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Cover Date

December, 1970

Issue Details

Editor-in-Chief

Stan Lee

You, Medusa -- with the living tresses of incomparable power -- you are the greatest slave of all! Your precious Black Bolt does not even speak -- yet you hang upon his every non-syllable!

—Enchantress/Valkyrie

Appearing in "Come on in... the Revolution's Fine!"

Featured Characters:

Avengers

Supporting Characters:

The Lady Liberators (First appearance)
- ⏴ Enchantress (Amora) ⏵ (Impersonates Valkyrie) (Joins) (Leaves) Template:Flash
- ⏴ Scarlet Witch (Wanda) ⏵ (Joins) (Leaves)
- ⏴ Wasp (Janet van Dyne) ⏵ (Joins) (Leaves)
- ⏴ Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) ⏵ (Joins) (Leaves)
- ⏴ Medusa ⏵ (Joins) (Leaves)

Antagonists:

Masters of Evil

Other Characters:

Queen Casiolena (First Appearance, in Flashback Only)
Dr. T.W. Erwin (First appearance)
Roy Thomas (First appearance)
Jean Thomas (First appearance)
Tom Fagan ⏵ (First appearance)
Odin (Only in flashback)
Executioner (Only in flashback)
Queen of the Nether Worlds (Only in flashback)
Yellowjacket (Henry Pym) (Appears on screen)
Maggia (Appears on screen)
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Mentioned)
Black Bolt (Mentioned)
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (Mentioned)
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc) (Mentioned)
Porcupine (Alexander Gentry) (Mentioned)
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
Hercules (Mentioned)
Inhumans (Mentioned)
Victor von Doom (Mentioned)
Cthulhu (Named only)
Emma Peel (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Humans
Synthezoids
Asgardians (Main story and flashback)
Inhumans
Asgardian-Storm Giant Hybrids (Only in flashback)
Horses

Locations:

Earth
- United States of America
  - New York
    - New York City
      - Manhattan
        Midtown
        Fifth Avenue
        Avengers Mansion
  - Vermont
    - Rutland (First appearance)
      - Merchants Row (First appearance)
    - Miskatonic University
  - Alaska (Mentioned)
Asgard (Only in flashback)

Items:

Black Widow's Suit
Black Widow's Gauntlets
Melting Ray MK II
Sonic Disruptor
Wasp's Suit
- Bio-Synthetic Wings
Radioactive Man's cement gun
Valkyrie's power lance
Parallel-time projector

Halloween Costumers of:

Vehicles:

A chariot

Synopsis for "Come on in... the Revolution's Fine!"

Returning to Avengers Mansion to visit, the Wasp soon finds herself witness to the gathering a new all-female group called the Liberators (consisting of Scarlet Witch, Black Widow, Medusa and newcomer Valkyrie) Who have banned together to battle male oppression. Valkyrie explains that she was a scientist at a male-dominated science lab, and when attempting to show up a chauvinist co-worker, she exposed herself to a chemical that gave her superhuman strength, and so she decided to form this hero group, and has convinced each of her recruits to join by feeding on an apparent double standard in being a super-hero. With all of them siding with her, Valkyrie takes them aboard her chariot and heads off to Rutland, Vermont.

In Rutland, are the male members of the Avengers, who are there attending the annual Halloween festivities where the townspeople all dress up as super-heroes. They are unaware that the Masters of Evil are also in attendance, seeking to capture a hostage in a plot to get revenge on the Avengers for their previous incarceration. While the initial plan fails, and a battle between the two groups starts, the Masters manage to get the upper hand, that is until the Liberators show up.

The newly formed group makes short work of the Masters, and when the Avengers thank the women for saving them, they are attacked and easily defeated as well. Suddenly, Valkyrie knocks out all her comrades and reveals that she is really the Enchantress in disguise. She explains that after her last failed attempt at taking over Asgard failed (in Hulk #102) she and the Executioner were banished to a barren neither world. There, the Executioner abandoned her for the a mysterious woman who appeared to offer the Executioner her love. Feeling betrayed, the Enchantress vowed revenge on all men and used the Valkyrie disguise and the formation of the Liberators to met this end.

The Scarlet Witch frees herself and battles the Enchantress, defeating her by using a hex bolt that redirected the Enchantress' magic back at her. She then frees her fellow Avengers and reveals to them that she realized they were really facing the Enchantress when earlier in the day (as Valkyrie) she called the Wasp a "wench" in a tone that as the Enchantress she used on the Scarlet Witch in a past battle.

Solicit Synopsis

Step aside, guys - 'cause when a quartet of super-powered lovelies are led by the vengeful Valkyrie - you can bet the Avengers are in for trouble!

