Sue eae a AVENGERS LOKI! GAN THE COMBINED POWER OF PREPARE FOR VP le Za ed eyes DEFEAT THE SINISTER SPELLS OF J LOKL, GOD OF EVIL 2 MARVEL sro £26 SUPER-HEROES/ SUPER-VILLAINS! ea ed ee Fer ee ed acre Feed A Lae ByTHE COMING OF THE f THE FIRSTOFA _ STAR-STUDDED SERIES BOOK-LENGTH SUPER-EPICSIT 1S BECAUSE OF THE ‘BUT THOUGH My BODY ACCURSED THOR THAT 1 AM EXLED To THIS BARREN ISUE, ORDERED TO REMAIN } MAGIC POWERS. FROM MERE BY ODIN, KiNG OF IE coos” -< By MEANS OF THOUGHT PROTECTION 1 SHALL SEND MY DISEMBODIED SELF PAST TTHE RAINBOW BRIPGE DOWN TO EARTH {THERE T SHALL FIND SOME WAY TO MAKE 7WOR COME BACH BACK TO ASGARD, WHERE I CAN BATTLE TH WA AGAIN, AD BESEAT HIM FOREVER? wT A FEW BA! DercatInG | HOMER'S IM BON BLAKE MEANS NOTHING TO ME! IT WOULD BE A HoLLow yicroryy’ THERE HE IS, HIS MUMAN = IDENTITY ABBR. DOW —S aLl r NEED DO Is SCHEME SHALL T EMPLOY? © PROJECT A MENTAL Au.D HAVE ITZ THAT IMAGE UPON "THE RAL ROAD TRACKS , WHERE THE TRESTLE / Meese WILL SEEIT! “THERE, IT'S DONE! THE [ep WITLESS MORTAL WILL THING ir He SEES A REAL BUNDLE OF IT 19 ONLY A NON-EXISTENT. Shr, ABouT To pesTROY aac The Teestie JUST AS SNUFF iT OUT BEFORE IT ‘OM EXPLODE THE TRAIN 1S APPROACHING.’ FECT! WE SEES AND NOW,NOT PREAMING: HE LEAPS DOWN TO BUT THERE 15 WO TNT, AND 50, REACHING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THERE, HE MIS CALCULATES: THE FORCE OF HIS PLUNGE. ‘CRASHING INTO THE TEESTLE, ANP SMATTERING IT? ‘oO ‘Cyartie! Ximpossia.e”’ step THe \"were GOING Too TIA INS Fast meLL Somers. weve smasuerTue | Stop NtMeS Saeeree uP AME AD. WE'LL WAH! \T woRKEO JUST AS T PLANNEDY WHEN THE TRAIN CRASHES, THE APLILAC WILL BE BLAMED! He WILL BECOME THE MOST WANTED HAN ON. EARTH / DR, BLAKE IS. CERTAIN Te BECOME THOR TO JOIN IN THE HUNT. -. LITTLE DREAMING Tar THAT is Just WHAT LOKK/ WANTS! BUT, WAITS Wily 1S THE Ald/e. de CARRY — ING THAT HUGE BOULDES ? HE HAS PLACED IT UNDER HE TRACKS ’...15 USING ITAS. A-SUPPERT,TO STAND ON! THE FOOL! 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IFTHE MULE IS WEE GOTTA INNOCENT.HE NEEDS | CONTACT somE- HELP FAST’ ano ie 1° One wiv EQUAL HE'S GUILTY ITLL Take | POWERS...LIKETHE Retarengnaxee eee a aS Aen Teg ee? s)(o)lCe, 7 MTEEN BRIGADE FORMED IN (SUE OF MUL He: DON'T JUST SIT THERE, FELLA! ‘START SENDING.’ USE THE FES SPECIAL WAVELENGTH! “TELL “EM TO CONTACT ME, PRONTO, BEFORE ANY INNOCENT JOKERS GET HURT REAL BAG! Avo 50, Stconps LATER -A FRANTIC MESSAGE IS BEAMED FROMTHE HEADQUARTERS OF THE TEEN BRIGADE, INTHE SOUTHWEST, HALFWay AcRaSS THE COUNTRY TOWARDS NEW YORK! CALLING THE FANTASTIC You HEARD FOUR f CONDITION REDS 4 THE ALAN, CONTACT TEEN BRIGADE! WILLIES NOW, HULME MUST BE FOUN! MOVES, PO YOU REAP Me? _(Bur THe Swister Gor OF Evi HAS OTHER PLANS... THE SAWTASTIC FOUR WIL RUIN EVERY THING ZIT 1 THOR WANT! NO ONE ELSE! T MUST TAKE INSTANT ACTION! 