Avengers Vol 1 #43
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If I am to accomplish my purpose -- by destroying Captain America -- I must surpass him in every way!
Appearing in "Color Him... the Red Guardian!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Bruiser Bates (Only appearance)[1]
Colonel Ling
- Red Guardian
(First appearance)
- General Brushov
(First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Zeus (Mentioned)
- Ebeneezer Wallaby (First appearance)
- Vernon Van Dyne (Mentioned)
- Dragon Man (Mentioned)
- NYPD (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed clientele
- Odysseus (Referenced)
- Robin Hood (Referenced)
- FBI (Referenced)
- Dionysus (Mentioned)
- Prometheus (Mentioned)
- Apollo (Mentioned)
- The Hydra (First appearance; illusion)
- Thor (Odinson) (Mentioned)
- Pan (Invoked)
- Jarvis (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Human-Olympian Hybrids
- Gods (Mentioned)
- Sheep (Mentioned)
- Dogs (Mentioned)
- Fleas (Mentioned)
- Hydras (First appearance; illusion)
- Demons (Mentioned)
- Ghosts (Mentioned)
- Titans (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth
- United States
- Asia
- Unnamed Eastern power
- Secret Base
- China (Mentioned)
- Unnamed Eastern power
- Soviet Union (Mentioned)
- Poland (Mentioned)
- Finland (Mentioned)
- Hungary (Mentioned)
- Heavens (Invoked)
Items:
- Hawkeye's Suit, Bow and Trick Arrows
- Quicksilver's Suit
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Scarlet Witch's Suit
- Iliad (Topical reference)
- Goliath's Suit
- Wasp's Suit and Wings
- Black Widow's Suit and Gauntlets
- Psychotron
- Visi-Projector
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Color Him... the Red Guardian!"
Quicksilver demonstrates his newfound ability to fly. and Captain America has to prove himself to a skeptical Hercules before he will take orders from him. Cap easily wins Hercules' admiration in a duel.
Sometime later, while most of the Avengers are away from the mansion, Hawkeye gets information about the Black Widow's whereabouts. Anxious to help her, Hawkeye cannot wait for his team mates to return. He sets out to rescue her immediately, with only Hercules in tow.
Meanwhile, Colonel Ling shows a general his newest asset: The Red Guardian. He has been trained and conditioned to be the equal of Captain America in every way but to stand for communism.
Hercules and Hawkeye invade Ling's base. Hercules is lured into the Psychotron. Hawkeye is captured by the Red Guardian, who is dramatically revealed to be the Black Widow's husband whom she thought was dead.
Back in the States, The Avengers learn about Hawkeye's rescue mission and depart to rescue their compatriots.
Notes
- Feldman is credited as Jerry Mann.
- Quicksilver's ability to fly will be short-lived. It will be essentially forgotten about by later writers who never depict him flying after his next departure from the team (in issue #49).
Trivia
- On Page 5, Panel 2, there is a Lord of the Rings references on a fight poster behind Hawkeye, where the combatants are Slammer Sauron and Freddy Frodo.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks
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- 1967
- 1967, August
- Silver-Age
- Avengers Vol 1
- Stan Lee/Editor-in-Chief
- John Buscema/Cover Artist
- George Roussos/Cover Artist
- Stan Goldberg/Cover Artist
- Artie Simek/Cover Artist
- Roy Thomas/Writer
- John Buscema/Penciler
- George Roussos/Inker
- Jerry Feldman/Letterer
- Stan Lee/Editor
- Alexi Shostakov (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Avengers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Pietro Maximoff (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Clinton Barton (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Steven Rogers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Wanda Maximoff (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Henry Pym (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Janet Van Dyne (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Hercules (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Bruiser Bates (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Wai Ling (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Alexi Shostakov (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Yuri Brushov (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Zeus Panhellenios (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Ebeneezer Wallaby (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Vernon Van Dyne (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Dragon Man (Earth-616)/Mentions
- New York City Police Department (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Odysseus (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Robert Locksley (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Dionysus Acratophorus (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Prometheus (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Phoebus Apollo (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Lernean Hydra (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Thor Odinson (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Pan (Olympian God) (Earth-616)/Invocations
- Edwin Jarvis (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Homo sapiens/Appearances
- Human-Olympian Hybrids/Appearances
- Gods of Earth/Mentions
- Sheep/Mentions
- Dogs/Mentions
- Fleas/Mentions
- Hydras/Minor Appearances
- Demons/Mentions
- Ghosts/Mentions
- Titans (Olympians)/Mentions
- Earth/Appearances
- United States of America/Appearances
- New York (State)/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- Fifth Avenue/Appearances
- Avengers Mansion/Appearances
- Lower East Side/Appearances
- Asia/Appearances
- China/Mentions
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/Mentions
- Poland/Mentions
- Finland/Mentions
- Hungary/Mentions
- Heaven (Paradise)/Invocations
- Hawkeye's Suit/Appearances
- Hawkeye's Bow/Appearances
- Trick Arrows/Appearances
- Quicksilver's Suit/Appearances
- Captain America's Uniform/Appearances
- Captain America's Shield/Appearances
- Scarlet Witch's Suit/Appearances
- Giant-Man's Suit/Appearances
- Wasp's Suit/Appearances
- Bio-Synthetic Wings/Appearances
- Black Widow's Suit/Appearances
- Black Widow's Gauntlets/Appearances
- Psychotron/Appearances
- Avengers Aero-car/Appearances
- Twelve Labors of Hercules