Comics:Avengers Vol 1 3

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"The Avengers meet 'Sub-Mariner!'"

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Avengers Vol 1 #3
January, 1964

Cover Artists

Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman

Writers

Stan Lee

Pencilers

Jack Kirby

Inkers

Paul Reinman

Letterers

Sam Rosen

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Appearing in "The Avengers meet 'Sub-Mariner!'"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  • Thor
  • Iron Man
  • Giant-Man
  • Wasp
    

Villains:

• Sub-Mariner
• Hulk (Bruce Banner)

Other Characters:

• Fantastic Four
  • Human Torch
  • Invisible Woman
  • Mister Fantastic
  • Thing
• Rick Jones
• Spider-Man
• X-Men

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Items:

• Iron Man Armor MK III
• Mjolnir
  
  

Synopsis for "The Avengers meet 'Sub-Mariner!'"

The Avengers try to locate the Hulk as he could be a menace to society. They fail to catch him, and the Sub-Mariner allies himself with the Hulk in a bid to rule over humanity. While battling the Avengers, the Hulks reverts to his Bruce Banner persona and is forced to abandon the Sub-Mariner. Unable to beat the Avengers single-handedly, the Sub-Mariner manages to flee into the ocean.

Notes

• Prior to Avengers 3, Thor battled Mister Hyde in Journey Into Mystery #99-100
• Giant Man and the Wasp battled the Human Top in Tales to Astonish #50-51.
• In Tales of Suspense 48, Iron Man upgrades his armor to his Mach III model during his battle against Mister Doll. In Tales of Suspense 49 a misunderstanding causes him to get into a conflict with Angel from the X-Men. The Avengers make a brief cameo appearance in that issue.
• The Hulk, without a title of his own last appeared in Avengers 2 in which he quit the group.
• Namor the Sub-Mariner was last seen in Fantastic Four Annual 1, in which he finally found the civilization of Atlantis, only to have them all desert him following his defeat at the hands of the Fantastic Four.
• Iron Man visits the Fantastic Four following the events of Fantastic Four 22 following the aftermath battle against the Mole Man. His meeting with Spider-Man occurs following the events in Amazing Spider-Man 7 where Spidey has a rematch with the Vulture. And finally his meeting with the X-Men follow their battle with the Blob in Uncanny X-Men 3, the favor mentioned by Iron Man during this meeting was about events which transpired in Tales of Suspense 49.
• The device that Rick Jones convinced the Hulk to use to change back into Bruce Banner was last used in Incredible Hulk 6. At the time, Banner could only change back and fourth between being Banner and the Hulk by constantly bombarding himself with different doses of Gamma Radiation. The device was triggered whenever Banner or the Hulk stepped on a foot plate in the floor.
• Hulk would not be seen again until Fantastic Four #25.
• Namor appears in the following issue of Avengers.
• Additional information concerning Thor's battle with the Hulk this issue will be recounted in Journey Into Mystery 112.
• This story is Job # X-525.

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See Also

• Discuss Avengers Vol 1 3 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Avengers series

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