Comics:Avengers Vol 1 32

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"The Sign of the Serpent!"

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Avengers Vol 1 #32
September, 1966

Writers

Stan Lee

Pencilers

Don Heck

Letterers

Artie Simek

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Avengers #33

Appearing in "The Sign of the Serpent!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers)
  • Hawkeye
  • Goliath
  • The Wasp

Supporting Characters:

• Inactive Avengers
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark)
  • Quicksilver
  • Scarlet Witch
• Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
• Nick Fury

Villains:

• Sons of the Serpent

Other Characters:

• Bill Foster
• General Chen

Locations:

Items:

• Captain America's Shield

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Sign of the Serpent!"

Captain America encourages Goliath to keep looking for a solution to his height-switching ability, and finds a new assistant, Bill Foster. The Sons of the Serpent attack foreign people, including General Chen, the dictator of a communist country, while he visits the UN. The Black Widow provides information to Hawkeye to prove herself to him. Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch discover they will regain their full powers. Bill Foster, being African-American, gets attacked by the Sons of the Serpent. Captain America goes to Nick Fury for more information about them. The Avengers vow to defeat the Sons of the Serpent, but Captain America is kidnapped. The Avengers have no option to but to refuse to fight against the Sons of the Serpent.

Notes

• Captain America, Hawkeye, Goliath, Wasp, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were all seen last issue in Avengers 31
• This marks the first appearance of the racist group Sons of the Serpent, they appear again in next months issue Avengers 33.
• This also marks the first appearance of Bill Foster, who would eventually become a size changing hero also named Goliath. He also appears next issue.
• Black Widow makes an appearance after her last one in Avengers 30 when she was brainwashed by Communists to fight the Avengers with the aid of Swordsman and Power Man. We see her next in Avengers 33.
• When Cap goes to the barber shop that is a front for a secret SHIELD base, the business card he hands the barber was aquired during a previous encounter with SHIELD. and Nick Fury follow the events of Tales of Suspense #78.
• Nick Fury was last seen Strange Tales 149, he'll be seen again in Strange Tales 150. Fury mentions that he was planning on tackling the Sons of the Serpent after he dealt with AIM. (Advanced Idea Mechanics) whom S.H.I.E.L.D. had been butting heads with since Strange Tales 146 through Strange Tales 149.
• Tony Stark (AKA Iron Man)'s brief appearance in this issue happens after Tales of Suspense 86, he's next seen in Amazing Spider-Man Annual 3 where the original Avengers reunite to consider Spider-Man for membership in the Avengers.
• This issue is reprinted in Giant-Size Marvel Triple Action 2 as well as Essential Avengers Vol 2.

Trivia

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See Also

• Discuss Avengers Vol 1 32 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Avengers series

Recommended Reading

• None.

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