Avengers Vol 1 223

Avengers Vol 1 #223 Published September, 1982 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Ed Hannigan Klaus Janson "Of Robin Hoods and Roustabouts" Writer David Michelinie Penciler Greg LaRocque Inker Brett Breeding Joe Rubinstein Colourist Christie Scheele Letterer Rick Parker Editor Mark Gruenwald Michael Carlin Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #222 Avengers #224

Appearing in "Of Robin Hoods and Roustabouts"

Featured Characters:

• Hawkeye

Supporting Characters:

• Ant-Man
• Marcella "Marcy" Carson (Only appearance)^[1]

Antagonists:

•  Taskmaster 
• Unnamed guards
• Coop

Other Characters:

• Cassie Lang
• Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Mentioned)
• Thor (Mentioned)
• Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
• Tigra (Greer Grant) (Mentioned)
• Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Mentioned)
• Iron Fist (Daniel Rand) (Mentioned)
• Ant-Man's Ants
  • Silver Streak
  • Unnamed ants
• A lion
• Avengers (Cameo)
  •  Captain America  (Cameo)
  •  Iron Man  (Cameo)
  • She-Hulk (Cameo)
  • Wasp (Cameo)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Ants
• Lions

Locations:

• New York
  • Long Island
    • Nassau County
      • Carson Carnival of Traveling Wonders
  • Madison Square Garden (Mentioned)

Items:

• Hawkeye's Suit
• Hawkeye's Bow
  • Trick Arrows
• Ant-Man's Suit
• Ant-Man's Helmet
• Daredevil's Billy Club (Mentioned)
• Wasp's Suit (Cameo)
• Captain America's Shield (Cameo)
• Captain America's Uniform (Cameo)
• Iron Man Armor MK V (Cameo)

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Of Robin Hoods and Roustabouts"

Hawkeye answers a secret message for help from Marcella Carson, now the owner of the carnival where Clint once performed, and discovers the enterprise has been taken over by the Taskmaster as a mobile recruiting center for his training academies. The villain fights Hawkeye to a standstill, then forces his surrender by threatening Marcella. Disarmed, the archer is left to his fate in a cage with an angry lion but is saved by the arrival of Ant-Man, who had been attending the carnival in civilian guise with his daughter. The two then team up to defeat and capture the Taskmaster's men. When their foe launches an explosive-filled dummy from the cannon used in the human cannonball act, however, the heroes are forced to allow him to escape while they prevent its detonation and save the crowd.

Notes

• Inking credited to Brett Breeding & Crew.

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