Avengers Vol 1 259

Avengers Vol 1 #259 Published September, 1985 Editor-in-Chief James Shooter Cover Artist John Buscema Tom Palmer "Duty Over All!" 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 #258 Avengers #260

Appearing in "Duty Over All!"

Featured Characters:

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

Supporting Characters:

• Firelord (Pyreus Kril)
• Edwin Jarvis
• Skrull Empire (Main story and flashback)
  • Governor Gorth (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
  • Numerous unnamed Skrulls (Main story and flashback)
  • Skrull Imperial Starfleet (Main story and flashback)
    • General Zedrao

Antagonists:

• Nebula (Space Pirate) (Main story and recap)
• Gunthar
• Levan

Other Characters:

• Thanos (Mentioned)
• Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
•  She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) 
• Wyatt Wingfoot
• Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Mentioned)
• Mrs. Fantastic (Sue Storm) (Mentioned)
• High Evolutionary (Herbert Wyndham) (Mentioned)
• Galactus (Galan) (Mentioned)
• Mentor (A'Lars) (Mentioned)
• Thor (Odinson) (Mentioned)
• Marge (First appearance)
• Galactus (Recap)

Races and Species:

• Luphomoids (Main story and flashback)
• Rigellians (Main story and recap)
• Kree (Main story and recap)
• Xandarians
• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Human-Olympian Hybrids
• Titanians
• Skrulls (Main story and flashback)
• Horses (Mentioned)
• Taa-ans (Recap)
• Angels (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Andromeda Galaxy (Main story and flashback)
  • Base Planetoid (Flashback and main story; destruction in main story)
  • Xandar, Tranta (Mentioned)
  • Skrull colony world
  • Tarnax (Recap)
    • Tarnax IV (Recap) (Destruction)
• Milky Way
  • Solar System
    • Earth
      • United States of America
        • New York
          • New York City
            • Manhattan
              • Midtown
                • Fifth Avenue
                  • Avengers Mansion
      • Wundagore Mountain, Transia, Balkans, Europe (Mentioned)
      • Earth Orbit
    • Titan, Saturn) (Mentioned)

Items:

• Firelord's Staff
• Captain America's Uniform and Shield
• Wasp's Suit and Wings
• Ebony Blade
• Captain Marvel's Suit
• Sub-Space Transmitter (Only in flashback)

Vehicles:

• Sanctuary
• Atomic Steed
• Avenger's Quinjet
• Titanian's ship
• Skrull Command Saucer
• Skrull Saucers

Events:

• Kree-Skrull War (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "Duty Over All!"

Receiving Captain Marvel's message, the Avengers, accompanied by Firelord, rocket to the Andromeda Galaxy in a Titanian starship piloted by Starfox. Once reunited with her teammates, Captain Marvel presents them to the Skrulls' leader. General Zedrao, who tells them how, after Galactus's destruction of their throneworld, the ruthless Nebula and her mercenaries had taken over world after world of the shattered Skrull Empire. Although Captain Marvel had engineered a ruse making it seem that Nebula had destroyed Zedrao's base, Nebula is still at large and in command of Thanos's immensely powerful ship. Thus, although neither side truly trusts the other, the Avengers and the Skrulls become allies against their mutual foe.

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