Avengers Vol 1 #18
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Appearing in "When The Commissar Commands!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Edwin Jarvis (Unnamed)
Antagonists:
- Commissar (First appearance) (Apparent death)
- Major Hoy (First appearance)
- Sin-Cong Army (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Referenced)
- Thor (Odinson) (Referenced)
- Giant-Man (Hank Pym) (Referenced)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- Mario (Circus Acrobat) (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed Sin-Cong citizens
- Nick Fury (Vision) (Cameo)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Referenced)
- Reed Richards (Mentioned)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Androids
- Humans
- Asgardians (Mentioned)
- Mutants (Mentioned)
- Horses (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth
- Asia
- The State of Sin-Cong (First appearance)
- Sin-Cong Airdome (First appearance)
- Peking, China (Referenced)
- The State of Sin-Cong (First appearance)
- North America
- Asia
Items:
- Hawkeye's Suit, Bow and Trick Arrows
- Scarlet Witch's Suit
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Quicksilver's Suit
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "When The Commissar Commands!"
The Avengers receive a distress call from the communist state of Sin-Cong, which is being ruled by the cruel Commissar. They leave to help but are attacked by the Commissar's troops on arrival. The troops are defeated but the Scarlet Witch falls into a trap and is taken captive.
The other Avengers have to fight one on one with the Commissar to save her. Captain America, Hawkeye and Quicksilver are all bested. The Scarlet Witch then insists that the Avengers aren't defeated as she hasn't fought him yet. Using her hex power, she reveals that the Commissar is a robot and short-circuits him. Sin-Cong is then liberated.
Notes
- All the Avengers were previously seen in Avengers #17 where their search for the Hulk led them into a trap set by the Mole Man.
- Although there is a Captain America story in Tales of Suspense #67, it is a flashback story from World War II.
- This is the only appearance of the Commissar.
- The Avengers are seen again in Avengers #19 where they meet the Swordsman.
- This cover is subtly signed by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. You probably can't see it in this scan. Its on the vase by Captain America's left shoulder.
- Major Hoy's name is Spanish for "today", which is ironic considering he's Chinese.
See Also
Footnotes
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- Comics
- 1965
- 1965, July
- Silver-Age
- Avengers Vol 1
- Stan Lee/Editor-in-Chief
- Jack Kirby/Cover Artist
- Dick Ayers/Cover Artist
- Stan Lee/Writer
- Don Heck/Penciler
- Dick Ayers/Inker
- Stan Goldberg/Colourist
- Artie Simek/Letterer
- Stan Lee/Editor
- Pietro Maximoff (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Avengers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Clinton Barton (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Wanda Maximoff (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Steven Rogers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Pietro Maximoff (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Edwin Jarvis (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Commissar (Android) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Hoy (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Sin-Cong Army (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Anthony Stark (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Thor Odinson (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Henry Pym (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Nicholas Fury (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Reed Richards (Earth-616)/Mentions
- X-Men (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Androids/Appearances
- Homo sapiens/Appearances
- Asgardians/Mentions
- Homo superior/Mentions
- Horses/Mentions
- Earth/Appearances
- Asia/Appearances
- Sin-Cong/Appearances
- Sin-Cong Airdome/Appearances
- Beijing/Mentions
- North America/Appearances
- United States of America/Appearances
- New York (State)/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- Fifth Avenue/Appearances
- Avengers Mansion/Appearances
- Hawkeye's Suit/Appearances
- Hawkeye's Bow/Appearances
- Trick Arrows/Appearances
- Scarlet Witch's Suit/Appearances
- Captain America's Uniform/Appearances
- Captain America's Shield/Appearances
- Quicksilver's Suit/Appearances
- Jet-Stream Cruiser/Appearances
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