—Egghead (Elihas Starr)As far as the world is concerned, Henry, you are now most assuredly a criminal. No one will believe otherwise. Not the police... not even your former friends. You have no one to turn to in this world... except us! Join the Masters of Evil, Henry! We will give you a new life!
Appearing in "Trial and Error!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Masters of Evil
- ⏴ Radioactive Man (Chen Lu) ⏵ (Rejoins)
- ⏴ Moonstone (Karla Sofen) ⏵
- ⏴ Egghead (Elihas Starr) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss) ⏵
- ⏴ Shocker (Herman Schultz) ⏵ (Joins)
- ⏴ Beetle (Abner Jenkins) ⏵ (Joins)
- ⏴ Henry Pym ⏵ (Joins) (Main story and recap)
Other Characters:
- Bob ⏵ (News anchor) (First appearance)
- Geraldo Jiminez (Voice only) (Reporter)
- Prosecutor Ayres (First appearance)
- Judge Shipman (First appearance)
- New York Yankees (Mentioned)
- Dr. Mike Meadows (Mentioned)
- Dragon Man (Mentioned)
- Mister Hyde (Calvin Zabo) (Mentioned)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
- Stark International
- NYPD (Mentioned)
- Moondragon (Heather Douglas) (Mentioned)
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Merv Griffin (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Cobalt Man (Ralph Roberts) (Only in recap)
- Sub-Mariner (Namor) (Referenced)
- Lord / God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Clark Kent
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Asgardians
- Synthezoids
Realities:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- New York State (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Midtown
- Central Park West
- Hawkeye's apartment
- Long Island
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Nassau County
- Long Island Sound
- 13308, McKinley, (Egghead's headquarters)
- Long Island Sound
- Indian Point Energy Center, Westchester County (Mentioned)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- New Orleans, Louisiana (Mentioned)
- Malibu, California (Referenced)
- Chicago, Illinois (Mentioned)
- New Jersey (Main story and recap)
- New York State (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- North America
Items:
- Ant-Man's Suit and Helmet (Only in recap)
- Giant-Man's Suit (Only in recap)
- Yellowjacket's Suit (Only in recap)
- Captain Marvel's Suit
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Mjolnir
- Avengers Identicard
- Iron Man Armor MK V
- Adamantium (Mentioned)
- Shocker's Vibro-Shock Gauntlets
- Beetle Armor MK III
- Hawkeye's Suit, Bow and Trick Arrows
- Wasp's Suit and Wings
- Cerebral Scanner (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- Quinjet (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Trial and Error!"
While both the Avengers and the general public anxiously await the outcome of Hank Pym's trial for treason, Egghead again reforms the Masters of Evil and sends them to the courthouse to free Hank. During the resultant battle with the Avengers, the newly recruited Radioactive Man unleashes a gamma-ray burst which changes the She-Hulk back to Jennifer Walters, thus turning the tide in his allies' favor. Despite the heroes' best efforts, their opponents succeed in spiriting Hank away while deliberately leaving behind a brainwashed Shocker to assert that the former Avenger planned his own escape. Believing that his name can now never be cleared, the captive Hank is seemingly coerced into aiding Egghead's latest scheme.
Notes
- The Masters of Evil kidnap Henry Pym while making it look like he organized the escape.
- Radioactive Man drains the gamma radiation from She-Hulk, forcibly turning her back into Jennifer Walters.
- Captain America visits Iron-Man and becomes concerned with Tony Stark's behavior. Tony later fails to show up in court. This ties in with developments in Iron-Man's own series at the time, as Tony succumbs to alcoholism and James Rhodes takes over as Iron-Man.
- This issue contains an advert for Magic Snake featuring Spider-Man Vs. Magna Mind.