Avengers Vol 1 277

Avengers Vol 1 #277 March, 1987 Editor-in-Chief James Shooter Cover Artist John Buscema Tom Palmer "The Price of Victory" Writer Roger Stern Penciler John Buscema Inker Tom Palmer Colourist Christie Scheele Letterer Jim Novak Editor Mark Gruenwald Gregory Wright Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #276 Avengers #278

Appearing in "The Price of Victory"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers)  (Main story and flashback)
  •  Thor 
  •  Wasp (Janet van Dyne) 
  • Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
  • Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)
  • Hercules (Only in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

•  Ant-Man (Scott Lang) 
• Edwin Jarvis (Main story and flashback)
• Doctor Druid

Antagonists:

• Masters of Evil
  •  Goliath (Erik Josten)  (Leaves team)
  •  Wrecking Crew  (Leaves team)
    •  Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) 
    • Thunderball (Eliot Franklin)
    • Piledriver (Brian Calusky)
    • Bulldozer (Henry Camp)
  •  Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara)  (Leaves team)
  •  Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)  (Leaves team)
  •  Blackout (Marcus Daniels)  (Death)
  •  Moonstone (Karla Sofen)  (Leaves team)
  •  Fixer  (Behind the scenes) (Leaves team)
  • Mr. Hyde (Mentioned)
•  Super-Adaptoid  (Behind the scenes)

Other Characters:

• Bucky Barnes (Only in flashback)
• Sarah Rogers (Photo)
• NYPD Officers
• Augustus Roman (Behind the scenes)

Locations:

• Avengers Mansion, Manhattan, New York City, New York
• New Jersey Palisades

Items:

• Mjolnir
• Ant-Man's Helmet
• Ebony Blade
• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Wrecker's Crowbar
• Daily Bugle newspaper

Vehicles:

• Baron Zemo's ship
  
  

Synopsis for "The Price of Victory"

The Avengers defeat the remaining Masters of Evil. Zemo loses control of Blackout to Dr. Druid and is forced to face Cap one-on-one. Cap beats him and the Avengers are left to pick up the pieces.

Notes

• The Masters of Evil are finally evicted from Avengers Mansion.
• Blackout's mind is destroyed resisting Baron Zemo's mental dominance.
• Captain America discovers that his footlocker, containing all of his most sacred personal possessions, was destroyed by the Masters of Evil. A repentant Baron Zemo would later use the power of the twin Moonstones to travel back in time and reclaim the footlocker before its destruction and return it to Captain America in Thunderbolts #105.
• The Super-Adaptoid is revealed in Avengers #287 to have been accidentally liberated from a stasis tube inside one of the Mansion's labs during the Masters' occupation, impersonating The Fixer as the MOE is defeated and subsequently incarcerated. In this guise, the Adaptoid is next seen in Avengers #286.
• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for info.^[1]
• Augustus Roman's family died during the battle depicted in this issue.

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