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NING To. $ DLP BACHELOR AG: eer aL eee eres Peeseeaipcrcslc aus Sete eae are soe ‘ZANDT INTEND THOUSAND wes TO COVER, JAN, AND 1 DON WANT YOu EXMAGSTEC We GET SS THEE? aeTLL, PROPEL MYSELF FOR, MOST OF THE TRIP By aay ‘SOLAR BATTERY /IT'S SLOWER THAN MY TRANSISTORS, BUT IGER AND ALMOST THERE “Now 7 SWITCH TO My TRANSISTORS BEFORE F LULL MYSELF TO SLEEP UP Wege” AAEANWHILE , THE MAIN CLUBROOM OF THE TEEN BRIGADE, AFEELING OF GLOOM Fl The AI Gor THE messace!_/ BE BOTHERED HEY! HOLS IT, you Gurs! Aa ceria ma nteriarid ak be . os aa WELL. CMON, RICK PWEVE JUST INTERCEPTED \ MW OOEY! avexy- | A MESSAGE From you, \ TIME THERE'S SOME- Bice? ir was BROAD ~ | THIN’ HEAVY TO BE CAST ON THE WRONG Se s BEN GRIMMS oO ‘YOU KNOW You LIFTED AROUND HERE, OL PRETTY Boy GETS & CALL ON THAT BLASTER RADIO!-ACCORDING TO MY CALCULATIONS NOUR MESSAGE SHOULD BE PICKED UP BY SOME OTHERS WHO CAN | HELP You SIF YOU DON'T GET HELP BOON, RADIO BACK ANP LETME _-“] KNOW. = YOU AYO DIN {REED? Wie be COULP EVER weee WRAPPED UP MW ANOTHER CASE NOW, SON, BUT. EN) AS THE CONTACT [9 BROKEN, AS IF IN IE HUMAN TORCH 'S BANTERING LOOKS LiKE WE, STRUCK OUT, RICK! WE FF CAN'T MAKE IT, HUH? WeNreR WHAT HE MEANT ABOUT | someone ee Se ‘MAYBE HELIN" 200K! FLYIN! ABOVE Us? it's ANT-MAN 30 THE WASP! IT WOULD SEEM AS. THOUGH THE GANG'S ALL WERE, EHLADS 7 HENRY! PID You SEE THAT STOP ACTING LIKE Lovesicn FEMALE’ ANP SLIP BEHING THIS LENS WITH AQ? TLC ARJUST IT SO ITLL PRO- SECT OuR IMAGES ON THE WALL? GORGEOUS THOR? WOW CAN T EVER MaKe HIM NOTICE ME ? THis 1S THE COOLEST! Figst JOR, THEN IRON MAAN» 3ND NOW ANT-MAN AND "THE WAS? IT's MORE SWAN WE DARED HOPE FoR! WE HEARD THAT YOU NEEDED WELE BOYS! IT CERTAIN: Looks as THOUGH YOUZE GONG.Bur, BACK IN ASGARD... BAH! THis COMPLICATES | THINGS FOR ME! T ONLY WANT, THOR 1S AT THE WINDOW NOW! IE MOVE QUICKLY ,T MAY STILL SUCCEED /T'LL Create A MENTAL IMAGE OF THE AULAC AND MAAKE IT RUN PAST TWORTS FIELD OF VISION ‘I THOUGHT I Saw... “) iniS? ISTHE Os oS / Wil NO NEED FoR ME TD DISTURB THE OTHERS! Y No MATTER How / FAST HE CAN LEAP, CAN ALWAYS, FOLLOW HIM. 72. BY HURLING My MIGHTY HAMMER ANC HOLDING ONTO THE UNBREAKABLE THONGS [ WO! NOW we SEES ME! [ dE 1s GeaseIne mar HUGE BOULDER “HE INTENDS TOeae ee trckaaia LOK, THOU EVIL ONES z KNOW NOT WHAT Burl HAVE WARNED You NEVER TO MEDDLE IN EARTH AFFAIRS” AND NOW YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED! YOUR