Avengers Vol 1 257

Avengers Vol 1 #257 Published July, 1985 Editor-in-Chief James Shooter Cover Artist John Buscema Tom Palmer "Holocaust in a Hidden Land!" Writer Roger Stern Penciler John Buscema Inker Tom Palmer Colourist Christie Scheele Letterer Jim Novak Editor Mark Gruenwald Howard Mackie Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #256 Avengers #258

Appearing in "Holocaust in a Hidden Land!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  • Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
  • Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
  • Hercules
  • Starfox (Eros)
  • Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)

Supporting Characters:

• Zabu
• Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) (Main story and flashback)
• Shanna the She-Devil (Shanna O'Hara)

Antagonists:

• Terminus (Jorro) (Death) (Main story and flashback)
• Skunge
• Kehl
• Levan
• Gunthar
• Nebula (Space Pirate)  (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Dr. Smythe (Only in flashback)
• Dr. Hopper (Only in flashback)
• Unnamed scientist
• Thanos (Referenced)
• Shanna's unborn child (Mentioned) (Unnamed)
• Skrull Empire (Mentioned)
• Lemurans
• Aerians
  • Lord Typ (Death)
• Devil (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Smilodon
• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Human-Olympian Hybrids
• Termini (Main story and flashback)
• Titanians
• Gnats (Mentioned)
• Laxidazians
• Taurians
• Kree
• Rigellians
• Luphomoids
• Celestials (Mentioned)
• Aerians
• Gods (Referenced)

Locations:

• Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
  • Solar System (Main story and flashback)
    • Earth (Main story and flashback)
      • Antartica (Main story and flashback)
        • Savage Land (Main story and flashback)
          • Ka-Zar's Tree House
          • Pangea
            • Gorahn Sea
            • Lemuria (Destruction)
            • Aerie Shalan (Destruction)
      • Shanghai, China, Asia (Mentioned)
• Andromeda Galaxy
  • Sanctuary
• Olympus (Referenced)
• Hades (Invoked)

Items:

• Captain America's Uniform and Shield
• Wasp's Suit and Wings
• Captain Marvel's Suit
• Ebony Blade

Vehicles:

• Avenger's Quinjet
• Sanctuary
  
  

Synopsis for "Holocaust in a Hidden Land!"

In deep space, Captain Marvel is introduced to Nebula, the merciless mistress of her abductors. Back on Earth, meanwhile, the Avengers follow Terminus into the Savage Land, where they meet Ka-Zar and Zabu, the only survivors of the research group's deadly encounter with the alien. Ka-Zar's wife Shanna is rescued by Starfox, as Terminus, blasting through a plateau, enters the larger jungle region of Pangea and commences to devastate it. The Avengers pursue their quarry, but he easily sweeps their quinjet from the skies, even as the jungle, its artificial environment wrecked, begins to revert to the normal Antarctic climate. When the Black Knight severs the creature's hand with his sword, Terminus is revealed as a robot exoskeleton. Starfox then hurls Hercules at their foe, and the Olympian rips through Terminus's armor, exposing the helpless, hopelessly obese creature within.

Notes

• The Aerie and Lemuria are both destroyed by Terminus.

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