Avengers (1963 1st Series) Annual comic books 1990-1999

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"Beat Me in St. Louis" Stage 5 of the Terminus Factor storyline. Guest-starring Machine Man. Script by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas. Pencils by Herb Trimpe. Inks by Jeff Albrecht. Cover by Tom Morgan. Story continues from Avengers West Coast Annual 5. The time is now! The final showdown vs. Terminus to save the planet Earth! The ultimate Terminus flies to St. Louis, Missouri to absorb the energy of the entire world! However, Earth's Mightiest Heroes from the east coast, west coast, and great lakes rush to the Gateway to the West to stop the gigantic alien! Led by Captain America, Henry Pym, and the Vision; the Avengers try everything to defeat the powerful giant! But nothing works! The only hope for victory lies with the Asgardian avenger in the depths of outer space! Can the Mighty Thor topple Terminus with just the power of prayer? (Note: Terminus returns in Captain America 416.) First backup story: "Media Watch: A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" Script by Dwayne McDuffie. Pencils by Jim Reddington. Inks by Andy Mushynsky. The famous 60 Minutes correspondent breaks down the battle against Terminus. Second backup story: "Acts of Vengeance Epilog" Script by Mark Gruenwald. Pencils by Vince Mielcarek. Inks by Bob Downs. Captain America, Thor, and the Vision meet at Avengers Mansion to piece together what exactly took place during the Acts of Vengeance storyline. Flashback cameos by all the major players. Third backup story: "The Day the Strangers Came" Script by Kurt Busiek. Art by Richard Howell. A young Avengers fan in Iowa is thrilled that his heroes are in town to fight the Sons of the Serpent. Avengers Lineup: Captain America, Hawkeye, Quicksilver, Sersi, and the Wasp. Fourth backup story: "Clowning Around" Script by Gary Barnum. Pencils by Steve Buccelato. Inks by Mickey Ritter. A group of construction workers take on Plantman, Stilt-Man, the Water Wizard, and the Wrecker; so the Avengers won't accidentally destroy their construction site. 64 pages Cover price $2.00.

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"Of Moles and Mutates" Part 1 of the Subterranean Wars storyline. Plot by Paul Ryan and Peter Sanderson. Script by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas. Pencils by Kevin West. Inks by Fred Fredericks. Cover by Tom Morgan. Hercules and Sersi's afternoon stroll down Broadway is interrupted by an explosion from down below! Suddenly a large hole has opened up in the pavement and hordes of Lava Men, Tyrannoids, and Moloids are pouring out! Where are these strange creatures running to? Or perhaps the better question…what are they running from?! In a matter of minutes, Earth's Mightiest Heroes arrive on Broadway and send the subterraneans scurrying back down their hole! Is this adventure over for the Avengers? Not quite. Quasar guides the team underground where in the shadows…the Mole Man, Tyrannus, and Grotesk lurk! Oh my, that's all-star collection of subsurface super-villains! Avengers Assemble! But not against that subterranean trio! Rather against Brutus and his hard-charging Deviants! Story continues in Incredible Hulk Annual 17. Cameo appearance by Kala. Avengers Lineup: Black Widow, Captain America, Hercules, Quasar, Rage, Sandman, Sersi, She-Hulk, and the Vision. Second story: "The History of Subterranea" Script by Peter Sanderson. Pencils by Jeff Moore. Inks by Bud LaRosa. The Watcher narrates the long history of Subterranea. Flashback cameos by the Celestials, Tyrannus, Black Knight (aka Sir Percy), Mole Man, Grotesk, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Ms. Marvel, the original X-Men, and the Hulk. Third story: "Burning Vision" Script by Eric Fein. Art by Michael Bair. The Vision rescues a young boy from a burning building. Fourth story: "A Wing and a Prayer" Script by Michael Higgins. Pencils by Ed Murr. Inks by Mike Bair. A terminal cancer patient intervenes in a battle between Thor and the Absorbing Man…and is miraculously cured! Cameo appearance by Odin. Fifth feature: One-page retelling of the Avengers' origin. Sixth feature: One-page pin-up of the original Avengers by Mike Mignola. (Note: Grotesk previously appeared in Ms. Marvel 8.) 64 pages. Cover price $2.00.

