COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Avengers 89 Universal
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Suscha News
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Certification #:
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1003485004
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #89 features appearances by Captain Marvel, Annihilus and the Kree Sentry.
In the book, a delirious Captain Marvel is being pursued by Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and the Vision, who are trying (unsuccessfully) to convince him that they want to help him. After a brief skirmish, Captain Marvel is stunned by a shot fired by Rick Jones. The heroes then rush Mar-Vell to a Cape Kennedy hospital where a decontamination chair is set up just for him. As Mar-Vell is plugged into it and the switch is pulled, Rick hopes for the best -- otherwise he fears he's doomed his longtime friend.
Rick recalls the events leading up to this moment: he was performing onstage when Mar-Vell mentally contacted him. Leaving his gig, Rick was informed by Mar-Vell that he discovered a way to escape from the Negative Zone, where he is exiled whenever Rick is present on Earth. He explained about seeing Mr. Fantastic's most recent adventure in the Negative Zone (Fantastic Four #109) and learned that the Fantastic Four have a means to travel in and out of the Zone. Mar-Vell theorized that this could be a way to free both himself and Rick from their shared existence. Traveling to the Baxter Building, Rick changed places with Mar-Vell so that the Captain could break into the Fantastic Four's headquarters and use the Negative Zone portal to free Rick.
Trespassing in the FF's headquarters sent an alerts to Avengers Mansion. The only available heroes to answer the alarm were Vision, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver since the FF, as well as most of the other Avengers, were away on other missions at the time.
The three Avengers arrived at the Baxter Building just in time to see Captain Marvel succeed in freeing Rick. But he also inadvertently released Annihilus from the Negative Zone as well. The Avengers forced Annihilus back through the Negative Zone portal but in the interim Captain Marvel fled the scene, stealing the Avengers’ quinjet in the process. They soon realized from one of Reed Richards' radiation detection devices that all the time in the Negative Zone exposed Mar-Vell to a strange form of lethal nega-radiation. They therefore had to track him down to help cure him.
In the present, Rick is snapped out of his reverie when the Cape Kennedy doctor explains that the nega-radiation is too strong to drain away, until the Vision suggests that the solar power from his body could possibly fight it off. Setting up a device to channel his own energy into Mar-Vell, the Vision saves Mar-Vell's life, but the two are rendered unconscious.
Meanwhile in the Kree galaxy, Ronan the Accuser, from Guardians of the Galaxy fame in the MCU, has broken into the chamber of the Supreme Intelligence in a coup. He reveals to the Intelligence that his hated foe, Captain Marvel, is back on Earth in a weakened state. Ronan broadcasts a signal that revives the Kree Sentry which is currently being stored at Cape Kennedy. The Sentry fights its way into Mar-Vell’s hospital room intent on destroying him.
Our WP copy comes from the Suscha News Pedigree and is one of 11 highest graded. The Suscha News pedigree offers a detailed insight into the mind of a collector during the '60s and '70s, chronicled by the original owner himself when his collection was sold to Metropolis in 2010. Born in 1949, he grew up in Wisconsin with a casual interest in comics until a friend introduced him to superheroes in 1963. His meticulous nature ultimately led him to strike a deal with his local distributor in the early '70s, named Suscha News, who allowed him to cherry pick his comics at half price. The deal ended in 1976, and his collecting soon after. The collection's most famous attribute are multiple copies of late '60s and '70s issues in pristine condition; the books are void of any identifying marks.
We acquired the book in the 11/29/2016 Pedigree Comics Auction.
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