FLAN Is, HE IS RETURNING To ASGARD! BUT WHEN WE REACHES THE THERE HE 1S LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... WO, THE MOST TiFELIKE ROBOT, 'S LIKE A IBBur, BACK ON EARTH THE WHEELS: SET IN MOTION BY VILLAINOUS PPED. THOR WAS DISAPPEARED! BUT PONT woRRY, LADY. IM Suge THAT ANT-AiaW |RANMACEP7rmone quart warp to Beveve ue’'s ] [> THey Tan 1m ONLY A Resear Vonaer ra eteye arrears GREATEST THING \ SURE Lo0sS Brat / AS LONG AS THEY GO ON BUT HE COWLON TT THINKING IT. 1M SAFE? Be’ woBoey couLc WOTICED BY THE eM Ae) ONE TINY ANT WATCHES HI ACT ANE THEN. Wwe2e co X AMEAD ANO Give THe AT LASTS ONE OF my ARMY OF ANTS HAS. SEEN AN IMPOSSIBLY POWERFUL PERFORMER / INA LOCAL eiRcUS? ITCOULS BE THE OIL AEFTM TRAPPED IN THIS: CREVICE / CAN'T BE AN ACCIDENT / “SOMEONE MUST GE WISE To ME! DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID IT, BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT NOW / CAN'T STAY HERE - GOTTA GET OWT! iS TALKING? YOU ARE” t MUST SPEAK 70 Yous IF You'Re INNOCENT, Pu Meee vou? rim Your Go AWAY? EExertins HIS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL MUSCLES TO FULL CAPACITY’, THE MADDENED- HULSE THRASHES AND Pounps ANO BATTERS AND EAVES, UNTIL. THERES NoT 4 PIECE OF GRGUNG Any une ge “THAT, CAN HOLE THE Were ne” ENGUGH ‘To BE BAST ME 27 GUST A SEE / GOTTA LEAVE MERE! THEY'RE STARTIN' TO, SURE...IT /S COUPLE oF BUGS / NO. THEY. THEY. LOOK LIKE PEOPLES, TILL USE THE 1 FLEW CLOSE WHAT'S THAT FLYIN’ C TE DON'T GET THIS”. BUT 1 DON'T LIKE WHAT 7 MICROPHONE TO AAKE HIM HEAR ME! IF YOU WON'T STOP, PONT BECO * TLL MAKE you stop! SURE OF THAT! RELeAse THe Stee CYLINDER, MY TINY WARRIORS!‘You INTEND 72 | KEEP HOUNDING ME-DO YOU? ALL RIGHT, THE MASQUERADE S | OVER? T DON'T CARE WHO MM canwoiLe HE AUDIENCE THINK ING IT 1S ALL PART OF THE SHOW, HOWLS WITH UNRESTRAINED ENTHUSIASM... - v7 ‘THAT BIG ROBOT. ) HAS THE PISPOSITION (OF My BROTHER-IN- BEST DURN HANDS {WHAT HAVE I GOT TO FEAR! WOTHING CAN HURT THE ALES How CAN Any ONE So HG PAQVE SOFAST? HE'S THe MOST PREADFUL THEN AS THE STARTLED, INCRECULGUS AUDIENCE ECGS In Pare Pont vet me pawn] fener WiSur en’ |4 22 YOU MUST BE AN ENEMY! T.CAN EL. Tr xeu THe you CAN ESCAPE ME BECAUSE[Succency, a Massive Goiven FiGuRE BREAKS Fer Ea eee Sea eaCeee Meee Suc Oe SEES VOM MAM CHARGING Soeamer NON MARES HE MEL a TEMPORAEIY Fr aan eames YOURE WRONG? THERE 1s OWE wee CAN Save WER! THROUGH WIS TRANSISTOR: POWERED. BUILT-IN RADIO RECEIVER, THE GOLOEN WARRIOR HEARS (A TERSE REPORT FROM NEARBY ANT-MAN? PERFFCT TIMING, RON JAN NOW, Qui Annas THe WUE. MORECILE LEAP OF THe ff UMN EZ f Wi ~A