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Avengers: The Serpent Crown
Yes, the Perez art is very nice, but I remember these stories for the writing of Steve Englehart, who almost single-handedly revived my interest in comics in the mid-70's. I couldn't figure out why one story was called "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Justice" until I realized that the Squadron Supreme was a witty take-off on the (then) cardboard DC characters of the Justice League. It was particularly amusing when, a couple of years later, Englehart moved over to DC to actually write the JLA, and had great fun with them as well. Englehart was the supreme comics writer of the 1970's and he's still one of the best around today, though he doesn't work as often as I'd like.
Avengers: The Serpent Crown
In this collection, you'll AVENGERS VOL. 1 # 141-144, 147-149. #'s 145-146 is a different story arc because of deadlines I suppose.Anyway, in this collection the Avengers are faced with double trouble: to intercept KANG THE CONQUEROR'S plan to rule the world by going to the 19th century and a crisis in the present time with the ROXXON CORPORATION. Issue # 141 is the set up of the twin crisis, #142-143 deals with the 19th century and 144, 147-150 deals with the climax of the SQUADRON SUPREME saga.THOR AND MOONDRAGON 9with IMMORTUS' assistance)travel back in time to find their teamate HAWKEYE in the western era. They encounter Marvel's greatest western heroes: TWO GUN KID, KID COLT, RAWHIDE KID, RINGO ETC in a struggle against Kang. The final one on one battle between kang and THE MIGHTY THOR was short but sweet as well as when they took the TWO GUN KID back with them to the 20th century.As a kid, this was one of the very first times I have really seen THE VISION against 3 Squadron members including their most poerful member: HYPERION, and quite literally ran over him. The other battles with CAPTAIN AMERICA, IRON MAN , THE BEAST & THE HELLCAT (this is also the very first time Patsy Walker donned the Catsuit)against DOC SPECTRUM, THE WHIZZER, AMPHIBION, TOM THUMB ETC(JLA RIP -OFFS). were also well drawn and quite fast-paced ala GEORGE PEREZ(one of my favorite artists)THE HIGHTLIGHT OF THIS COLLECTION I BELIEVE IS: Thor taking on Kang alone, The Vision taking on HYPERION(marvel's Superman rip-off)and the first appearance of the Hellcat.A good read for any 70's comic fan. It was well beyond its time.Also: DO NOT MISS STRACYNSKI'S SUPREME POWER, starring HYPERION.I have the comic collection, get the TP
Avengers: The Serpent Crown
Ok i didn't know what to expect from this book, it sounds like a jumble of stuff, in a short space you have a justice league rip off, travels to another world, evil companies ad a whole government turning evil, a trip to the old west with a bunch of old west stars, fights with their worst enemy kang and a finsh against a giant whale man..but they are able to pull it off.the story starts with the teams splitting into two squads, one must travel to the old west and rescue their friend hawkeye, the other has to take down the roxxen company, the tales come together at the end, but the pacing all through it is great, it's a lot of sci-fi fun, time travel, alternate worlds, huge super battles with a justice league copy called squadren supreme.the name of the book comes from the serpant crown, it takes control of the people who wears it, the company owner of roxxen on the avengers earth and the president rockafeller led government on the supreme earth, the avengers have to face the squad and get the crown back to their earth and do something about it before its too late.while they are doing that the other team must rescue their friend in the old west, and run into the time traveller kang, who is holding an old west town hostage, it's a great story and the old west heroes, some who pre-date marvels super heroes like thor and spidey and others, are really fun, the biggest problem..you want more of them and maybe they will release a western trade one day.also in this title is hellcat, a new avenger, she was part of marvels "girl comics" line in the 40's, their answer to archie and had titles like patsy and her pals, when she lost her book after about 20 years they turned her into of all things a super hero named hellcat, you see how that happens here and it's really good.the book has great art by george perez, a few dated parts, but overall is a heck of a fun read, has some of their best villains, if your an avengers fan get this.oh and the two missing issues were a fill in between the story and they eft them out to keep the flow there, your not missing anything.
Avengers: The Serpent Crown
When I first started collecting comics as a kid, this story arc was one of the first I had in my collection. It was early George Perez artwork, but I fell in love with his ability to do large groups of heroes (and in this case, villains too!).If you want a great story and want a walk down memory lane from the classic 70's Marvel...then get this trade paperback!
Avengers: The Serpent Crown
This collection of the Avengers (issues #141-144 and #147-149) might best be remembered as the first appearance of Patsy Walker as Hellcat. It actually tells two separate Avengers stories. The first involves the Serpent Crown (why the hell would anyone wanna wear that thing, anyway?). The Avengers and Patsy Walker go to investigate Roxxon Oil, who have it in their possession. This soon leads to a battle with the Squadron Supreme, which sends our heroes into an alternate Earth. The remaining team ( Thor and Moondragon), get transported into the past by Immortus, where they find Hawkeye (who had been stuck in the past by Kang), and team-up with the heroes of the wild west (including Two-gun kid) to foil Kang's latest scheme.