Giant-Size Avengers Vol 1 1

Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
  - United States of America (Main story and flashback)
    - New York (Main story and flashback)
      - New York City (Main story and recap)
        Manhattan (Main story and recap)
        Midtown (Main story and recap)
        Fifth Avenue (Main story and recap)
        Avengers Mansion (Main story and recap)
        
        Brooklyn
        Coney Island
        
        Queens
    - Nevada (Only in recap)
      - Yucca Flat (Only in recap)
    - Oak Ridge (Referenced)
    - Los Alamos (Referenced)
  - Southern Ocean (Only in recap)
    - Atlantis (Tha-Korr) (Only in recap)
  - Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan, Asia (Referenced)
  - Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, Asia (Referenced)
  - Eniwetok, Pacific Ocean (Referenced)
  - Siberia, Russia, Asia (Referenced)
  - Europe (Only in flashback)
    - Transia (Only in flashback)
      - Wundagore Mountain (Only in flashback)
        Citadel of Science (Only in flashback)
- Heaven (Invoked)
Earth-TRN698 (Only in recap)

Items:

Mjolnir (Main story and recap)
Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Main story and recap)
Iron Man Armor MK III
Scarlet Witch's Suit (Main story and recap)
Chrono-Module (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Magneto's Helmet (Only in recap)
X-Uniforms (Only in recap)
Quicksilver's Suit (Only in recap)

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Nuklo -- The Invader That Time Forgot"

An intruder at Avengers Mansion brings together Captain America and a group of other Avengers to meet the invader trying to get hold of a Chrono Module device left in the Avengers care. To everyone's surprise, the intruder turns out to be Cap's old World War 2 ally, the Whizzer. After a brief battle, the Whizzer tells the Avengers of the final days of the All-Winners Squad, and their battles against Isbisa, Future Man and Madam Death. Whizzer then tells of how after the group disbanded he and Miss America were married and joined the CIA, and during a nuclear test both were exposed to powerful radiation. When Miss America got pregnant, their son proved to be lethally radioactive and it is he who was put into the Chrono Module, and that the Whizzer had come to prevent his mutated son from escaping its confines.

However, it is too late and Nuklo frees itself and attacks the Whizzer and the Avengers, injuring the Whizzer and escaping. As the Avengers go off to stop Nuklo, the Scarlet Witch takes the Whizzer to a hospital where she learns that at one point Miss America was once more pregnant and the two of them traveled to Wundagore Mountain to seek the aid of the High Evolutionary. Although Miss America died, the Whizzer was presented with twin children, whom the Whizzer assumes are the Scarlet Witch and her brother Quicksilver.

Meanwhile, the Avengers split up into groups to find Nuklo, and amazingly each group finds their own Nuklo to battle, the creature having split into three parts. The Avengers manage to battle each counterpart into fleeing until the three merge back together and attack the Avengers at full strength. Although the Avengers are easily defeated by Nuklo, Whizzer and Scarlet Witch arrive to save the day. The Witch uses her mutant hex power against Nuklo which appears to kill the creature. Afterward, Whizzer is returned to the hospital to recover, where he asks Scarlet Witch to look after her brother.

Appearing in "The Magician and the Maiden!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Tales to Astonish #58

Featured Characters:

Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)

Supporting Characters:

Giant-Man (Hank Pym)

Antagonists:

Magician

Other Characters:

Egghead (Photo)
Black Knight (Professor Garrett) (Photo)
Human Top (Photo)
Pilai (Photo)
Porcupine (Alex Gentry) (Photo)
Ant-Man's Ants
NYPD

Races and Species:

Humans
Ants

Locations:

Prime Marvel Universe
- Milky Way
  - Sol System
    - Earth
      - United States of America
        New York
        New York City
        Manhattan
        Henry Pym's Laboratory
        
        Benson's Department Store
        
        Mount Rushmore (Referenced)

Items:

Wasp's Suit and Wings
Magicians's Wand
Magicians's Opto-Ray Magnifying Glasses

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Magician and the Maiden!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Tales to Astonish #58

One day the Wasp is looking at a series of pictures of her and Giant-Man's many foes which hang on the wall of their headquarters. Hearing that the Magician has escaped, she takes down his picture. She soon hears a radio report about a local clothing store that is selling Wasp-inspired clothing.

Meanwhile, Henry Pym, out on other business, hears the news and sends a message to the Wasp to stay home until the Magician is caught. Getting the message, the Wasp disregards it, to check out the clothing display. Arriving at the store, she is attacked by the Magician, who attempts to capture her.

The Wasp makes short work of him, using quick thinking and the store's many toys to take down the crook, who is promptly arrested. She comes home in time to meet Henry, jumping into his arms after realizing that he hadn't heard that the Magician had been captured, while sarcastically saying that she can never do anything without his help.

Appearing in 3rd story

Reprint of the 1st story from
Human Torch Comics #33

Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for 3rd story

Reprint of the 1st story from
Human Torch Comics #33

Synopsis not yet written

Notes

Iron Man mentions his previous encounter with another Whizzer (James Sanders), in Defenders #13-14.
"The Ray of Madness" is a Golden Age Human Torch story (also starring Captain America and Sun Girl). This story originally appeared as Story #1 in Human Torch Comics #33.
The "Wasp" story from Tales to Astonish #58, "The Magician and the Maiden," is the second comic story in that issue.
The Maximoff twins origins are delved into for the first time, Robert Frank mistakenly tells Wanda they are his two lost children he left behind at the Wundagore Mountain in Transia. This later would be disputed in Avengers #182 by Django Maximoff and later expanded upon in Avengers #185-187. This was followed up in Vision and the Scarlet Witch #4, in this issue it is revealed that Magneto is their father, which in turn would be retconned decades later in Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #7 including their mutant status, leaving their true paternal parentage unresolved. Wanda would eventually meet their mother's spirit in Scarlet Witch #3. But at this point, they erroneously thought the family had reunited after all these years.

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