Wit £24 Ya ve A Never Wave HUMAN Ev1 BEHELD SuchIN ATRICE THE HUNTED HAS BECOME THE HUNTER AS A (Supe, THE isnt Fusitive Then with THE SPEED OF A DROPS TO EARTH, AS HIS GOLDEN CHARGING OREADNOUGHT THE PURSUER UNABLE To STOP IN WL} LEAPS INTO THE AIR “THUNDEROUS BLOW To His AGA, BEHIND THE STARTLED POWER - PACK DAMAGES WRON MANS MAN'S PROPULSION BATTERY! Ne ONE CAN STOP “TIME, WHiZZES OVER HIM” == THE or] AAEANWHILE, WHAT OF “THE MIGHTY THOR? AT HAMBER OF THE SHAT MOMENT, IN-THE GRAND Ch IMPERIAL PALACE AT ASGARD -.- gummy rT WE GRANT THEE PERMISSION, BELOVED THORS BUT HARK oO THESE WORDS... 7 UNDERSTAND, FATHER”ARNE THEN, WITHOUT ARY We TANGLE ROOTS !! DREADED ‘SCOURGE OF THE SWAMPS/LOX! MUST HAVE PLANTED THEM HERE FOR UNWARY INTRUDERS 7 A SWINGING HIS ENCHANTEO MALLET FASTER THAN THE MOST POWERFUL EARTH PROPELLOR. THOR CUTS HIS WAY LOOSE BEFORE THE TANGLE JUST AS I FEARED 7 iT 1s SPEWING FORTH VOLCANI GAS GLOBULES... CAPABLE, OF SAPPING THE STRENGTH OF ANY GOD, AND THEN LEAVING HIM WEAK AND HELPLESS WHEN THEY EXPLODES WITHIN SECONDS TLL BE OVERWHELMED COMPLETELY. HELPLESS...UNLESS.-- MTA HOPE Is my HAMMER! tT Must Not BUT HIS ORDEAL is NOT YET OVER 7 COMING WITHIN SIGHT OF THE ISLE. THOR SEES ThE GIGANTIC VoLGaNo BRueT WITH THE ROAR OF A THOUSAND THUNDERCLAFS 7 FO BRING THAT FLAMING. DOINGS ONLY HE AND T KNOW THE MAGIC INCANTATION I MUST Dive BELOW, WHILE THERE STILL MeAND,ON SHORE A GLOATING | b- His: ct 19 EMPTY HE IS NOWHERE “To BE SEEN ” HAVE 1 DEFEATED, Him 3@ SOON PF? STOR BROTHER? DO YOU z ACCURSED ] THEN, AS IF IN ANSWER TO LOKIS| WORDS, A GIGANTIC WATER-SPOUT OTS INTO THE AIR:...AND.. WO, EVI Bron ‘YOu WERE EXPECTING ME, LOK? HAVE FOUL PEED, KNOWING T WOULP COME 7 AVENGE TnYOU WAVE BEEN AWAY AND NOTHNG THAT THIS 13 THE TRAP 1 PLANNED FROM For VOU, THOR! I PROMISED THE LIGHTNING $0 BaIGHT- he DWELLING IN Semi -DAR - NESS, CANNOT BEAR IT. AND NOW THATHE HAS FLED Y STOP, THUNDER | I< SWUNG my Bace To The STYSIAN Boer vauiwe HAMMER RIGHT THO. DEPTHS FROM WHENCE HE NM CAME (IT IS TIME FOR You you? TO TASTE THE AWESOME Of ae a VENGEANCE OF THOR? sii : ]TT WILL TAKE MORE THAN MERE TRICKS To SANE YOU FROM ME NOW. LOKI S ALTHOUGH T CANNOT TELL WHICH FIGURE IS THE REAL LOK, 47 HAMMER Wie Souve THAT PROBLEM FOR ME! ws: WHERE THE REAL LOKS IS Certain TO REVEAL Mink SELF BY BREAKING HIS PALL, TANOW wnat YOU'RE TRYING To PS, BUT TLL JUMP FIRST! TLL...NOSWOOL, 100 LATE, LOKIFT HAVE You Now! ANE YOU HAVE MUCH, __ SEIZE MEV” BLAST You,TwoR?| You STIL WoNtT GET MESTLLLET (AYSELF PLUNGE OVER THE CLIFF BEFORE YOU CAN Ih I NEED ONLY TWIRL IT AT THE SPEED OFA GIANT PROPELLER, Te BLow ALL OF YOUR FIGURES: BACK TS THE BOGE OF THE THAT WILL BE EASIER SAID THAN DONE Gov On evit! WAIT! STOP! WHERE ARE you TAKING ME 7? