Avengers Vol 3 28

Avengers Vol 3 #28
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Art by: George Pérez and Tom Smith
Release Date	March 29, 2000
Cover Date	May, 2000
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Bob Harras

1. "Long Shadows of Forgotten Spires"
Writer(s)	Kurt Busiek
Penciler(s)	George Pérez
Inker(s)	Al Vey
Colorist(s)	Tom Smith
Letterer(s)	Richard Starkings Comicraft
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort

 Fools! Flee this place, intruders-- Flee, if you value your pathetic, worthless lives! I have dominion over this land-- Total dominion of both the land and its people! And soon, I will command more still-- The very power of the Earth itself! Do not challenge me, fools, on pain of death! Simply go-- And darken my realm... Nevermore! 

—Kulan Gath to Avengers

Appearing in "Long Shadows of Forgotten Spires"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Warbird (Carol Danvers) 
  •  Wasp (Jan van Dyne) 
  • Goliath (Hank Pym)
  •  Iron Man (Tony Stark)  (Main story and flashback)
  •  She-Hulk 
  •  Triathlon  (Main story and flashback)
  •  Scarlet Witch 

Supporting Characters:

• Stark Solutions
  • Happy Hogan
• Edwin Jarvis
• Silverclaw (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

• Kulan Gath
• Kulan Gath's Falconers

Other Characters:

• Elvis (Named only)
• Maria Stark Foundation (Mentioned)
• Triune Understanding (Mentioned)
  • Duane Freeman (Mentioned)
• Gods of the Kamekeri (Mentioned)
  • Inti (Mentioned)
  • Kuat (Mentioned)
  • Viracocha (Mentioned)
  • Manco Capac (Mentioned)
  • Aiomum Kondi (Mentioned)
  • Coniraya (Mentioned)
  • Guecufu (Mentioned)
  • Kanassa (Mentioned)
  • Okonorote (Mentioned)
  • Kulimina (Mentioned)
  • Peliali, the Volcano God (Mentioned)
• Jesus Christ (Mentioned)
• Terrorists (Only in flashback)
• Deke
• Bobbie
• Jaime Santiago (Silverclaw's father) (Only in flashback)
• Firestar (Only in flashback)
• Costa Verdan Ministry Pública de la Información (Voice)
• Yellowjacket (First appearance) (Shadow only)
• Shamahs (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants (Mentioned)
• Gods (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Costa Verde
  • Mountains and hills (Only in flashback)
  • Kamekeri Village (Only in flashback) (Only in flashback)
  • The city (Mentioned)
  • Costa Verde National Airport (Only in flashback)
• United States of America
  • Tennessee
    • Memphis
    • Mississippi River
  • New York State
    • Manhattan, New York City
      • Avengers Mansion
      • Central Park (Mentioned)

Items:

• Iron Man Armor Model 16
• Iron Man Armor Model 1 (Only in flashback)
• Energy shield (Only in flashback)

Vehicles:

• Avenger's Quinjet

Synopsis for "Long Shadows of Forgotten Spires"

The Avengers do a bit of charity work for the Maria Stark Foundation and earn some much needed good PR. Silverclaw must return to her homeland to face a mysterious threat and the Avengers aren't about to let her go alone. Her home village has been radically transformed in a magical city under the control of the wizard Kulan Gath. He has erected a mystical barrier around the city that transforms any who enter into sword and sorcery versions of themselves with allegiance to Gath. They regroup outside the city and Iron Man attempts to bury the hatchet with Triathlon, but he doesn't listen.

Solicit Synopsis

• Responding to a distress call, the Avengers (sporting their new line-up), rocket off to Costa Verde - and run afoul of the sorcerer known as Kulan Gath! The last time he was in our time he transformed Manhattan into a Hyborean-age city full of barbarians... what designs does he have now - and how do they relate to the Volcano God and the origin of Silverclaw?

Notes

• Part 1 of "The Death-Song of Kulan Gath" storyline.

Trivia

• The cover is an homage to Conan the Barbarian #75.

See Also

• 2 image(s) from Avengers Vol 3 28
• 3 reprint(s) of Avengers Vol 3 28

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