Avengers Vol 1 131

Avengers Vol 1 #131
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Next Issue	Avengers #132
Art by: Gil Kane
Release Date	October 17, 1974
Cover Date	January, 1975
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Marv Wolfman

1. "A Quiet Half-Hour in Saigon!"
Writer(s)	Steve Englehart
Penciler(s)	Sal Buscema
Inker(s)	Joe Staton
Colorist(s)	Phil Rachelson
Letterer(s)	Tom Orzechowski
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas

 I love Wanda ... but of late I find Mantis' presence ... distracting. 

—Vision

Appearing in "A Quiet Half-Hour in Saigon!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Mantis / Celestial Madonna 
  •  Thor (Odinson) 
  •  Hawkeye (Clint Barton) 
  •  Vision 
  •  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 

Supporting Characters:

•  Nomad (Steve Rogers) 
•  Rama-Tut 
•  Immortus 

Antagonists:

•  Kang the Conqueror 
• Legion of the Unliving (First appearance)
  •  Frankenstein's Monster 
  •  Wonder Man (Simon Williams) 
  •  Human Torch (Jim Hammond) 
  •  Midnight (M'Nai) 
  •  Ghost (Joost van Straaten) 
  •  Baron Zemo 

Other Characters:

• Unnamed mugger (Only appearance)
• Titanic Three (Mentioned)
• Serpent Squad (Mentioned)
• Swordsman (Referenced)
• Scarlet Witch (Wanda Frank) (Referenced)
• Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (Mentioned)
•  Butler Jarvis 
• Agatha Harkness (Mentioned)
•  Hooded figure 
• Enchantress (Mentioned)
• Paul Bunyan (Referenced)
• Attila the Hun (Mentioned)
• Nazi Germany (Mentioned)
  • Adolf Hitler (Mentioned)
• Swordsman (Cotati) (First full appearance) (Unnamed)
• Odin (Invoked)

Races and species:

• Humans
• Asgardians
• Synthezoids
• Grasshoppers (Mentioned)
• Kree (Mentioned)
• Undead
• Insects (Referenced)
• Cotati (First full appearance) (Unnamed)

Locations:

• Prime Marvel Universe
  • Earth
    • Vietnam
      • Saigon
    • Pacific Ocean (Mentioned)
    • United States
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Midtown
              • Fifth Avenue
                • Avengers Mansion
      • White House, Washington D.C. (Mentioned)
      • Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (Mentioned)
• Limbo
  • Labyrinth of Limbo (First appearance)
• Earth-6311 (Mentioned)

Items:

• Mjolnir
• Iron Man Armor Model 3
• Hawkeye's Suit, Bow and Trick Arrows
• Kang Armor
• Visio-Transceiver
• Swordsman's Sword

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Synopsis for "A Quiet Half-Hour in Saigon!"

While the Avengers continue to aid Mantis in learning her true origins in Vietnam, in the realm known as Limbo, Immortus has rescued Kang and Rama-Tut from outside of time. Offering to aid them, Immortus is instead betrayed by Kang who imprisons both Immortus and Rama-Tut.

Kang then uses Immortus' devices to gather his "Legion of the Unliving", super-beings from different points in history, plucked out of time moments before their deaths and put under Kang's control. Among those selected are The Frankenstein's Monster, the original Human Torch, Wonder Man, Baron Zemo, Midnight, and the Ghost.

Back on Earth, Mantis is startled by the appearance of a spectral image of Swordsman, however before the Avengers can try and learn what's going on, they are all plucked out of the present and transported to Limbo inside the fortress of Immortus to do battle against the Legions of the Unliving.

Notes

• This issue contains a Series "A" Marvel Value Stamp: #70 - Super-Skrull.
• This issue also contains a letters page, Avengers Assemble!. Letters are published from Chad B. Goyette, Charley Seavey, Jeff Westfall, Michael Pezzuti, Brian Nelson, and Ken Meyer, Jr.

See Also

• 7 image(s) from Avengers Vol 1 131
• 5 reprint(s) of Avengers Vol 1 131

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