Issue Description

The Avengers board a SHIELD's space station, they are also are granted the use of a space shuttle by Nick Fury so that they may travel to the Andromeda galaxy to rescue their captured friends Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Captain Marvel.

While traveling through space, they run into a Skrull armada and who engages them in a battle. They manage to fight back the invading force and board the lead ship.

Then they raise the Skrull home world where the emperor reveals to them that he has been manipulating Mar-Vel into creating an Omni-Wave device which he plans to use as a weapon. However, Mar-Vel has used the device to cast a holographic illusion of himself, and begins fighting to free himself and his friends. The Emperor orders his fleet to then initiate plan Delta before cutting off the transmission. The Vision, furious over the events and the risk to Wanda's life, beats the ship captain nearly to death, to learn that plan Delta is a plan to raze the entire planet Earth. Captain America sends Goliath on a life or death mission to stop the Skrull craft that is to be utilized in this plot.

Meanwhile on the Kree homeworld, Rick Jones (captured by the Kree last issue) is brought before Ronan the Accuser, who has Rick locked up with the Supreme Intelligence. There the Intelligence explains that Rick is a important part of the Kree-Skrull War and opens a dimensional gate that transports Rick to the Negative Zone. When he arrives there he finds Annhilius there waiting for him. Please note, that this is also the issue where Hulkling was concieved.

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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