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"Kang's World" Part 4 of the Citizen Kang storyline. Guest-starring the Fantastic Four. Script by Mark Gruenwald. Pencils by Herb Trimpe. Inks by Charles Barnett and Brad Vancata. Cover by Dan Panosian. Story continues from Fantastic Four Annual 25. In Timely, Wisconsin (the secret portal to Chronopolis), the Fantastic Four and Earth's Mightiest Heroes come face-to-face with the Anachronauts! Kang's powerful warriors that have been plucked from various time streams to defeat the combined might of nine 20th century super-heroes! During the timeless clash, Mr. Fantastic realizes that the best strategy is to let the Anachronauts win! That's definitely a new tactic! As expected the Anachronauts prevail and then proceed to haul the FF and the Avengers before the Conqueror! Once Kang encases the heroes in a hypercube, the Master of Time's conquest appears complete! But in the land where time stands still, a traitor arrives just in time! Ravonna (now calling herself Terminatrix) attacks Kang! And suddenly Chronopolis turns into chaos! With Terminatrix' timely diversion, will the Avengers finally close down Kang's time-consuming conquest? Flashback cameo by the Grandmaster. Avengers Lineup: Black Knight, Captain America, Crystal, Doctor Druid, Hercules, Sersi, Thor, and the Vision. Second feature: "The Anachronauts" One-page pin-up by Dan Panosian. Third feature: "Chronopolis" Concept by Mark Gruenwald. Pencils by Herb Trimpe. Inks by Charles Barnett. Two-page layout of Chronopolis. Fourth story: "The Avengers' Top Ten Villains" Script by George Caragonne. Art by Karl Altstaetter. The Black Knight walks through the list of the Avengers' top ten foes. Cameo appearance by Captain America. Fifth feature: "Secrets of the Avengers Communicard" Script by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Eliot Brown. Sixth story: "Boy's Night Out!" Script by Scott Benson. Art by Ron Lim (breakdowns) and Dan Panosian (finishes). Hercules and the Black Knight's evening out on the town turns into a learning experience for both of them. Seventh story: "The Puzzle" Part 4 of 4. Script by Peter Sanderson. Pencils by Rich Yanizeski. Inks by Fred Fredericks. Terminatrix tries to make sense of everything she's learned about Kang. Cameo appearance by Immortus. Flashback cameos by the Avengers, Fantastic Four, original Human Torch, and Dr. Phineas T. Horton. (Notes: Splash page art by Mark Pacella and Dan Panosian. The Anachronauts and Terminatrix appear again in Avengers Annual 22. The plot involving Kang and Terminatrix continues in the Avengers Limited Series: The Terminatrix Objective.) 64 pages. Cover price $2.25.

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"Blood Wraith" Script by Glenn Herdling. Pencils by Mike Gustovich. Inks by Ariane Lenshoek. Cover by Steve McDaniel and Hector Collazo. An invasion by 6th century marauders interrupts a peaceful evening at Avengers Mansion! Out of the blue medieval warriors attack Crystal, Hercules, and the Vision! What do these men from the Middle Ages want? Only the most important object from their time…the Black Knight's ebony blade! But the bloodthirsty blade is not to be found at the Avengers headquarters! It's at Whitman Manor near the nation's capital! Once Sersi and the Black Widow repel the invaders in New York, the Avengers rush to Washington D.C. to protect the dangerous artifact! However another pair of 6th century robbers are already there! When the menacing duo subdues Victoria Bentley and Seth Dolan, the Black Knight's squire has no choice but to brandish the ebony blade himself! And in that split second the Bloodwraith is born! Can Earth's Mightiest Heroes contain the savage Bloodwraith? Or will the cursed ebony blade begin a new rampage in the 20th century? First appearance of the Bloodwraith. Appearances by Lockjaw, Luna, Marilla, Chandu, Le Sabre, Maha Yogi, and Mongu. Avengers Lineup: Black Knight, Black Widow, Crystal, Hercules, Sersi, and the Vision. Second feature: One-page pin-up of Crystal vs. the Anti-Vision by Michael Avon Oeming. Third feature: One-page pin-up of Magdalene by Michael Avon Oeming. Fourth feature: One-page pin-up of the Anachronauts by Dan Panosian. Fifth story: "A Gamble With Time" Script by Roy Thomas, Jean-Marc Lofficier, and Randy Lofficier. Pencils by Al Milgrom. Inks by Mark Steckbauer. Terminatrix and the Anachronauts travel back to the 6th century to correct an anomaly in the time-space continuum involving the ebony blade. Flashback cameos by Merlin and Kang the Conqueror. (Notes: Elements of the plot continue from the Black Knight Limited Series (1990). The Bloodwraith returns in Avengers 366 (second story). Splash page art by Mark Pacella and Dan Panosian. The polybagged version includes a Bloodwraith trading card.) 64 pages. Cover price $2.95.

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"Strangers on an Astral Plane" Script by Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema. Cover by John Buscema. Two eternal enemies of the Prince of Asgard and the Lion of Olympus join forces! The ancient gods, Pluto and Loki, devise a new scheme in which each one will destroy the other's long-time foe! So Zeus won't be able to blame Pluto, and Odin won't be able to blame Loki for the deaths of their beloved sons! A brilliant plan! And the god of lies and mischief is up first! Loki descends into Tartarus and frees Typhon, the immortal enemy of the Olympians! And without wasting any time, Typhon (and his helpers from Tartarus) ambush Hercules in a Manhattan restaurant! By the time Earth's Mightiest Heroes arrive, Typhon has already defeated Hercules and taken him to Hades! But they don't stay for long as the banished Olympian (with Hercules in tow) moves onto to his final destination…majestic Olympus! With a bold stroke, Typhon extinguishes the Promethean flame and the gods of Olympus disappear! Is that it? Have Loki and Typhon triumphed? Not quite! Once Thunderstrike transports the Avengers to home of the gods, the donnybrook among the deities begins! Can the star-spangled avenger and the Prince of Power overcome Typhon? While Crystal and Thunderstrike try to relight the Promethean flame? For the sake of Olympus…they must! Cameo appearances by Zeus and Persephone. Avengers Lineup: Captain America, Crystal, Giant-Man, Hercules, Thunderstrike, and the Vision. Second story: "Master of His Own Density" Script and art by Al Milgrom. While sitting on monitor duty and surfing cyberspace, the Vision accidentally exposes his synthezoid mind to an internet virus! And this virus is actually a super-villain called Glitch! So Giant-Man helps the Vision eliminate the Glitch! (Notes: Elements of the story continue in Thor Annual 19. Typhon previously appeared in Avengers 163. This is the final annual associated with the 1st series of the Avengers title (1963-1996). Splash page art by John Buscema.) 64 pages. Cover price $2.95.