Avengers Vol 1 256

Avengers Vol 1 #256 Published June, 1985 Editor-in-Chief James Shooter Cover Artist John Buscema Tom Palmer "This Power Unleashed!" Writer Roger Stern Penciler John Buscema Inker Tom Palmer Colourist Christie Scheele Letterer Jim Novak Editor Mark Gruenwald Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #255 Avengers #257

Appearing in "This Power Unleashed!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Hercules 
  •  Black Knight (Dane Whitman)  (Joins team)
  •  Wasp (Janet van Dyne) 
  •  Starfox (Eros) 
  •  Captain America (Steven Rogers) 
  • Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)

Supporting Characters:

• Apollo
• Edwin Jarvis

Antagonists:

• Levan
• Skunge
• Terminus (Jorro)  (Cameo) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Zeus (Mentioned)
• Hermes (Mentioned)
• Hephaestus Aetnaeus (Mentioned)
• U.S. Army (Mentioned)
• Lord (Invoked)
• Charlie, practice robot
• Hank Pym (Mentioned)
• Maelstrom (Mentioned)
• Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
• Thor (Odinson) (Mentioned)
• National Security Council
  •  Agent Colby 
  • Sid Ward (First appearance)
  • Raymond Sikorski (Mentioned)
• Vision (in Black Knight's thoughts)
• Scarlet Witch (in Hercules' thoughts)
• Bowery Boys (Referenced) (Topical reference)
• NORAD (Mentioned)
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
• God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
•  Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) 
• Zabu
• Dr. Smythe (First appearance)
• Dr. Hopper (First appearance)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Olympians
• Horses
• Human-Olympian Hybrids
• Robots
• Titanians
• Synthezoids (in Black Knight's thoughts)
• Pigeons (Mentioned)
• Kree
• Laxidazians
• Smilodon
• Dinosaurs
• Termini (Cameo)

Locations:

• Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
  • Solar System (Main story and flashback)
    • Earth (Main story and flashback)
      • North America
        • United States of America
          • New York
            • New York City
              • Manhattan
                • Midtown
                  • Fifth Avenue
                    • Avengers Mansion
                  • Baxter Building, 42nd Street and Madison Avenue (Mentioned)
              • New York Harbor (Cameo)
          • Washington, D.C. (Mentioned)
        • Gulf of Mexico (Referenced)
      • Shanghai, China, Asia (Referenced)
      • Antarctica
        • Larsen Ice Shelf (First appearance)
        • Savage Land
      • South Atlantic (Main story and flashback)
        • Falkland Islands (First appearance)
• Olympus (Mentioned)
• Heavens (Invoked)

Items:

• Ebony Blade
• Wasp's Suit and Wings
• Iron Man Armor Model 4 (Mentioned)
• Captain America's Uniform and Shield
• Captain Marvel's Suit

Vehicles:

• Captain America's Motorcycle
• Sanctuary
• Avenger's Quinjet
• Chariot of Hermes
  
  

Synopsis for "This Power Unleashed!"

The Olympian Apollo visits Avengers Mansion, bringing Hercules a new costume to replace his previous garb, shredded in battle. Then, at the team's regular meeting, the Wasp is reinstated as chairman and the Black Knight officially rejoins the roster. The team is then summoned to the site of a South Atlantic shipwreck, where they learn of a monstrous extraterrestrial menace called Terminus. Following the mystery being's trail, they rescue the staff of a wrecked Antarctic research station and deduce that their quarry has entered the hidden primeval jungle known as the Savage Land, where, at that very moment, the giant alien menaces a party of researchers and their guide, Ka-Zar.

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