Avengers Vol 1 149

Avengers Vol 1 #149 Published July, 1976 Editor-in-Chief Marv Wolfman Cover Artist Ron Wilson "The Gods and the Gang!" Writer Steve Englehart Penciler George Perez Inker Sam Grainger Colourist Hugh Paley Letterer Tom Orzechowski Editor Marv Wolfman Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #148 Avengers #150

Appearing in "The Gods and the Gang!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Thor 
  •  Iron Man 
  •  Captain America 
  •  Scarlet Witch 
  •  Vision 
•  Moondragon (Avengers applicant)
•  Beast (Avengers applicant)

Supporting Characters:

• Hellcat
• Edwin Jarvis

Antagonists:

•  Orka 
• Roxxon-Brand Corporation
  • Hugh Jones
  • Buzz Baxter
  • soldiers

Other Characters:

• Nelson Rockefeller
•  Squadron Supreme  (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  • Hyperion (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  •  Amphibian  (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  • Tom Thumb (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  • Lady Lark (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  • Dr. Spectrum (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  • Whizzer (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  • Golden Archer (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)

Locations:

• Long Island
• Avengers Mansion
• Earth-712

Items:

• Mjolnir
• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Iron Man Armor MK IV
• Serpent Crown
• Cat Suit
• Electro-Incinerogram

Vehicles:

• Brand's Tracto-Mek
  
  

Synopsis for "The Gods and the Gang!"

Continued from last issue...

As the Avengers and Hellcat return to their home reality following their clash with the Squadron Supreme, Thor and Moondragon also return to Avengers Mansion. There Moondragon continues to question why Thor spends his time living among "mere mortals" and accuses him of "slumming". Thor once more brushes off this assertion and learns from Jarvis that the other Avengers had gone to the Brant Corporation to investigate their involvement with Roxxon Oil, sending both Thor and Moondragon to see how the others are doing.

The others have rematerialized at the Brand Corporation headquarters and are facing off to an army of troops hired by Hugh Jones. As the Avengers fight through these foes, Hugh Jones makes a mental link with Nelson Rockefeller on the Squadron Supreme's Earth to find out what had happened, and learns the Squadron Supreme had turned on him and deposed him as President of the United States. With no other choice, Hughes unleashes his newest super-powered agent, Orca. He knocks out all the Avengers present and they are taken into Hughes' custody.

Thor and Moondragon arrive, and the two battle Orca. Moondragon keeps Orca at bay with her mental powers and tells Thor to rescue the others, however, the Thunder God is forced to turn back when Orca manages to shake off the mental attack and strike Moondragon. In a fury, Thor unleashes all his godly might in fighting Orca. As Thor and Orca fight on the other Avengers are hooked up to an Electro-Incinerogram device that will incinerate them into ashes. When Hughes leaves the Avengers under the supervision of Buzz Baxter, Hellcat revives and breaks free. After a brief fight with her ex-husband, she manages to have him at her mercy and she demands that he lets the Avengers free.

Just then Thor manages to defeat Orca in battle, landing a blow powerful enough to knock the mutated Atlantean out. In the climax of the battle, Thor begins to realize that there is perhaps some truth in what Moondragon has been saying all along. Watching the battle on his monitor, Hugh Jones orders Baxter to kill the Avengers, however when he gets no response he rushes to the other room to find that the Avengers have been freed.

With the battle over and Hugh Jones turned over to the authorities, Hellcat comes to terms with her failed marriage and Thor tells the others that he has realized that he is destined for bigger things. Realizing that they need to secure a new roster of Avengers, the group heads back to Avengers Mansion to come to a conclusion on who should be in the next line-up of Earth's Mightiest Heroes...

Notes

• This issue contains a letters page, Avengers Assemble. Letters are published from Chris Jarocha, Ed Via, Roger Schoolcraft and Richie Howell.
• As seen on page one, this issue is Story # JV-370.
• This issue contains Twinkies advert featuring Captain America, Red Skull & a Cosmic Cube.
• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]

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