Avengers Vol 1 251

Avengers Vol 1 #251 Published January, 1985 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Bob Hall Joe Sinnott "Deceptions!" Writer Roger Stern Penciler Bob Hall Inker Joe Sinnott Colourist Christie Scheele Letterer Jim Novak Editor Mark Gruenwald Howard Mackie Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #250 Avengers #252

Appearing in "Deceptions!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers)  (Also in dream)
  •  Wasp (Janet van Dyne)  (Leaves team)
  •  Hercules (Heracles)  (Also in dream)
  •  Vision  (Main story and flashback) (Also in dream)
  •  Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)  (Also in dream)
  •  Starfox (Eros)  (Also in dream)
  • Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)

Supporting Characters:

• ISAAC (Main story and flashback)
• Paladin (also as "Paul Denning")

Antagonists:

•  Baron Brimstone 
• Immortus (Behind the scenes)

Other Characters:

• Tinky Weissman (First appearance)
• Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Dream)
• Dr. Strange (Dream)
• Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Dream)
• Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Dream)
• Ka-Zar (Lord Kevin Plunder) (Dream)
• Namor The Sub-Mariner (Dream)
• The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Dream)
• Thor (Odinson) (Dream)
• Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Dream)
• Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Dream)
• Beast (Hank McCoy) (Mentioned)
• Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) (Mentioned)
• West Coast Avengers (Mentioned)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
• Terminus (Mentioned)
• The President (Mentioned)
• Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
• Moondragon (Mentioned)
• Maggia (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Human-Olympian Hybrids
• Synthezoids (Main story and flashback)
• Titanians
• Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Dream)
• Asgardians (Dream)
• Dire Wraiths (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Midtown
            • Fifth Avenue
              • Avengers Mansion
          • Central Park
            • Tavern on the Green (First appearance)
  • Caribbean Sea
    • Caribbean Islands
      • Utopia Cay
• Titan (Mentioned)

Items:

• Captain America's Shield (Also in dream)
• Captain America's Uniform (Dream)
• Paladin's Stun-Gun
• Mjolnir (Dream)
• Hawkeye's Bow (Dream)
• Eye of Agamotto (Dream)
• Cloak of Levitation (Dream)
• Iron Man Armor MK V (Dream)
• Vision's Encephalatron Command Chair (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• Captain America's Motorcycle
  
  

Synopsis for "Deceptions!"

While his teammates remain wary of his new personality, the Vision secretly plots with ISAAC to create a paradise on Earth by assuming personal control of all its computer systems. At the same time, he is troubled by nightmares in which his human and mechanical selves are at odds. Meanwhile, the Wasp, vacationing in the Caribbean, makes the acquaintance of both Baron Walther Theodoric and Paul Denning who becomes her constant companion. Her suspicions that Paul may be a hit-man out to assassinate the Baron prove unfounded when Denning instead is revealed as the adventurer-for-hire, Paladin, and his quarry as the ersatz mystic criminal Baron Brimstone. Together, Paladin and the Wasp foil Brimstone's scheme to loot the resort casino's vault.

Notes

• Captain America returns to active status on the team.
• Wasp takes a vacation from the team.
• Vision continues his plans to interface with the world's computers.

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Recommended Reading

• Avengers #238

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