Avengers Vol 1 240

Avengers Vol 1 #240 February, 1984 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Al Milgrom Joe Sinnott "The Ghost of Jessica Drew!" Writer Roger Stern Ann Nocenti Penciler Al Milgrom Inker Joe Sinnott Colourist Christie Scheele Letterer Jim Novak Editor Mark Gruenwald Michael Carlin Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #239 Avengers #241

Appearing in "The Ghost of Jessica Drew!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Captain Marvel 
  •  Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) 
  •  She-Hulk 
  •  Starfox 
  •  Vision (Victor Shade) 
  •  Wasp (Janet van Dyne) 

Supporting Characters:

•  Henry Pym 
•  Tigra (Greer Grant)  (Main story and flashback)
•  Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) 
•  Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)  (Main story and flashback)
•  Shroud ( Maximillian Coleridge)  (Main story and flashback)
•  Sorcerer Magnus  (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

•  Morgan le Fay  (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

• Tick Tock (Only in flashback)
• Locksmith (Only in flashback)
• Gypsy Moth (Sibyl Dvorak) (Only in flashback)
• Daddy Longlegs (Ramsey Kole) (Only in flashback)
• Werewolf (Jack Russell) (Only in flashback)
• Poltergeist (Michael Silk) (Only in flashback)
• David Ishima (Only in flashback)
• Lindsay McCabe (Only in flashback)
• Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
•  Thor  (Cameo)
• The Beyonder (Behind the scenes)
• Bill Nelson (Mentioned)
• Morris Walters (Mentioned)

Locations:

• California
  • San Francisco
    • St. Anthony's Hospital
    • Jessica Drew and Lindsay McCabe's apartment (Only in flashback)
• New York State
  • New York City
    • Manhattan
      • Avengers Mansion
      • Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum
• Illinois
  • Chicago
    • Dr. Donald Blake's office
• Louisiana (Mentioned)
• Indiana
  • Unnamed airport
• Astral Plane

Items:

• Cloak of Levitation
• Eye of Agamotto
• Mjolnir

Vehicles:

• Avengers' Quinjet
  
  

Synopsis for "The Ghost of Jessica Drew!"

Everyone has forgotten Spider-Woman's existence, but when her body is found and placed on life-support in a San Francisco hospital, her close friends remember who she is. When her ghost begins appearing, Tigra summons the Avengers, who in turn call on the expertise of Dr. Strange and Dr. Henry Pym. They discover the absence of Jessica Drew's mind, now on the astral plane with the spirit of her sorcerer mentor, Magnus, who had selfishly brought her there for companionship, although he knew there was a chance her body could be revived. Now, at her request, Magnus attempts to pierce Morgan Le Fey's spell, which prevents her from returning to life. Before her spirit can rejoin her body, however, Morgan strikes Magnus down, and Spider-Woman's astral self is transfixed between dimensions.

Notes

• Nocenti credited as "story consultant".

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