Comics:Avengers Vol 1 41

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"Let Sleeping Dragons Lie!"

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Avengers Vol 1 #41
June, 1967

Cover Artists

John Buscema

Writers

Roy Thomas

Pencilers

John Buscema

Inkers

George Bell

Letterers

Artie Simek

Editors

Stan Lee

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Appearing in "Let Sleeping Dragons Lie!"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  • Hawkeye
  • Quicksilver
  • Scarlet Witch
  • Goliath
  • The Wasp

Supporting Characters:

• Hercules

Villains:

• Diablo
• Dragon Man

Other Characters:

• Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
• William Foster (Earth-616)
• Colonel Ling
• Dr. Yen
• Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Appears in flashback and main story)
• Mr. Fantastic (Appears in flashback and main story)

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Synopsis for "Let Sleeping Dragons Lie!"

The Black Widow reaches the East with the plane. There she meets Colonel Ying and Dr. Yen. He shows her his new invention, the Psychotron, which can trap enemies and fight them with their greatest fears. They trap Black Widow in it, believing she is still traitorous to them. Meanwhile, Goliath is sent Dragon Man, to conduct tests on it. Diablo lures the avengers away from Dragon Man long enough to reactivate him. The Avengers go into battle with them, and eventually beat them, but Diablo escapes with the Dragon Man.

Notes

• This begins John Buscema's significant run as artist for this title. He will be the regular Avengers artist through Avengers 62 (cover only on Avengers 45). He will return as artist from Avengers 74-85. He drew several other issues of Avengers since that time, including another tenure with writer Roger Stern in the 1980's.
• Alter Ego #9, pg 42 prints John Buscema's unpublished character sketches for the 5 active male Avengers. Notes indicate that the Avengers were being compared/rendered as several prominent actors of the day. For example: Hercules=Steve Reeves, Quicksilver=Fred Astaire, Captain America=Burt Lancaster, Hawkeye=Anthony Quinn, and Goliath=Roger Culp.

Trivia

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See Also

• Discuss Avengers Vol 1 41 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Avengers series

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

Alter Ego is published by Two Morrows [1]