Avengers Vol 1 #52
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That which has been duly sown, shall now be harvested, by the man who killed the trio of Avengers... I... the Grim Reaper!!
- -- Grim Reaper
Appearing in "Death Calls for the Arch-Heroes!"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers (Main story and flashback)
Black Panther (T'Challa)
(Joins team)
Goliath (Hank Pym)
(Main story and flashback)
Hawkeye
(Main story and flashback)
Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
(Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Grim Reaper (Williams)
(First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Baron Zemo (Franz Gruber) (Mentioned)
- Fantastic Four (Referenced)
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- NYPD
- Sleeper (Referenced)
Natasha
- Inactive Avengers
Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(Main story and recap)
Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Thor (Odinson)
- Hercules (Vision)
- Quicksilver (Pietro) (Vision)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda) (Vision)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Recap)
- Baron Zemo (Mentioned) (Main story and flashback)
- United Nations (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- T'Chaka (Mentioned)
- Zeus (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Cheetahs (Referenced)
- Asgardians
- Panthers (Mentioned)
- Human-Olympian Hybrids (Vision)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- Midtown (Main story and flashback)
- Fifth Avenue (Main story and flashback)
- Avengers Mansion (Main story and flashback)
- Fifth Avenue (Main story and flashback)
- NYPD Station
- Unnamed Hospital
- Midtown (Main story and flashback)
- Long Island
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Wakanda (Mentioned)
- South America (Recap)
- Amazon Jungle (Recap)
- Baron Zemo's Headquarters (Recap)
- Amazon Jungle (Recap)
- United States (Main story and flashback)
- Olympus (Mentioned)
Items:
- Panther Habit
- Goliath's Suit (Main story and flashback)
- Hawkeye's Suit (Main story and flashback)
- Wasp's Suit (Main story and flashback)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Grim Reaper's Scythe (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows (Main story and flashback)
- Bio-Synthetic Wings (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 2 (Recap)
- Quicksilver's Suit (Vision)
- Scarlet Witch's Suit (Vision)
Vehicles:
- Grim Reaper's Jet-Equipped Platform (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "Death Calls for the Arch-Heroes!"
The Black Panther travels to the Avengers HQ, passes through the security systems and finds the Avengers dead. He is then caught by the bodies by S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jasper Sitwell and arrested. It is shown that the Avengers were attacked by the Grim Reaper, and put in a special type of coma, that only he can undo. He wishes revenge for the death of his brother: Wonder Man. The Panther breaks free of the police and returns to the Avengers HQ to find the Reaper. They fight and the Black Panther steals the Reaper's coma weapon. He rushes to the hospital, battling policemen, and revives the Avengers. He is then cleared of any charges and joins the team.
Notes
- The Black Panther was last seen in Captain America #100 where Captain America had proposed him for membership in the Avengers.
- The Black Panther wore a complete mask in his adventure with Captain America Tales of Suspense #99/Captain America #100, but he now has a cut mask which shows the lower portion of his face.
- The Grim Reaper appears next in Avengers #78.
- The flashback scene of Wonder Man's death shows Iron Man in his MK IV armor; however, back then, Iron Man was using MK III.
- References: Captain America #100 and Avengers #9
See Also
Recommended Reading
Footnotes
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- Comics
- 1968
- 1968, May
- Silver-Age
- Avengers Vol 1
- Stan Lee/Editor-in-Chief
- John Buscema/Cover Artist
- Sam Rosen/Cover Artist
- Roy Thomas/Writer
- John Buscema/Penciler
- Vincent Joseph Colletta/Inker
- Sam Rosen/Letterer
- Stan Lee/Editor
- Eric Williams (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Avengers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- T'Challa (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Henry Pym (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Clinton Barton (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Janet Van Dyne (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Eric Williams (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Franz Gruber (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Fantastic Four (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jasper Sitwell (Earth-616)/Appearances
- New York City Police Department (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Sleepers (Robots)/Mentions
- Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Steven Rogers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Anthony Stark (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Thor Odinson (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Hercules (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Pietro Maximoff (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Wanda Maximoff (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Simon Williams (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Heinrich Zemo (Earth-616)/Mentions
- United Nations (Earth-616)/Mentions
- T'Chaka (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Zeus Panhellenios (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Homo sapiens/Appearances
- Cats/Mentions
- Asgardians/Appearances
- Leopards/Mentions
- Human-Olympian Hybrids/Minor Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- United States of America/Appearances
- New York (State)/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- Fifth Avenue/Appearances
- Avengers Mansion/Appearances
- Long Island/Appearances
- Queens/Appearances
- Flushing/Appearances
- Stark Enterprises Main Plant/Appearances
- Wakanda/Mentions
- South America/Minor Appearances
- Amazon Jungle/Minor Appearances
- Olympus (Realm)/Mentions
- Panther Habit/Appearances
- Giant-Man's Suit/Appearances
- Hawkeye's Suit/Appearances
- Wasp's Suit/Appearances
- Captain America's Uniform/Appearances
- Captain America's Shield/Appearances
- Grim Reaper's Scythe/Appearances
- Hawkeye's Bow/Appearances
- Trick Arrows/Appearances
- Bio-Synthetic Wings/Appearances
- Iron Man Armor Model 2/Minor Appearances
- Quicksilver's Suit/Minor Appearances
- Scarlet Witch's Suit/Minor Appearances
- Jet-Equipped Platform/Appearances