Comics:Giant-Size Avengers Vol 1 2

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"A Blast From the Past"

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Giant-Size Avengers Vol 1 #2
November, 1974

Cover Artists

Ron Wilson, Frank Giacoia, John Romita

Writers

Steve Englehart

Pencilers

Dave Cockrum

Inkers

Dave Cockrum

Colourists

Bill Mantlo

Letterers

Tom Orzechowski

Editors

Roy Thomas

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Avengers #129

Avengers #130

Appearing in "A Blast From the Past"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  • Thor
  • Iron Man
  • Scarlet Witch
  • Vision
  • Swordsman
  • Mantis
  • Hawkeye
    

Supporting Characters:

• Agatha Harkness
• Rama-Tut
  

Villains:

• Kang
  

Other Characters:

• Edwin Jarvis
• Dr. Doom
• Scarlet Centurion (Flashback)
• Black Panther (Flashback)
• Quicksilver (Flashback)
• Goliath (Clint Barton) (Flashback)
• Goliath (Henry Pym) (Flashback)
• Giant-Man (Henry Pym) (Flashback)
• Ant-Man/Henry Pym (Flashback)
• Yellowjacket (Henry Pym) (Flashback)
• Wasp (Flashback)
• Hulk (Flashback)
• Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Flashback)
• Ravonna Renslayer
  

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Synopsis for "A Blast From the Past"

Continuing from the events in Avengers #129... Hawkeye has finished busting up some thieves when his attention to directed to the star shinning above Avengers Mansion. Arriving there he finds out from Jarvis that the Avengers are missing. Swordsman and Rama-Tut arrive and recruit Hawkeye to help them stop Kang from starting World War 3.
The travel back to Egypt and battle against three fellow Avengers (Thor, Iron Man & Vision) who have been captured and put inside Macrobots by Kang. During the battle, Rama-Tut reflects on his past: How he is a future version of Kang who grew tired of the constant conquest and resumed his Rama-Tut guise and ruled ancient Egypt again as a just ruler. However, he decided to change his destiny an so was put into suspended animation by one of his medicine men to this point in history when his past self -- Kang -- would travel back in time seeking the Celestial Madonna.
Defeating the Macrobots and freeing the Avengers, they make an attack on Kang, and when Kang and Rama-Tut meet face to face time goes wild, and Mantis is revealed to be the Celestial Madonna. During the fight between Kang and Rama-Tut, the Swordsman jumps into the path of an energy weapon, sacrificing himself to save the others, and Kang and Rama-Tut are sent outside of time.
Following the climax of the battle, the Swordsman dies and the Avengers mourn the loss of their ally.

Notes

This issue also reprints the first appearace of Rama-Tut from Fantastic Four 19.

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See Also

• Discuss Giant-Size Avengers Vol 1 2 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Giant-Size Avengers series

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