Notes

On page 8, panel 1 there is a clever addition of someone wearing a Batman costume in a Halloween parade.
The Valkyrie will appear next in Incredible Hulk #142. The Valkyrie will later join the non-team Defenders in Defenders #4 and appear regularly in that series.

Trivia

The Miskatonic University is a reference to the stories of H.P. Lovecraft; it's located in the fictional city of Arkham in Essex County, Massachusetts, was mentioned first in 1922 in "Herbert West - Re-Animator", and is a returning motif in the works of Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.

Links and References

References

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-| Issue               = 83
-| Month               = December
 | Year                = 1970
-| Editor-in-Chief     =
+| Editor-in-Chief     = Stan Lee
-| CoverArtist1        =
+| CoverArtist1        = John Buscema
+| CoverArtist2        = Tom Palmer
+| CoverArtist3        = Morrie Kuramoto
+| Quotation           = You, [[Medusalith Amaquelin (Earth-616)|Medusa]] -- with the living tresses of incomparable power -- you are the greatest slave of all! Your precious [[Blackagar Boltagon (Earth-616)|Black Bolt]] does not even speak -- yet you hang upon his every non-syllable!
-| Editor1_1           = Stan Lee
+| Speaker             = [[Amora (Earth-616)|Enchantress/Valkyrie]]
+| Solicit             = Step aside, guys - 'cause when a quartet of super-powered lovelies are led by the vengeful Valkyrie - you can bet the Avengers are in for trouble!
+| StoryTitle1         = Come on in... the Revolution's Fine!
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 | Penciler1_1         = John Buscema
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 | Colourist1_1        =
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+| Editor1_1           = Stan Lee
+| Synopsis1           = Returning to Avengers Mansion to visit, the Wasp soon finds herself witness to the gathering a new all-female group called the Liberators (consisting of Scarlet Witch, Black Widow, Medusa and newcomer Valkyrie) Who have banned together to battle male oppression. Valkyrie explains that she was a scientist at a male-dominated science lab, and when attempting to show up a chauvinist co-worker, she exposed herself to a chemical that gave her superhuman strength, and so she decided to form this hero group, and has convinced each of her recruits to join by feeding on an apparent double standard in being a super-hero. With all of them siding with her, Valkyrie takes them aboard her chariot and heads off to Rutland, Vermont.
+In Rutland, are the male members of the Avengers, who are there attending the annual Halloween festivities where the townspeople all dress up as super-heroes. They are unaware that the Masters of Evil are also in attendance, seeking to capture a hostage in a plot to get revenge on the Avengers for their previous incarceration. While the initial plan fails, and a battle between the two groups starts, the Masters manage to get the upper hand, that is until the Liberators show up.
-| Quotation           =
-| Speaker             =
+The newly formed group makes short work of the Masters, and when the Avengers thank the women for saving them, they are attacked and easily defeated as well. Suddenly, Valkyrie knocks out all her comrades and reveals that she is really the Enchantress in disguise. She explains that after her last failed attempt at taking over Asgard failed (in [[Incredible Hulk Vol 1 102|Hulk #102]]) she and the Executioner were banished to a barren neither world. There, the Executioner abandoned her for the a mysterious woman who appeared to offer the Executioner her love. Feeling betrayed, the Enchantress vowed revenge on all men and used the Valkyrie disguise and the formation of the Liberators to met this end.
-| StoryTitle1         = "Come On In... The Revolution's Fine!"
