COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Avengers 93 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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Certification #:
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3705375003
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
One of the real highlights of Marvel's early Bronze Age era, Avengers #93 is a giant-sized issue featuring truly epic art by Neal Adams. This issue was also the first major chapter in the Kree-Skrull War, one of the biggest Marvel stories ever told and one that has been set up in the Captain Marvel movie for adaptation in the MCU.
In the book, Captain America, Thor and Iron Man are in Avengers Mansion when the Vision bursts in and passes out. Henry Pym conveniently arrives in the guise of Ant Man in time to repair him by shrinking down to microscopic size and entering his inert form. Battling through the Vision's high-tech immune system, the miniature Avenger revives the synthezoid.
After Ant-Man has departed, Vision explains to them the events that led up to his arrival: The battle in the Arctic, the insurgency in alien hysteria, H. Warren Craddock's government hearings and finally the fact that Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor had ordered the Avengers to disband. They are shocked to hear the last part as they did not in fact issue such a proclamation.
The Vision continues that, after being ordered to disband, Vision, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Goliath left to meet up with Captain Marvel and soon found themselves battling three cows that shape changed into Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, and the Human Torch. The Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were captured but Vision escaped thanks to his density changing powers. The Avengers vow to rescue their friends and Mar-Vell.
At the farm, Captain Marvel and Carol Danvers are being held prisoner by the Skrulls. They watch helplessly on the monitors as the Skrulls disguise themselves as members of the Fantastic Four to stalk the remaining uncaptured Avengers: Goliath and Rick Jones. The pair is then defeated by the Skrull.
Inside the Skrull’s ship (hidden within the barn), they explain that they were part of the first Skrull invasion force to visit Earth but were defeated by the then recently formed Fantastic Four and hypnotized into believing they were cows. Just then, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, and Vision arrive at the farm to rescue their friends.
While the Skrull engage the arriving Avengers, Mar-Vell frees himself and Carol. The Skrull assume the forms of the Fantastic Four’s members and rescue Goliath and Rick. Mar-Vell begins to construct an Omni-Wave projector, a Kree communication device that can also be used as a devastating weapon. However, certain remarks from “Carol” tip-off Mar-Vell that something is not right. He quickly destroys the Omni-Wave and "Carol" reveals himself to be the Super-Skrull in disguise!
The Super Skrull defeats Mar-Vell and sets the ship to blast off. The Avengers, having just defeated their Skrull opponents, attempt to stop the ship from escaping but fail. The Super Skrull escapes with Mar-Vell, Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch as his prisoners.
For many years, there was just one 9.8 in the census, which was last sold by Heritage in July 2012. I am not sure from where this second 9.8 emanates, but it is now one of two highest graded copies of this important issue. We acquired the book in the 12/1/2020 CL auction.
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