to hypnotize the Lion God and command him to walk into a device created by Tony Stark that would shunt him to another dimension.
The Swordsman and Mantis explain that they were aware of Lion God's presence due to the power of empathy that Mantis possesses and tricked the god into believing that they were against the Avengers. The Avengers thank them for their assistance, however, Captain America is not entirely sure that these two recruits don't have ulterior motives in joining the Avengers.
Notes
- This issue contains a letters page, Avengers Assemble!. Letters are published from James Farmer, James Wolcake, Judy Kaufman, and Frank Balazs.
- As seen on page one, this issue is Story#1495-Z.
- In this issue, Mantis joins the team. Writer Steve Englehart later provided this commentary, "Basically Mantis was supposed to be a hooker who would join the Avengers and cause dissension among all the male members by coming onto each of them in turn." from "A Conversation with Steve Englehart", Fantaco Chronicles, , Vol 1 4, (1982).
