Avengers Vol 1 244

Part of the "Wraith War" event Avengers Vol 1 #244 Published June, 1984 Editor-in-Chief James Shooter Cover Artist Al Milgrom Joe Sinnott "And the Rocket's Red Glare!" Writer Roger Stern Penciler Al Milgrom Carmine Infantino Inker Joe Sinnott Colourist Christie Scheele Letterer Jim Novak Editor Mark Gruenwald Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #243 Avengers #245

Appearing in "And the Rocket's Red Glare!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  •  Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) 
  •  Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) 
  •  Starfox (Eros) 
  •  Vision (Victor Shade) 
  •  Wasp (Janet van Dyne) 

Supporting Characters:

• West Coast Avengers
  •  Hawkeye (Clint Barton) 
  • Mockingbird
•  Bill Foster 

Antagonists:

• Dire Wraiths
  • Rocketeers (Host for a Dire Wraith) (Main story and recap)
  • Dr. Woodrow Cather (Host for a Dire Wraith)
  • General William Bridges (Host for a Dire Wraith)

Other Characters:

• Beyonder (Referenced)
• National Security Council (Mentioned)
• Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
• Lockjaw
• Bova (Mentioned)
• U.S. Army

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Synthezoids
• Titanians
• Birds
• Dire Wraiths (Main story and recap)
• Kree (Mentioned)
• Skrulls (Mentioned)
• Inhuman Dogs

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and recap)
  • North America (Main story and recap)
    • United States (Main story and recap)
      • Florida
        • The Cape
          • Kennedy Space Center
        • Banana River
      • Washington, D.C. (Mentioned)
      • California
        • Los Angeles
          • Los Angeles International Airport
      • West Virginia (Recap)
        • Clairton (Recap)
  • Europe
    • Transia
• Dark Nebula
  • Wraithworld

Items:

• Captain Marvel's Suit
• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Wasp's Suit
• Bio-Synthetic Wings
• Scarlet Witch's Suit
• Avengers Identicard
• Quicksilver's Suit

Vehicles:

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier (Only in flashback)

Events:

• Secret Wars (Referenced)
  
  

Synopsis for "And the Rocket's Red Glare!"

Responding to suspected extraterrestrial sabotage at the Kennedy Space Center, the Avengers are on hand to stop a group of terrorists called the Rocketeers, although their foes escape undercover of a disabling mist. Unknown to the heroes, the Rocketeers, actually disguised alien Dire Wraiths, are in their very midst, in the guise of space center technicians. When they stage a second assault on the facility, the Avengers deduce their true identities and capture them, but one of the Wraiths, disguised as a scientist, Dr. Cather, escapes in an experimental ion-drive rocket, unaware that the unstable drive engine is about to explode.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]

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