Avengers Vol 1 49

Avengers Vol 1 #49 Published February, 1968 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist John Buscema Sam Rosen "Mine Is the Power!" Writer Roy Thomas Penciler John Buscema Inker John Buscema Colorist Uncredited Letterer Artie Simek Editor Stan Lee Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #48 X-Men 43 (Story) Avengers 50 (Title)

Only you and I -- of all the oft-sung immortals -- remain to stride thru the gleaming halls of fabled Olympus -- and soon, there shall be none save -- Typhon!

-- Typhon

Appearing in "Mine Is the Power!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Hercules 
  •  Goliath (Henry Pym) 
  •  Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) 
  •  Hawkeye 
  •  Quicksilver (Pietro)  (Leaves team)
  •  Scarlet Witch (Wanda)  (Leaves team)

Antagonists:

• Typhon  (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
  •  Magneto 
  •  Toad 
• Tartaro (Only appearance)

Other Characters:

• Apollo (Invoked)
• Zeus (Only in flashback)
• Various unnamed Olympians (Only in flashback)
• Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (Mentioned)
• X-Men (Mentioned)
• NYPD
  • Charlie (First appearance)
• Edwin Jarvis (Mentioned)
• U.N. delegates
• Whirlwind (David Cannon) (Mentioned)
• Chiron (Invoked)
• Captain America (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Human-Olympian Hybrids
• Titans
• Dragons (Mentioned)
• Olympians (Only in flashback)
• Mutants
• Humans
• Insects (Mentioned)
• Kangaroos (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Olympus (Main story and flashback)
  • City of Olympus (Main story and flashback)
    • Temple of the Promethean Flame (Main story and flashback)
• Earth
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Midtown
            • Fifth Avenue
              • Avengers Mansion
          • Turtle Bay
            • United Nations Headquarters
        • East River
  • Atlantic Ocean
    • Bermuda Triangle
      • Magneto's Island
• Hades (Invoked)
• "Land of Shades"

Items:

• Promethean Battle Ax (First appearance)
• Hawkeye's Suit & Bow and Trick Arrows
• Magneto's Helmet
• Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings

Vehicles:

• Magno-Ship
  
  

Synopsis for "Mine Is the Power!"

Hercules is attacked by Typhon, the cause of Olympus' desertion. Meanwhile, Quicksilver pretends to ally himself with Magneto, they travel to the U.N. and demand that the mutants of the world should be given a nation of their own. The Avengers attack and the Scarlet Witch accidentally gets shot, driving Quicksilver into a frenzy and making him join with Magneto for real. They then leave. Meanwhile, back in Olympus, Hercules is beaten and sent to another world by Typhon.

Notes

• The saga of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch continues in X-Men 43. Quicksilver will fight the mutant Cyclops in X-Men 44. The X-Men, along with Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, will encounter the Avengers in X-Men 45 and Avengers 53.
  

Trivia

• Magneto careens a bullet into his daughter's, Scarlet Witch, head this issue.

See Also

• 5 Image(s) from Avengers Vol 1 49
• 4 Reprints of Avengers Vol 1 49

Footnotes

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