Avengers Vol 1 243

Avengers Vol 1 #243 Published Released May, 1984 February 7, 1984 Editor-in-Chief James Shooter Cover Artist Al Milgrom Joe Sinnott "Chain of Command!" Writer Roger Stern Penciler Al Milgrom Inker Joe Sinnott Colorist Julianna Ferriter Letterer John Morelli Editor Mark Gruenwald Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #242 Avengers #244

Appearing in "Chain of Command!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  •  Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) 
  •  Hawkeye (Clint Barton)  (Leaves team)
  •  Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) 
  •  She-Hulk (Jen Walters)  (Leaves team)
  •  Starfox (Eros) 
  •  Thor (Odinson)  (Leaves team)
  •  Vision (Victor Shade) 
  •  Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) 

Supporting Characters:

•  Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) 
• National Security Council
  • Henry Peter Gyrich
  • Raymond Sikorsky
• ISAAC
• Edwin Jarvis

Antagonists:

• Beyonder (Behind the scenes)
• Unnamed bank robbers

Other Characters:

• Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
  • Sue Richards (Referenced)
• Unnamed journalists
• Hostages
• NYPD Officers
• Richard Nixon (Mentioned)
• Alicia Masters (Mentioned)
• Franklin Richards (Mentioned)
• Black Panther (T'Challa) (Mentioned)
• Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Mentioned)
• The Falcon (Sam Wilson) (Mentioned)
• Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (Mentioned)
• Luna Maximoff
•  Crystal Maximoff 
•  Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) 
• FDNY Firefighters
  • Sullivan
• Devil (Invoked)
•  Iron Man (James Rhodes) 
• President Ronald Reagan (Mentioned)
• Frank Rambeau (Mentioned)
• Maria Rambeau (Mentioned)
• West Coast Avengers (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Synthezoids
• Humans
• Dire Wraiths (Mentioned)
• Beyonders (Behind the scenes)
• Titanians
• Inhumans
• Asgardians

Locations:

• Solar System
  • Earth
    • United States
      • New York State
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Midtown
              • Fifth Avenue
                • Avengers Mansion
            • Central Park
      • West Virginia (Mentioned)
    • Earth Orbit
      • Moon
        • Blue Area of the Moon
          • Attilan
  • Saturn (On-screen)
    • Titan (On-screen)

Items:

• Mockingbird's Suit
• Terrigen Mist (Mentioned)
• Avengers Identicard
• Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows
• Captain Marvel's Suit
• Bio-Synthetic Wings
• Adapted Iron Man Armor Model 4
• Captain America's Shield
• Mjolnir
• Fantastic Four Uniforms

Vehicles:

• Air Force One

Events:

• Secret Wars (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "Chain of Command!"

As acting Avengers chairman, the Vision tries to quell public panic during his missing teammates' absence. Days later, the six Avengers and the other vanished costumed heroes reappear in Central Park. The team then holds a meeting at which the Wasp unexpectedly surrenders the chairmanship to the Vision. The android Avenger then proposes the establishment of a second team on the west coast, headed by Hawkeye, in response to the new threat of the alien Dire Wraiths.

Solicit Synopsis

With the other Avengers missing in a far-off land, what will happen back home when the Vision appoints himself chairman of the mightiest super-team of all?

Notes

• The Vision becomes the chairman of the Avengers.
• The Vision begins the experiments that will eventually connect him to every computer in the world.
• The Vision decides to create a second branch of the Avengers and appoints Hawkeye as its leader. The idea being that two teams can better combat the coming threat posed by the Dire Wraiths.

See Also

• 1 Image(s) from Avengers Vol 1 243
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