Appearing in "At Last: The Decision!"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers (Main story and recap)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Main story and recap)
- Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) (Yellowjacket in main story and Giant-Man in recap)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Joins group)
- Vision
- Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (Main story and recap)
- 🢐 Captain America (Steve Rogers) 🢒 (Main story and recap)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Frank) (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
- 🢐 Moondragon (Heather Douglas) 🢒
- 🢐 Thor (Odinson) 🢒 (Main story and recap)
- 🢐 Hellcat (Patsy Walker) 🢒
Antagonists:
- 🢐 Shadowed Figure 🢒
- U.S. Army
- General Pollock (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Sam Reuther
- Lava Men (Only in recap)
- 🢐 Thing (Ben Grimm) 🢒
- Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
- Thundra (Mentioned)
- Power Man (Luke Cage) (Mentioned)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Joins Avengers in recap)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Frank) (Joins Avengers in recap)
- Numerous unnamed journalists (Only in recap)
- Bob Frank
- Nuklo (Frank) (Referenced)
- Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Only in recap)
- Swordsman (Only in recap)
- Two-Gun Kid (Matt Hawk) (Only in recap)
- Collector (Only in recap)
- Beetle (Abner Jenkins) (Only in recap)
- Champions
- 🢐 Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) 🢒 (Main story and recap)
- 🢐 Hercules 🢒 (Main story and recap)
- 🢐 Angel (Warren Worthington III) 🢒
- 🢐 Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) 🢒
- 🢐 Iceman (Bobby Drake) 🢒
- Defenders (Mentioned)
- Black Goliath (Bill Foster) (Mentioned)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Only in recap)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only in recap)
- Namor the Sub-Mariner (Only in recap)
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Only in recap)
- Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (Only in recap)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Only in recap)
- Mantis (Only in recap)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Mentioned)
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Mentioned)
- Odin (Mentioned)
- Butler Jarvis
- 🢐 Wonder Man (Simon Williams) 🢒 (Revealed to be alive)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Synthezoids
- Asgardians (Main story and recap)
- Mutants (Main story and recap)
- Lava Men (Only in recap)
- Unidentified alien species (Only in recap)
- Ants (Only in recap)
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Only in recap)
- Fish (Only in recap)
- Human-Olympian Hybrids (Main story and recap)
- Rats (Referenced)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Midtown (Main story and recap)
- Fifth Avenue (Main story and recap)
- Avengers Mansion (Main story and recap)
- Mercy General Hospital (Mentioned)
- Fifth Avenue (Main story and recap)
- Midtown (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- New Mexico (Only in recap)
- Arizona (Only in recap)
- California
- New York (Main story and recap)
- Europe (Only in recap)
- Latveria (Only in recap)
- Castle Doom (Only in recap)
- Latveria (Only in recap)
- Collector's Medieval Castle (Only in recap)
- Atlantic Ocean (Only in recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- Heaven (Invoked)
- Hades (Mentioned)
Items:
- Iron Man Armor Model 4
- Mjolnir
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings (Main story and recap)
- Captain America's Shield (Main story and recap)
- Cat Suit
- Giant-Man's Suit / Goliath's Suit (Only in recap)
- Iron Man Armor Model 2 (Only in recap)
- Thing Exoskeleton
- Hawkeye's Suit, Bow and Trick Arrows (Only in recap)
- Doctor Doom's Armor (Only in recap)
- Swordsman's Sword (Only in recap)
- Beetle Armor MK I (Only in recap)
- Black Widow's Suit and Gauntlets (Main story and recap)
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters (Only in recap)
- Daredevil's Suit and Billy Club (Only in recap)
- Ebony Blade (Only in recap)
- Panther Habit (Only in recap)
Synopsis for "At Last: The Decision!"
Round the clock news coverage about the Avengers' line-up change continues, gaining the attention of everyone including the Fantastic Four's Thing, Robert Frank, the Champions, and a mysterious foe whom is vowing revenge against the Wasp for spurning his love. As the coverage continues, the Avengers continue to deliberate who will be part of the new roster. Captain America decides to stay with the group along with Iron Man.
When Wanda questions if Hawkeye is going to be with the group, Thor explains that Hawkeye previously decided to leave with the Two-Gun Kid so that the 19th Century hero can get accustomed to 20th Century living. The Vision and Scarlet Witch agree to remain with the group. When it comes to the Wasp and Yellowjacket's turn to answer if they are going to stay, the Wasp agrees to stay with the team, but to her surprise, Yellowjacket declines.
When they ask Moondragon if she will join the group, she declines to join due to wanting to explore her birth world some more but tells the other Avengers that they have her as an ally. When they ask the Beast, he glowingly accepts to join the group without question. So does Hellcat, however, Moondragon steps in and tells Hellcat that she has a greater destiny and asks her to join her in training. Hellcat agrees to join as long as she can retain the offer of membership in the Avengers for a later date. Just then Yellowjacket enters the room and confesses that he cannot pass up being a member of the Avengers and agrees to stay on with the group.
With the roster sorted out, Thor, Moondragon, and Hellcat depart and the others address the public as the newest line-up of Avengers. During the press conference, nobody notices a giant crate has been delivered to Avengers Mansion until it smashes open revealing Wonder Man, once thought long dead by the Avengers. The weakened Wonder Man then accuses the Vision of stealing his mind, shocking everyone there.
This story is continued next issue...
Notes
- Like last issue, this issue recaps various parts of the Avengers history, using Sam Reuther as a framing device.
- This the follow-up appearance of former Golden Age hero Bob Frank, he was first reintroduced into the Marvel Universe in Giant-Size Avengers #1.
- The son that Bob Frank references, is Nuklo, who first appeared in Giant-Size Avengers #1.
- This is the first actual appearance of Simon Williams since his "death" in Avengers #9. He had previously appeared as part of the Legion of the Unliving in Avengers #131–132 and Giant-Size Avengers #3.
- This issue contains a letters page which has a letter printed from Michale Koolia, Jr. an Apologia about last issue being a reprint. It also announces that Steve Englehart has been replaced as writer by Gerry Conway who was then serving as Editor in Chief. (Englehart still insists he was not late getting the last issue in on time.)[citation needed]
- Ben Grimm appears as his human self, sitting in his Thing Exoskeleton. (See Fantastic Four #170 for more details)
