Avengers Vol 1 43

Avengers Vol 1 #43
Previous Issue	Avengers #42
Next Issue	Avengers #44
Art by: John Buscema, George Bell, Stan Goldberg and Artie Simek
Release Date	June 8, 1967
Cover Date	August, 1967
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Stan Lee

1. "Color Him... the Red Guardian!"
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas
Penciler(s)	John Buscema
Inker(s)	George Bell
Colorist(s)	Uncredited
Letterer(s)	Jerry Feldman
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

 If I am to accomplish my purpose -- by destroying Captain America -- I must surpass him in every way! 

—Red Guardian (Alexi Shostakov)

Appearing in "Color Him... the Red Guardian!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Quicksilver (Pietro) 
  •  Hawkeye 
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  •  Scarlet Witch (Wanda) 
  •  Goliath (Hank Pym) 
  •  Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) 

Supporting Characters:

•  Hercules 
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  •  Black Widow (Natasha) 

Antagonists:

• Bruiser Bates (Only appearance)
•  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
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Midtown
            • Fifth Avenue
              • Avengers Mansion
          • Lower East Side
            • Sleazy bar
  • Asia
    • Unnamed Eastern power
      • Secret Base
    • China (Mentioned)
  • Soviet Union (Mentioned)
  • Poland (Mentioned)
  • Finland (Mentioned)
  • Hungary (Mentioned)
• Heavens (Invoked)

Items:

• Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows
• Captain America's Shield
• Iliad (Topical reference)
• Goliath's Suit
• Wasp's Suit and Wings
• Black Widow's Gauntlets
• Psychotron
• Visi-Projector

Vehicles:

• Avengers Aero-car

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

• 5 image(s) from Avengers Vol 1 43
• 6 reprint(s) of Avengers Vol 1 43

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