Issue Description

The Avengers experience an unaccustomed period of relaxation between missions. Jocasta is elated at the promise that she will be nominated for team membership. Iron Man decides to step down as chairman. The Beast bribes Wonder Man into a disastrous blind date, and Ms. Marvel visits the Scarlet Witch, who is still on leave. When Ms. Marvel becomes ill, Wanda takes her to a hospital where they are both stunned to learn that she is three months pregnant!

Prelude Of The War-Devil!

The Avengers deal with being stuck in an elevator back at the mansion, which is eventually fixed by Iron Man, and are greeted by Jarvis with the news that the coffee maker is not working.

At the Stark International branch in Detroit, Red Ronin has been repaired by Dr. Earl Cowan as he and Mr. Karnowski discuss the test scheduled for the next day. When Karnowski talks about how Cowan must be feeling to give up his work, the scientist knocks him out with a wrench and declares he won’t be giving it up.

Back at the Avengers Mansion, Iron Man proposes Jocasta for membership to Captain America while the android tries to lend a sympathetic ear to Vision with regards to his current situation with Scarlet Witch.

Out in New Jersey, Scarlet Witch is alone at the cottage when Ms. Marvel arrives and the two female Avengers discuss Wanda’s recent thoughts about having a child. She decides to put the idea on hold and return to New York but without a warning, Ms. Marvel feels ill and faints.

Iron Man informs Captain America that he will be stepping down as chairman of the group and after a team debriefing, Beast and Wonder Man head out for their double date while Ant-Man departs as Wasp and Yellowjacket prepare to spend some time together alone.

Beast and Wonder Man arrive at Madison Square Garden for a concert and meet their dates, Melissa Zimmerman and Candy Brown, who is the blind date for Wonder Man. Unfortunately, she is a divorced mother who brought her son Chauncey along and as a result, Wonder Man is not too happy with Beast.

Back at the mansion, Iron Man informs Vision that Scarlet Witch will be returning soon, which causes just a hint of a smile to develop on the normally stoic face of the android.

Meanwhile in Detroit, Cowan takes off in the Red Ronin with the intent of starting World War III and at the hospital in New Jersey, the doctor reveals that Ms. Marvel is three months pregnant.

NotesFeatures the Hostess Fruit Pies ad, The Thing In "Sunday Punch!"Bob Budiansky's assistant editor credit taken from letters page header.Joe Rubinstein, Al Milgrom and Terry Austin are credited as inkers under the name, "Jack's Little Helpers".Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) reveals her pregnancy.A coloring error from Avengers #192 to the character, Joe Conroy is addressed on the letters page.Frank Miller is given credit in the letters page for adding details to Sal Buscema's art for issues #193.

The Avengers (1963)

Publisher

Marvel

Volume Description

The First Avengers ongoing series, the one that started the Earths Mightiest Heroes campaign for justice and freedom. They will save the world, and if they can't, they will avenge it.

And there came a day, a day unlike any other when Earth's mightiest heroes joined forces to face the threats no single superhero could withstand! The Avengers where born! The first volume of the Avengers lasted from 1963 right up until 1996 and ran for 402 issues. This ended during the Onslaught storyline and was continued in Avengers Volume 2.

Collected Editions

Marvel Masterworks: Avengers

Vol. 1 (#1-10)Vol. 2 (#11-20)Vol. 3 (#21-30)Vol. 4 (#31-40)Vol. 5 (#41-50, King-Size Special #1)Vol. 6 (#51-58, King-Size Special #2)Vol. 7 (#59-68)Vol. 8 (#69-79)Vol. 9 (#80-88)Vol. 10 (#89-100)Vol. 11 (#101-111)Vol. 12 (#112-119)Vol. 13 (#120-128, Giant-Size #1)Vol. 14 (#129-135, Giant-Size #2-4)Avengers: The Vibranium Collection (#1, 4, 16, 57-58, 164-166, 273-277)Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (#1-20)Avengers Omnibus Volume 2 (#31-58)Avengers Epic Collection: Behold... The Vision (#57-76)Squadron Sinister: Warzones! (#69-70)S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection (#72)Marvel 1872: Warzones! (#80)Kree/Skrull War (#89-97)The Sentinels Strike (#102-112)Avengers/Defenders War (#115-118)Avengers vs. Thanos (#125)Celestial Madonna (#129-135)The Coming of the Beast (#137-140, #145-146)The Serpent Crown (#141-144, #147-149)The Private War of Doom (#151-156)Super Villains Unite: The Complete Super-Villain Team-Up (#154-156)The Bride Of Ultron (#157-166)Marvel Masterworks: The Champions Volume 1 (#163)Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (#164-166 & 181-191)The Korvac Saga (#167-168, #170-177)Nights of Wundagore (#181-187)Hawkeye (#189)Ant-Man: Scott Lang (#195-196 & 223)The Trial Of Yellowjacket (#212-230)Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus (#219-220)Avengers: Absolute Vision (#231-241)Assemble (#239, #243-244, #250)Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos (#255-261)Secret Wars II Omnibus (#260-261, #265-266)Phoenix Rising (#263)Time and Time Again (#267-269)Under Siege (#270-277)Assault on Olympus (#278-285)The Avengers Epic Collection: Judgment Day (#278-285)Heavy Metal (#286-293)Inferno (#298-300)Acts of Vengeance (#311-313)Am I An Avenger? (#314-318, #329)New Warriors Classic Vol. 3 (#340-341)Galactic Storm Vol. 1 (#345-346)Galactic Storm Vol. 2 (#347)Bloodties (#368-369)Captain America Epic Collection: Man Without A Country (#396)Onslaught Vol. 1 (#400-401)Onslaught Vol. 3 (#402)

Marvel Pocketbook

The Bride Of Ultron (#158-167)The Korvac Saga (#168-177)Nights Of Wundagore (#178-187)

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