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Marvel Comics   ·   Released May 1st, 1977

The Avengers #159

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"Siege by Stealth and Storm!"

With the Avengers defeated by his hand, Graviton vows to try and take over the world. When he notices that Raquel, a woman at Research City trying to gain his favor, has injured Judy he strikes out at her. When the other scientists attempt to rebel, Graviton easily lifts them into the air. He is about to drop them to their deaths when Judy awakens and begs him to let them go safely.

Graviton then transports the floating Research City high over New York City, where the Air Force attempts to blow the island out of the sky, but to no avail. With other heroes that reside in the city either ineffectual or out of town, the villain demands that the United Nations turn over the world to him, or he will destroy a major city each hour, starting with New York. Jarvis fears the worst for the Avengers and is shocked when Thor and the Black Panther arrive to lend their aid at stopping Graviton. As the pair flies off to face Graviton, Jarvis wonders if there is anything he can do to help.

Graviton has the captured Avengers pinned to a wall and is using his powers to keep them in place. Thor arrives and attacks Graviton head-on, but the villain's power appears more than capable of keeping the Thunder God at bay. Fortunately, this is just a distraction, as the Black Panther has come in from the rear with a device that frees the other Avengers. He frees Iron Man first and sends the Golden Avenger to aid in fighting Graviton while he frees the other Avengers. Despite their effort, Graviton manages to keep them all from attacking by trapping them in a dome of gravity.

When Graviton attempts to boast of his victory to Judy, he finds that she is missing. Following a trail of her jewelry to the edge of Research City, Graviton assumes that she has committed suicide and becomes furious. When attempting to kill the Avengers, he loses control of his powers and turns himself into a living black hole. Freeing themselves, the Avengers escape just as the entire Research City collapses into a ball of super-dense matter.

Before this ball can strike Manhattan, it's caught by Wonder Man, Thor, Iron Man and the Vision who then toss it out into the ocean. Believing that Judy had died in the battle, the Avengers return to the Mansion to find Judy alive and well. Jarvis explains that while the Avengers were occupied, he borrowed a Sky-Sled and used it to rescue the girl while Graviton was preoccupied.

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Creators

Jim Shooter
Writer
Jim Shooter
Sal Buscema
Artist
Sal Buscema
Gil Kane
Penciller
Gil Kane
Pablo Marcos
Inker
Pablo Marcos
Frank Giacoia
Inker
Frank Giacoia
Archie Goodwin
Editor
Archie Goodwin

Characters

Beast
Henry McCoy
Beast
Earth-616
Black Panther
T'Challa
Black Panther
Earth-616
Captain America
Steve Rogers
Captain America
Earth-616
Daredevil
Matt Murdock
Daredevil
Earth-616
Edwin Jarvis
Edwin Jarvis
Earth-616
Graviton
Frank Hall
Graviton
Earth-616
Iron Man
Tony Stark
Iron Man
Earth-616
Judy Parks
Judy Parks
Earth-616
Scarlet Witch
Wanda Maximoff
Scarlet Witch
Earth-616
Thor Odinson
Thor Odinson
Earth-616
Vision
Vision
Earth-616
Wasp
Janet Van Dyne
Wasp
Earth-616
Wonder Man
Simon Williams
Wonder Man
Earth-616
Yellowjacket
Hank Pym
Yellowjacket
Earth-616

Collected In

  • Avengers: The Bride of Ultron HC
    Avengers: The Bride of Ultron HC
    Avengers: The Bride of Ultron
  • Essential Avengers Vol. 7 TP
    Essential Avengers Vol. 7 TP
    Essential Avengers
  • Le Meilleur des Super-Héros Marvel 39. Wonder Man
    Le Meilleur des Super-Héros Marvel 39. Wonder Man
    Le Meilleur des Super-Héros Marvel (2016)
  • The Avengers Epic Collection: The Final Threat TP
    The Avengers Epic Collection: The Final Threat TP
    The Avengers Epic Collection (2013)

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