-| Synopsis1           = Returning to Avengers Mansion to visit, the Wasp soon finds herself witness to the gathering a new all-female group called the Liberators (consisting of Scarlet Witch, Black Widow, Medusa and newcomer Valkyrie) Who have banned together to battle male oppression. Valkyrie explains that she was a scientist at a male dominated science lab, and when attempting to show up a chauvinist co-worker, she exposed herself to a chemical that gave her super-human strength, and so she decided to form this hero group, and has convinced each of her recruits to join by feeding on an apparent double standard in being a super-hero. With all of them siding with her, Valkyrie takes them aboard her chariot and heads off to Rutland, Vermont.<br>
-In Rutland, are the male members of the Avengers, who are there attending the annual Halloween festivities where the townspeople all dress up as super-heroes. They are unaware that the Masters of Evil are also in attendance, seeking to capture a hostage in a plot to get revenge on the Avengers for their previous incarceration. While the initial plan fails, and a battle between the two groups starts, the Masters manage to get the upper hand, that is until the Liberators show up.<br>
-The newly formed group makes short work of the Masters, and when the Avengers thank the women for saving them, they are attacked and easily defeated as well. Suddenly, Valkyrie knocks out all her comrades and reveals that she is really the Enchantress in disguise. She explains that after her last failed attempt at taking over Asgard failed (in [[Comics:Incredible Hulk Vol 1 102|Hulk #102]]) she and the Executioner were banished to a barren neither world. There, the Executioner abandoned her for the a mysterious woman who appeared to offer the Executioner her love. Feeling betrayed, the Enchantress vowed revenge on all men and used the Valkyrie disguise and the formation of the Liberators to met this end.<br>
 The Scarlet Witch frees herself and battles the Enchantress, defeating her by using a hex bolt that redirected the Enchantress' magic back at her. She then frees her fellow Avengers and reveals to them that she realized they were really facing the Enchantress when earlier in the day (as Valkyrie) she called the Wasp a "wench" in a tone that as the Enchantress she used on the Scarlet Witch in a past battle.
-| Appearing1 =
+| Appearing1          =
 '''Featured Characters:'''
-*[[Avengers (Earth-616)|Avengers]]
+* {{a|[[Avengers (Earth-616)|Avengers]]}}
-**[[Clinton Barton (Earth-616)|Goliath (Clint Barton)]]
+** {{apn|[[Clinton Barton (Earth-616)|Goliath (Clint Barton)]]||Ka-Zar #1}}
-**[[Pietro Maximoff (Earth-616)|Quicksilver]]
+** {{apn|[[Pietro Maximoff (Earth-616)|Quicksilver (Pietro)]]||Ka-Zar #1}}
-**[[Vision (Earth-616)|Vision]]
+** {{apn|[[Vision (Earth-616)|Vision]]||Ka-Zar #1}}
-**[[T'Challa (Earth-616)|Black Panther (T'Challa)]]
+** {{apn|[[T'Challa (Earth-616)|Black Panther (T'Challa)]]||Ka-Zar #1}}
 '''Supporting Characters:'''
-* The [[Lady Liberators (Earth-616)|Lady Liberators]]
+* The {{1st|[[Lady Liberators (Earth-616)|Lady Liberators]]}}
+** {{apn|[[Amora (Earth-616)|Enchantress (Amora)]]|Incredible Hulk #102}} {{impersonates|[[Brunnhilde (Earth-616)|Valkyrie]]}} {{joins}} {{leaves}} {{Flash}}
-** [[Enchantress|Valkyrie]]
-**[[Wanda Maximoff (Earth-616)|Scarlet Witch]]
+** {{apn|[[Wanda Maximoff (Earth-616)|Scarlet Witch (Wanda)]]||Ka-Zar #1}} {{joins}} {{leaves}}
-**[[Janet van Dyne (Earth-616)|Wasp]]
+** {{apn|[[Janet van Dyne (Earth-616)|Wasp (Janet van Dyne)]]|Avengers #75|Avengers #90}} {{joins}} {{leaves}}
-**[[Natasha Romanoff (Earth-616)|Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)]]
+** {{apn|[[Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)|Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)]]|Amazing Adventures Vol 2 4|Amazing Adventures Vol 2 5}} {{joins}} {{leaves}}
+** {{apn|[[Medusalith Amaquelin (Earth-616)|Medusa]]|Silver Surfer #18|Fantastic Four #99}} {{joins}} {{leaves}}
-**[[Medusa]]
+'''Antagonists:'''
-<br/>
+* {{a|[[Masters of Evil (Earth-616)|Masters of Evil]]}}
-'''Villains:'''
+** {{apn|[[Ulysses Klaw (Earth-616)|Klaw (Ulysses Klaw)]]|Avengers #55|Fantastic Four #119}}
-*[[Enchantress]]
-*[[Masters of Evil (Earth-616)|Masters of Evil]]
+** {{apn|[[Bruno Horgan (Earth-616)|Melter (Bruno Horgan)]]|Avengers #55|Iron Man #72}}
-**[[Ulysses Klaw (Earth-616)|Klaw]]
+** {{apn|[[Chen Lu (Earth-616)|Radioactive Man (Chen Lu)]]|Avengers #55|Avengers #130}}
-**[[Bruno Horgan (Earth-616)|Melter]]
+** {{apn|[[David Cannon (Earth-616)|Whirlwind]]|Captain America #130|Marvel Feature #6}}
