Ms. Marvel Vol 1 18

Ms. Marvel Vol 1 #18 Published June, 1978 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Dave Cockrum Jim Novak "The St. Valentine's Day/Avengers Massacre!" Writer Chris Claremont Penciler Jim Mooney Inker Ricardo Villamonte Colourist Phil Rache Letterer Denise Wohl Editor Jim Shooter Previous Issue Next Issue Ms. Marvel #17 Ms. Marvel #19

... Raven Darkholme is not a woman to be trifled with.

-- Mystique

Appearing in "The St. Valentine's Day/Avengers Massacre!"

Featured Characters:

•  Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) 

Supporting Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) 
  •  Wonder Man (Simon Williams) 
  •  The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) 
  •  Scarlet Witch (Wanda Frank) 
  •  The Vision 

Antagonists:

• Centurion (Geoffrey Ballard)
• Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (First full appearance)

Other Characters:

• Woman Magazine (Referenced)
  • Frank Gianelli (Referenced)
  • Tracy Burke (Referenced)
• Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
• Lord (Invoked)
• Dinah Chapin (First appearance; on-screen)
• United States Department of Defense (Referenced)
• United States Government (Mentioned)
• Kree Empire
  • Bun-Dall
  • Kree Science Council
    • Phae-Dor
  • Supreme Intelligence
• Thor (Odinson) (Mentioned)
• Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
• Michael Rossi (Referenced)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Referenced)
  • Nick Fury (Referenced)

Races and Species:

• Human-Kree Hybrids
• Humans
• Synthezoids
• Ducks (Mentioned)
• Mutants
• Kree
• Cyborgs

Locations:

• Milky Way
  • Sol
    • Earth
      • United States
        • New York
          • New York City
            • Manhattan
              • Midtown
                • 59th Street
                  • Park-South Restaurant
                • TPC Tower (Only appearance) (Destruction)
        • Virginia
          • Arlington County
            • Pentagon
        • Washington, D.C. (Referenced)
• Kree Galaxy
  • Pama
    • Hala
      • Kree-Lar

Items:

• Ms. Marvel's Suit
• Wasp's Suit and Wings
• Scarlet Witch's Suit
• Yellowjacket's Suit
  
  

Synopsis for "The St. Valentine's Day/Avengers Massacre!"

Continued from last issue... Attacked by Centurion, Ms. Marvel ends up in a battle across town. The fight itself attracts the attention of the Avengers, who come to try and stop the battle themselves.

As the battle rages across the city, Mystique reports to her superiors about the progress of the attack, while on the planet Hala Phae-Dor and Bun-Dall are convinced that the Supreme Intelligence is still in stasis. However, they will soon learn how wrong they are.

Back on Earth, the Avengers get into an argument over what to do about Centurion, unaware that the enemy is making one more attack on the group. Ms. Marvel steps in and tosses Wonder Man at Centurion breaking up the argument and causing the rest of the Avengers to focus on the task at hand. Fighting Centurion into a power plant, Ms. Marvel uses the dynamos to jolt Centurion's armor with electricity, and tosses away his now unstable hand blaster, which explodes in the sky.

Afterwards, the Avengers arrive and Centurion is unmasked as George Bullard, which prompts the Avengers to question their own security.

Notes

• This issue contains a letters page, "Ms. Prints". Letters are published from "Jule St. Germaine", and "Lyn Mims".
• This issue appears to take place prior to Avengers #172.

See Also

• 5 Image(s) from Ms. Marvel Vol 1 18
• 2 Reprints of Ms. Marvel Vol 1 18

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