Avengers Vol 3 43

Part of the "Kang Dynasty" storyline Avengers Vol 3 #43 Published August, 2001 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist Alan Davis "Global Presence" Writer Kurt Busiek Penciler Alan Davis Inker Mark Farmer Colourist Tom Smith Letterer Richard Starkings Albert Deschesne Editor Marc Sumerak Tom Brevoort Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers Vol 3 #42 Avengers Vol 3 #44

Appearing in "Global Presence"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) 
  •  Jack of Hearts (Jonathan Hart)  (Joins team)
  •  She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) 
  •  Silverclaw (Maria Santiago) 
  •  Stingray (Walter Newell)  (Joins team)
  •  Triathlon (Delroy Garrett Jr.) 
  •  Wasp (Janet van Dyne) 
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers)
  • Thor
  • Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
  • Firebird (Bonita Juarez)
  • Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
  • Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
  • Yellowjacket (Hank Pym)
  • Warbird (Carol Danvers)
  • Vision

Supporting Characters:

• Starlight (Tania Belinskaya)
• Winter Guard
  • Vanguard (Nikolai Krylenko)
• Duane Freeman

Antagonists:

• Presence (Sergei Krylov)
• Atlanteans
  • Attuma
  • Serestus
• Torg the Abominable Snow-King
• Deviants
  • Deviant Army
    • Dulpus (First appearance) (Deviant leader)
• Kang
• Scarlet Centurion (Marcus Kang)
• A.I.M. (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
• Wizard (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)

Other Characters:

• Black Panther (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
• Thing (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)

Locations:

• Russia
  • Kremlin
  • Siberia
    • Khystym
• Canada
  • Prince Edward Island
    • Rollo Bay
• China
  • Wuwei
• Brazil
  • State of São Paulo
    • São Paulo

Items:

• Mjolnir
• Captain America's Shield
• Black Widow's Gauntlets
• Sword of Light
• Shield of Night

Vehicles:

• Damocles Base
  
  

Synopsis for "Global Presence"

The Russian superpower calling himself The Presence has decided to genetically modify the Russian people in an attempt to rebuild his defeated country. The Avengers are divided on many fronts: battling the irradiated Winter Guard, battling Attuma and the Atlantean forces, and battling invading Deviant forces. Meanwhile, Kang and the Scarlet Centurion watch from orbit and continue to orchestrate these attacks.

Notes

• Attuma previously appeared in Citizen V and the V-Battalion #2. He appeared next in Defenders Vol 2 #7.

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