Avengers Vol 1 218

Avengers Vol 1 #218 Published April, 1982 Editor-in-Chief James Shooter Cover Artist Don Perlin "Born Again (And Again and Again...)" Writer J.M. DeMatteis James Shooter Penciler Don Perlin Colourist Christie Scheele Letterer Joe Rosen Editor Jim Salicrup Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #217 Avengers #219

Appearing in "Born Again (And Again and Again...)"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) 
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  •  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 
  •  Thor (Odinson) 

Supporting Characters:

• Edwin Jarvis

Antagonists:

•  Morgan MacNeil Hardy  (Main story and recap)
• Andy
• Tepper

Other Characters:

• Odin (Invoked)
• General Nelson
• Harold Becker (Recap)
• Ursula Richards (Recap)
• Phillip le Guin (Recap)
• Eva Krauss (Recap)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
• NASA
• God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• Heimdall (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and recap)
• Mutants (Main story and recap)
• Asgardians
• Demons (Invoked)

Locations:

• Sol (Main story and recap)
  • Earth (Main story and recap)
    • United States (Main story and recap)
      • New York (Main story and recap)
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Midtown
              • Fifth Avenue
                • Avengers Mansion
        • Appalachian Mountains (Recap)
          • Catskill Mountains (Recap)
            • Waldheim Hotel (Recap)
      • California (Recap)
        • San Francisco (Recap)
      • Florida
        • Cape Canaveral
      • Washington, D.C. (Mentioned)
  • Sun
• Asgard (Mentioned)

Items:

• Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
• Iron Man Armor Model 4
• Mjolnir
• Captain America's Uniform and Shield

Vehicles:

• Star Core Three (First appearance)
  
  

Synopsis for "Born Again (And Again and Again...)"

A small boy appears at the mansion demanding to see the Avengers. On a whim, the Wasp admits him, but when the heroes refuse to take him seriously, he puts a gun to his head and commits suicide. His body instantly disintegrates, then reforms as if from nothing, and the Avengers realize that he is truly what he claims to be: a man who cannot die. Among his many past identities is that of Captain America's recent antagonist, Morgan MacNeil Hardy. Reborn continuously through the ages, his current incarnation is the first to remember all his previous lives and is slowly being driven insane.

When the Avengers do not agree to help him find the peace of permanent death, "Hardy" steals away and, days later, reappears at Cape Canaveral, where he stows away aboard a NASA solar probe about to be launched. Causing the probe to crash into the sun does not grant him the death he seeks, however, but instead transforms him into a fiery behemoth that returns to Earth and wreaks havoc in midtown Manhattan. The Avengers battle the monster and appear to destroy it, but "Hardy" reforms once again as a small boy, now apparently amnesiac.

Notes

• This issue contains an advert for Hostess Fruit Pies featuring Daredevil Vs "Baby Face" Johnny.

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