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO: Cor? NeTE Hows RUB MY ENCHANTED HAMMER ALONG THE GROUND, SOAKING UP THE ‘STRONG FLOW OF MAGNETIC CURRENTS} THAT GIVE LIFE TO THE TROLLS WITH NOBLE ODS PERMISSION, T SHALL BRING vou To BARTS THERE, YOU WiLL Y FING STHERS: WHO ARE WAI ING For You OTHERS ALMOST AS POWERFUL. ASE?MEANWHILE, BACK ON EARTH THE SeCONCS LATER, AN URGENT [Fue.. He Just wiizzep past RADIO MESSAGE IF HEARD Us? LOOKED LIKE WE WAS if SAME JETLINER..- HEADIN" TOWARD DETROIT! Parren7Tion, Fuicut 738! mucH EVEN THOUGH THIS 1S 1RON MANS WAVE You SEEN THE wiscac? REPEAT— WAVE YOU SEEN THE MUL Po ae } ! FINALLY, ON-THE GROUND AGAIN, INSIDE A HUGE INTION # It's ON MAN? | AUTO PASTOR: Boy /He poeSN HURON MAAN oF Ae Hy ] CAN B Twice Y BS <1 YOU'RE WASTIN' YOUR TIME, BUT NOW Z/M SICK OF / THESE PUNT RUNNING / Now IT's. THE MY TURN TS ATTACK ELWRON MAM SON HIS BALANCE AND THE cs iis byLK, t WANT TO HELE Y Haris ir! & yal youre TO RUN [7 sHis 1S Lows, my aRcH- ENEMY! IT WAS AE WHO PLANNED THE TRAIN WRECKS (BUT, SUDDENLY...LIKE A THUNDERBOLT FROM ABOVE. BACK, BACK, YOU HUMAN BOLT? NO MORTAL MAY LAY A HAND ON LOK/S 7 HAVE POWERS you NEVER DREAMED OF! HE'S MADE HIMSELF RADIOACTIVE! TILL GIVE YOU TEN SECONDS To LEAVE. TAKING RON MAN WITH YOUS THEN THOR AxC'T WILL RESUME SUZ REMAIN, DOOMED. BUT EVEN AS Lox? SPEAKS, A HORDE OF NERAAND THEN, ATRAPDOOR SNAPS. A THATS FT; MY LITTLE ALLIES! OPEN BENEATH THE UNPREPARED SEAL THE CHAMBER DOOR TIGHTLY! EVEN LOK/ CAN'T ESCAPE From A LEAD-LINED A TAME! VE LANDED “QrHiS IS WHERE TWE TRUCKS THAT POWN WERE!)CARRY RADIOACTIVE WASTES LOADS FOR EVENTUAL DISPOSAL IN THE 4 REST EASY, THOR! WAY ANTS: HAVE LOCKED Lode? INSIDE THiS: IMPREGNABLE TANK EACH OF US HAS A DIFFERENT POWER./IF WE COMBINED FORCES, WE ‘COULP BE ALMOST. UNBEATABLE! WORK AS A TEAM? WHY Nor? 2/1 FORITY, Lox) canoe S| emai RADISACTIVE fod noes Tian SRS Tee new ma Grea arreR Wile T Suave OPEN THE Sites Rein TinTo WwaeRe He BELONGS” WAIT! BEFORE WE SEPARATE THE WASP ANG T HAVE SOME- “THING To BAYS THERE 1S MUCH GOOD We MGMT DOS, ITSHOULP BE SOMETHING HOUNDED/ T'D RATHER BE WITH COLORFUL AND PRAMATIC, YOU THAN AGAINST YOU! So, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT ORNOT, FAM JOWINTHE. THE EYL WHAT ARE YOU CALLIN’ YOURSELVES ? PANG THUS IS BORN ONE OF THE GREATEST SUPER HERO TEAMS OF ALL TIME / POWERFUL / UNPREDICTABLE / BROUGHT TOGETHER BY A STRANGE QUIRK OF FATE, THE AVENGERS ARE ON THE MARCH , AND A NEW DIMENSION 15 ADDED To THE MARVEL GALAXY OF STARS!