Avengers Vol 1 138

Avengers Vol 1 #138 Published August, 1975 Editor-in-Chief Len Wein Cover Artist Gil Kane Mike Esposito "Stranger in a Strange Man!" Writer Steve Englehart Penciler George Tuska Inker Vince Colletta Colourist George Roussos Letterer Charlotte Jetter Editor Len Wein Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #137 Avengers #139

Appearing in "Stranger in a Strange Man!"

Featured Characters:

• Beast (Hank McCoy) (Avengers applicant)
• Moondragon (Heather Douglas) (Avengers applicant)
• Avengers (Main story and recap)
  •  Thor (Odinson)  (Main story and recap)
  •  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 
  • Yellowjacket (Hank Pym)
  •  Scarlet Witch (Wanda Frank) 
  •  Vision  (Cameo)

Antagonists:

• Toad (Main story and flashback) (Impersonates Stranger)

Other Characters:

• Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Referenced)
• Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
• CBS
  • Sam Reuther
• Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Mentioned)
• Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (Mentioned)
• X-Men (Referenced)
• Madonna (Mantis) (Mentioned)
• Stark Industries (Mentioned)
• Edna Andrews (Mentioned)
• Good Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• Mandarin (Mentioned)
• Stranger (Cosmic Being) (Recap)
• Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Recap)
  • Magneto (Max Eisenhardt) (Recap)
  • Quicksilver (Pietro Frank) (Recap)
  • Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde) (Referenced)
• Arkon (Recap)
• Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Recap)

Races and species:

• Mutants (Main story and flashback)
• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Asgardians
• Lions (Mentioned)
• Titans (Referenced)
• Spiders (Mentioned)
• Mice (Mentioned)
• Elephants (Mentioned)
• Gigantians (Recap)
• Sentinels (Referenced)
• Polemachians (Recap)

Locations:

• Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
  • Solar System (Main story and recap)
    • Earth (Main story and recap)
      • United States (Main story and recap)
        • New York (Main story and recap)
          • New York City (Main story and recap)
            • Manhattan
              • Midtown
                • City General Hospital (First appearance)
                • Fifth Avenue
                  • Avengers Mansion
        • Florida
          • Florida Keys
      • Earth Orbit
      • Europe (Recap)
      • Polemachus (Recap)
      • South Pacific (Cameo)
        • French Polynesia (Cameo)
          • Rurutu (Cameo)
    • Titan, Saturn (Referenced)
• Stranger's prison planet (Only in flashback)

Items:

• Mjolnir
• Iron Man Armor Model 3
• Yellowjacket's Suit
• Scarlet Witch's Suit (Recap and vision)
• Magneto's Helmet (Recap)
• Quicksilver's Suit (Recap)
• Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Recap)

Vehicles:

• Avenger's Quinjet
  
  

Synopsis for "Stranger in a Strange Man!"

Continued from last issue.. The Wasp is rushed to the hospital following an attack on the group by the Stranger who had come seeking the Scarlet Witch. Wanting revenge, Yellowjacket takes a team of Avengers to try and find the Stranger before he can attack again, or find the location of Vision and the Scarlet Witch who are off on a honeymoon.

Taking the fight to the Stranger, the group finds the Stranger's inconsistent abilities a mystery until their final confrontation aboard the Strangers ship where, thanks to the Beasts ingenuity, is revealed not to be the Stranger at all, but the Toad in disguise. Easily defeating the Toad, the Avengers learn that following Toad's last encounter with the Avengers, he traveled back to the Strangers world and stole technology in order to get back at the Scarlet Witch for turning down his advances and never being interested in him.

Trivia

• The images on this cover (minus Moondragon) were used for one of the Avengers 1977 7-11 Slurpee cups.

See Also

• 1 Image(s) from Avengers Vol 1 138
• 3 Reprints of Avengers Vol 1 138

Footnotes

---

Like this? Let us know!

---