Appearing in "Home is the Hero!"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers (Main story and flashback)
- 🢐 Scarlet Witch (Wanda Frank) 🢒
- 🢐 Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) 🢒 (Only in flashback)
- 🢐 Iron Man (Tony Stark) 🢒 (Only in flashback)
- 🢐 Vision 🢒 (Only in flashback)
- 🢐 Captain America (Steve Rogers 🢒 (Only in flashback)
- 🢐 Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) 🢒 (Only in flashback)
- 🢐 Beast (Hank McCoy) 🢒 (Only in flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- 🢐 Wonder Man (Simon Williams) 🢒 (Main story and flashback)
- 🢐 Whizzer (Bob Frank) 🢒 (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- 🢐 Living Laser (Arthur Parks) 🢒 (Main story and behind the scenes in flashback)
- Roxxon
- Brand Corporation
- Numerous unnamed agents
- Brand Corporation
Other Characters:
- Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (Mentioned)
- Living Laser (Android) (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers (Only in flashback)
- Democratic Convention (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Butler Jarvis (Only in flashback)
- Fantastic Four (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
- Pietro Frank (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Squadron Supreme (Referenced) (Only in flashback)
- Whizzer (Referenced) (Only in flashback)
- Liberty Legion (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- All-Winners Squad (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Isbisa (Meke) (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Future Man (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Alice Cooper (Mentioned) (Topical Reference) (Only in flashback)
- Colonel Buzz Baxter (Mentioned)
- Hugh Jones (Mentioned)
- Agatha Harkness (Referenced)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Synthezoids (Only in flashback)
- Mutants (Only in flashback)
- Zuvembie (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Horses (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Rats (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Gorillas (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Donkeys (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Pythons (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Long Island
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- Midtown (Main story and flashback)
- Fifth Avenue (Only in flashback)
- Avengers Mansion (Only in flashback)
- Fifth Avenue (Only in flashback)
- Midtown (Main story and flashback)
- Statue of Liberty, Upper New York Bay (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New Orleans, Mississippi (Mentioned)
- Los Angeles, California (Referenced)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Heaven (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Serpent Crown
- Captain America's Shield (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 4 (Only in flashback)
- Bio-Synthetic Wings (Only in flashback)
Vehicles:
- Quinjet (Only in flashback)
Events:
- World War II (Referenced) (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Home is the Hero!"
Continued from last issue...
In order to get more in tune with the magical nature of her powers, the Scarlet Witch has come to the ruins of the Brant Corporation in order to locate the Serpent Crown, which was lost during their battle against Orka and Roxxon Oil owner Hugh Jones. There she is attacked by the Living Laser, who she is shocked to find alive and well. He manages to collect the Serpent Crown before she can and when Brand Corporation guards attack, he easily blasts them away with his laser powers.
Meanwhile, the other Avengers have returned to Avengers Mansion with the inert body of Wonder Man so that they can study his miraculous resurrection more closely. After taking notice of the crowd of Avengers fans that have gathered outside the Mansion, the group retires inside. The Vision is told that Robert Frank, the World War II hero known as the Whizzer has come to see him. The Vision meets with the Whizzer who has come to ask the Vision if it's possible for making amends with Wanda, whom he thinks is his daughter. However, just after the Vision tells the Whizzer of Wanda's current situation, the old hero is hypnotized by a laser that causes him to go berserk. Thinking that the Avengers are his old foes, the Whizzer attacks Iron Man, Beast, and Captain America after knocking out the Vision. The Whizzer is finally taken down by the Wasp and Yellowjacket who knocks him out with bio-stings in the ear.
When assessing the damage they find that the lab has been damaged as well and that Wonder Man's body is missing. In all the confusion, Wonder Man had gotten up under his own power quietly walked out the back door. He is initially swarmed by a group of Avengers fans who are trying to pull a souvenir off him, however, Wonder Man fights them off and ducks down an alleyway. While back at the Brand Corporation, the Scarlet Witch revives and has to fight off the guards. Although she manages to escape, she is winged on her retreat to warn the other Avengers of the threat posed by the Living Laser and the Serpent Crown.
However, it would appear that Wanda is too late, as the Living Laser, now wearing the Serpent Crown has tracked down Wonder Man and put him under his influence, his intended plot the whole time in a grander scheme to destroy the Avengers once and for all.
This story is continued Avengers Annual Vol 1 6.
Notes
- This story is continued and concluded in Avengers Annual #6.
- In this issue The Scarlet Witch is seen flying. This is explained later as she was wearing an experimental "flying belt".
- Scarlet Witch mistakely conflates the Living Laser with the android based on him, who was created by the Lunatic Legion to battle Captain Marvel, this occured in Captain Marvel #35.
- This issue contains a letters page, Avengers Assemble. Letters are published from Gary E. Sunderland II, David Kern, Gil Brenum, and Kyle Logue.
- As seen on page one, this issue is Story Number C-70.
- This issue contains an advert for Hostess Twinkies featuring Spider-Man battling The Fly.