-**[[Chen Lu (Earth-616)|Radioactive Man]]
-**[[David Cannon (Earth-616)|Whirlwind]]
 '''Other Characters:'''
+* {{g|[[Casiolena (Earth-616)|Queen Casiolena]]|First Appearance, in Flashback Only}}
-* Dr. T.W. Erwin
+* {{1st|[[T.W. Erwin (Earth-616)|Dr. T.W. Erwin]]}}
-* Roy Thomas
+* {{1st|[[Roy Thomas (Earth-616)|Roy Thomas]]}}
-* Jean Thomas
+* {{1st|[[Jean Thomas (Earth-616)|Jean Thomas]]}}
-*[[Tom Fagan]]
-*[[Odin Borson (Earth-616)|Odin]] {{Flashback}}
+* {{apn|[[Tom Fagan (Earth-616)|Tom Fagan]]|-|Thor #206}} {{1st}}
+* {{Flashonly|[[Odin Borson (Earth-616)|Odin]]}}
-*[[Executioner]] {{Flashback}}
+* {{Flashonly|[[Skurge (Earth-616)|Executioner]]}}
-'''Halloween Costumers of:'''
+* Queen of the Nether Worlds {{flashonly}}
-* Nighthawk
+* {{OnScreen|[[Henry Pym (Earth-616)|Yellowjacket (Henry Pym)]]}}
-* Captain America
+* {{OnScreen|[[Maggia (Earth-616)|Maggia]]}}
-* Doctor Doom
+* {{Mentioned|[[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Spider-Man (Peter Parker)]]}}
-* Red Skull
+* {{Mentioned|[[Blackagar Boltagon (Earth-616)|Black Bolt]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Kyle Richmond (Earth-616)|Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Georges Batroc (Earth-616)|Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Alexander Gentry (Earth-616)|Porcupine (Alexander Gentry)]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Captain America (Steve Rogers)]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Hercules (Earth-616)|Hercules]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Inhumans (Inhomo supremis)|Inhumans]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Victor von Doom (Earth-616)|Victor von Doom]]}}
+* [[Wikipedia:Cthulhu|Cthulhu]] {{Named}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Emma Peel (Earth-616)|Emma Peel]]}}
+'''Races and Species:'''
+* {{a|[[Homo sapiens|Humans]]}}
+* {{a|[[Synthezoids]]}}
+* {{Flashback|[[Asgardians]]}}
+* {{a|[[Inhumans (Inhomo supremis)|Inhumans]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[Asgardian-Storm Giant Hybrids]]}}
+* {{a|[[Horses]]}}
 '''Locations:'''
+* {{a|[[Earth]]}}
-*[[Rutland]], Vermont
+** {{a|[[United States of America]]}}
+*** {{a|[[New York (State)|New York]]}}
+**** {{a|[[New York City]]}}
+***** {{a|[[Manhattan]]}}
+****** [[Manhattan#Midtown_Manhattan|Midtown]]
+******* {{a|[[Fifth Avenue]]}}
+******** {{a|[[Avengers Mansion]]}}
+*** {{a|[[Vermont]]}}
+**** {{1st|[[Rutland]]}}
+***** {{1st|[[Merchants Row]]}}
+**** {{a|[[Miskatonic University]]}}
+*** {{Mentioned|[[Alaska (State)|Alaska]]}}
+* {{FlashOnly|[[Asgard (Realm)|Asgard]]}}
 '''Items:'''
+* {{a|[[Black Widow's Suit]]}}
-* <br/>
+* {{a|[[Black Widow's Gauntlets]]}}
+* {{a|[[Melting Ray MK II]]}}
+* {{a|[[Sonic Disruptor]]}}
+* {{a|[[Wasp's Suit]]}}
+** {{a|[[Bio-Synthetic Wings]]}}
+* Radioactive Man's cement gun
+* Valkyrie's power lance
+* Parallel-time projector
+'''Halloween Costumers of:'''
+* [[Thor]]
+* [[Nighthawk]]
+* [[Captain America]]
+* [[Doctor Doom]]
+* [[Red Skull]]
+* [[Invisible Girl]]
+* [[Spider-Man]]
+* [[Sub-Mariner]]
+* [[Daredevil]]
+* [[Dr. Strange]]
+* [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman Batman]
 '''Vehicles:'''
+* A chariot
-* <br/>
-| Notes               = * The Valkyrie will appear next in [[Incredible Hulk 142]].  The Valkyrie will later join the [[Defenders]] in [[Comics:Defenders Vol 1 4|Defenders 4]].
+| Notes               = * On page 8, panel 1 there is a clever addition of someone wearing a Batman costume in a Halloween parade.
+* The Valkyrie will appear next in {{c|Incredible Hulk #142}}. The Valkyrie will later join the non-team [[Defenders]] in {{c|Defenders #4}} and appear regularly in that series.
-| Trivia              =
+| Trivia              = * The [[Miskatonic University]] is a reference to the stories of [[H.P. Lovecraft]]; it's located in the fictional city of [[Arkham (New England)|Arkham]] in [[Essex County]], [[Massachusetts]], was mentioned first in 1922 in "Herbert West - Re-Animator", and is a returning motif in the works of Lovecraft and the [[Cthulhu Mythos]].
 | Recommended         =
 | Links               =
 }}
+[[Category:Halloween]]
-{{ComicsCatFiler}}
-[[Category:1970, December]]