Avengers Vol 1 274

Part of the "Avengers Under Siege" storyline Avengers Vol 1 #274 Published December, 1986 Editor-in-Chief James Shooter Cover Artist John Buscema Tom Palmer "Divided...We Fall!" 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 #273 Avengers #275

Appearing in "Divided...We Fall!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  • Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
  • Captain Marvel
  •  Wasp 
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  • Hercules

Supporting Characters:

• Edwin Jarvis

Antagonists:

• Masters of Evil
  • Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)
  • Fixer (Norbert Ebersol)
  • Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara)
  • Mister Hyde
  • Goliath
  • Moonstone (Karla Sofen)
  • Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss)
  • Blackout (Marcus Daniels)
  • Wrecking Crew
    • Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)
    • Bulldozer (Henry Camp)
    • Piledriver (Brian Calusky)
    • Thunderball
• Tanya Sealy

Other Characters:

• NYPD

Locations:

• Avengers Mansion, Manhattan, New York City, New York State
• Monica Rambeau's apartment, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Janet van Dyne's home, Cresskill, New Jersey

Items:

• Ebony Blade
• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Wrecker's Crowbar
• Thunderball's Ball and Chain
• Porcupine Armor

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Divided...We Fall!"

Zemo systematically takes out Black Knight and Captain Marvel. Captain America and the Wasp are suspicious, but a drunk and angered Hercules walks into Zemo's trap. The heavyweights of the Masters of Evil beat Hercules into a coma. Cap is captured, but Wasp escapes.

Notes

• Second issue of the Masters of Evil's assault on Avengers Mansion.

• Captain Marvel is trapped in the Darkforce Dimension by Blackout.

• The Masters of Evil begin destroying the Avengers Mansion.

• Hercules, angered over Wasp bossing him around (and fueled by a staged discussion with Wrecker in Avengers #273) attempts to take back the Mansion on his own, only to be beaten into a coma by the combined efforts of Goliath, Thunderball, Bulldozer, Mister Hyde, Piledriver, and Wrecker.

• Black Knight and Captain America are taken hostage by the Masters of Evil.

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

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