Avengers Vol 1 121

Avengers Vol 1 #121 Published March, 1974 Issue Details Pages 32 Original Price 20c US Editor-in-Chief Len Wein Cover Artist Ron Wilson John Romita Gaspar Saladino "Houses Divided Cannot Stand!" Writer Steve Englehart Penciler John Buscema Inker Don Heck Colourist Petra Goldberg Letterer John Costanza Editor Roy Thomas Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #120 Avengers #122

Appearing in "Houses Divided Cannot Stand!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 
  •  Vision 
  •  Thor (Odinson)  / Don Blake
  •  Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) 
  •  Mantis  (Main story and flashback)
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  •  Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)  (Main story and flashback)
  •  Black Panther (T'Challa) 

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

• Zodiac Crime Cartel
  • Taurus (Real name revealed)
  • Ares (Grover Raymond)
  • Gemini (Joshua Link)
  • Aquarius (Darren Bentley)
  • Leo
  • Sagitarrius
  • Virgo
  • Capricorn
  • Libra (Gustav Brandt)
  • Pisces (Noah Perricone)
  • Scorpio (Jacques LaPoint)
  • Cancer

Other Characters:

• NYPD (Mentioned)
• Odin (Mentioned)
• Moonstone (Lloyd Bloch) (Mentioned)
• Secret Empire (Mentioned)
• Monsieur Khruul (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Falcon (Sam Wilson) (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

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

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Financial District
            • World Trade Center
          • Midtown
            • Fifth Avenue
              • Avengers Mansion
    • New Jersey
  • Asia (Only in flashback)
    • Vietnam (Only in flashback)
      • Saigon (Only in flashback)
  • Wakanda, Africa (Mentioned)

Items:

• Mjolnir
• Iron Man Armor Model 3
• Scarlet Witch's Suit
• Captain America's Uniform and Shield
• Star-Slayer (Destruction)
• Panther Habit
• Falcon's Wings (Mentioned)

Items:

• Zodiac's Star Craft
• Avengers Quinjet
  
  

Synopsis for "Houses Divided Cannot Stand!"

Continued from the last issue, the Avengers had traced the Zodiac and their star blaster/ship to the World Trade Center, where the two clashed until the fight was stopped when Mantis was at risk of falling off the building to her death.

The sudden arrival of Captain America helps the Avengers turn the tide against the Zodiac who retreat, allowing the Vision to save Mantis from falling. Returning to Avengers Mansion, the Swordsman explains how he had met Mantis in Viet Nam after working under the servitude of crime boss Monsieur Khruul and becoming a drunken sot, and how Mantis gave him new purpose in life.

Black Panther rejoins the Avengers, and the group begins searching anew for the Zodiac cartel. Meanwhile, Zodiac members Aries and Tarus come to blows and Aries plans a coup for the leadership of the Zodiac. To do so, he contacts Cornelius Van Lunt (unaware that Van Lunt is really his leader Taurus.)

When the dissenting Zodiac members meet with Van Lunt the meeting is crashed by the Avengers. Van Lunt then uses this as an opportunity to deal with the mutiny and kill the Avengers and springs his original trap: Shooting the warehouse into space, trapping all those inside in outer space. Story continued next issue...

Notes

• This issue contains a letters page, Avengers Assemble!. Letters are published from Robert del Valle, Robert A. Brenner, and Ronald DeLong.
• This issue contains a Series "A" Marvel Value Stamp: #84 - Doctor Doom

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