Avengers Vol 1 131

Avengers Vol 1 #131 Published January, 1975 Editor-in-Chief Marv Wolfman Cover Artist Gil Kane "A Quiet Half-Hour in Saigon!" Writer Steve Englehart Penciler Sal Buscema Inker Joe Staton Colorist Phil Rachelson Letterer Tom Orzechowski Editor Roy Thomas Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #130 Avengers #132

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 (Madame Hydra) (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
• Baron Zemo's Suit
• 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
• 4 Reprints of Avengers Vol 1 131

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