Avengers Vol 1 96

Part of the "Kree-Skrull War" storyline Avengers Vol 1 #96 Published February, 1972 Editor-in-Chief Roy Thomas Cover Artist Neal Adams "The Andromeda Swarm!" Writer Roy Thomas Penciler Neal Adams Inker Tom Palmer Neal Adams Alan Weiss Colorist Uncredited Letterer Sam Rosen Editor Stan Lee Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers #95 Avengers #97

Iron Man (Tony Stark)	Vision-- Stop! Your android strength--! You'll kill him! You don't know what you're doing!
Vision	Another correction, Iron Man: My brain is a miniaturized, high-speed computer. I always know precisely what I am doing. I-- am-- killing-- him!

Appearing in "The Andromeda Swarm!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers (Main story and recap)
  • Goliath (Clint Barton) (Main story and recap)
  • Vision (Main story and recap)
  • Thor (Odinson) (Main story and recap)
  •  Iron Man (Tony Stark)  (Main story and recap)
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers)  (Main story and recap)
  • Quicksilver (Pietro) (Main story and recap)
  • Scarlet Witch (Wanda) (Main story and recap)

Supporting Characters:

• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Nick Fury
  • Numerous unnamed agents
• Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (Main story and recap)
• Rick Jones (Main story and recap)
• Supreme Intelligence

Antagonists:

• Skrull Empire (Main story and recap)
  • Super-Skrull (Recap)
  • H. Warren Craddock (Recap)
  • Emperor Dorrek VII
  • Skrull Imperial Starfleet (First appearance)
    • Commandant Kalxor (Only appearance)
    • Numerous unnamed members
• Kree Empire
  •  Ronan the Accuser 
  • Various unnamed members
•  Annihilus  (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• Odin (Referenced)
• NYPD (Recap)
• Carol Danvers (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Asgardians (Main story and recap)
• Humans (Main story and recap)
• Synthezoids (Main story and recap)
• Robots (Referenced)
• Skrulls (Main story and recap)
• Kree
• Cyborgs
• Dogs (Mentioned)
• Baboons (Mentioned)
• Arthrosians (Cameo)

Locations:

• Milky Way (Main story and recap)
  • Sol (Main story and recap)
    • Earth (Main story and recap)
      • Earth Orbit
        • S.H.I.E.L.D. Space Station (First appearance)
      • United States of America (Recap)
        • New York (Recap)
          • New York City (Recap)
            • Manhattan (Recap)
              • Manhattan Courthouse (Recap)
        • Vermont (Recap)
          • King's Crossing (Recap) (Unnamed)
            • A farm in King's Crossing (Recap)
      • Asia (Recap)
        • Himalayas (Recap)
          • Attilan (Recap)
      • The Citadel, Arctic Circle (Mentioned) (Destroyed)
    • Jupiter (Cameo)
    • Pluto (Cameo)
• Andromeda Galaxy (Main story and recap)
  • Tarnax (Main story and recap)
    • Tarnax IV (Main story and recap)
• Kree Galaxy
  • Pama System
    • Hala
      • Kree-Lar (Unnamed)
• Negative Zone

Items:

• Captain America's Shield (Main story and recap)
• Iron Man Armor MK III (Main story and recap)
• Mjolnir (Main story and recap)
• Pym Particles (Mentioned)
• Omni-Wave Projector
• Universal Weapon
• Photon Blaster (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Space Station (First appearance)
• Avengers' Quinjet
• Mariner 4 (Referenced) (Topical reference)
  
  

Synopsis for "The Andromeda Swarm!"

Onboard S.H.I.E.L.D.'s space station, the Avengers are granted use of a space shuttle by Nick Fury so that they may travel to the Andromeda galaxy to rescue their captured allies Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch and Captain Marvel.

Traveling through space, the Avengers run into a Skrull armada outside the solar system that engages them in battle. They fight back against the invading force and board the lead Skrull ship.

A channel is opened to the Skrull homeworld. The Emperor addresses them and reveals that he has forced Mar-Vell to create an Omni-Wave projector which he plans to use as a weapon. But it turns out that it was all a trick: Mar-Vell used the device to project a holographic illusion of himself. The real Mar-Vell is fighting to free himself and his new friends.

The Emperor orders his fleet to initiate Plan Delta before cutting off the transmission. Furious over this turn of events and of the danger facing Wanda, the Vision beats the ship’s captain nearly to death. The Avengers intervene and the ship’s captain quickly relates that Plan Delta is a pre-planned operation to decimate the entire planet Earth. Captain America dispatches Goliath on a life or death mission to stop the Skrull craft being utilized in this plot from reaching Earth.

On the Kree homeworld, Rick Jones (captured by the Kree last issue) is brought before Ronan the Accuser. He locks Rick up with the Supreme Intelligence. There, the Intelligence explains to Rick that he is an important part of the Kree-Skrull War and opens a dimensional gate that transports Rick to the Negative Zone. Arriving there, Rick finds Annihilus there waiting for him.

The story is continued in the next issue.

Solicit Synopsis

The startling wind-up to the Kree-Skrull War! A zillion surprise superheroes! And - Rick Jones conquers the universe! The wildest one yet!

Notes

• This is the first issue to feature the modern Avengers logo.
• As with many of the issues from this storyline, the title is an homage to a science-fiction novel or film. This title is a callback to Michael Crichton's "The Andromeda Strain."

See Also

• 5 Image(s) from Avengers Vol 1 96
• 5 Reprints of Avengers Vol 1 96

Footnotes

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