Appearing in "Lair of Shattered Vengeance!"
Marvel Premiere #18
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Rand-Meachum Inc.
- Harold Meachum (Apparent death)
- Joy Meachum (First appearance)
- Triple-Iron
- Ninja
Other Characters:
- Wendell Rand (Only in recap)
- Heather Rand (Only in recap)
- Yu-Ti (Only in flashback)
- Lei-Kung (Only in flashback)
- Da Tempa, a monk (Only in flashback)
- Shou-Lao the Undying (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Wolves of K'un-Lun (Mentioned in narration)
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Harlem
- Rand-Meachum Inc. Building (First appearance)
- Harlem
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America
- Asia (Only in flashback)
- Tibet (Only in flashback)
- Himalayas (Only in flashback)
- Kunlun Mountains (Only in flashback)
- K'un-Lun (Only in flashback)
- Kunlun Mountains (Only in flashback)
- Himalayas (Only in flashback)
- Kathmandu Valley (Only in flashback)
- Tibet (Only in flashback)
- North America
Items:
Synopsis for "Lair of Shattered Vengeance!"
Marvel Premiere #18
Entering the next room, Daniel comes face to fact with the man he had wanted revenge on for most of his life: Harold Meachum. Meachum is now an old man who no longer has his legs. Meachum explains that after leaving Daniel and his mother to die in the mountains he got lost and was later found by a man from a near-by village, however his legs were subject to severe frost-bite and needed to be amputated. While recuperating in the village, Meachum learned of Daniel's fate and decided to prepare for Daniel's possible return for revenge.
With Meachum's story complete, Iron Fist feels nothing but pity for the crippled and broken man, and walks away. Wanting to be killed by Iron Fist, Meachum tries to shoot him, however the Ninja arrives and murders Meachum. Shocked, Iron Fist goes back to the body, and at that moment Harold's daughter, Joy enters the room and believes that Iron Fist had murdered his father. Joy vows to get revenge on Iron Fist, and will not listen to anything he may say to convince her that he didn't kill her father. Iron Fist then leaves, knowing exactly what a thirst for vengeance can do to a person.Appearing in ""The Agony and the Anthill!""
Avengers #46
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Whirlwind (David Cannon) (First appearance as Whirlwind) (Main story and recap)
- Red Ants (Death of several)
Other Characters:
- Zeus (Mentioned)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Referenced)
- Agent Thirteen (Referenced)
- Nick Fury (Referenced)
- United States Congress (Mentioned)
- Samson (Mentioned)
- NYPD (Only in recap)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
- J.R.R. Tolkien (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Human-Olympian Hybrids
- Mutants
- Ants
- Olympians (Referenced)
- Pythons (Referenced)
- Ponies (Mentioned)
- Kitties (Referenced)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- United States (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Midtown
- Unnamed Hospital (Mentioned)
- Lower East Side
- Whirlwind's hideout
- East River
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Kansas (Mentioned)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- United States (Main story and recap)
- Heaven (Invoked)
Items:
- Captain America's Shield
- Cyberno-tron
Synopsis for ""The Agony and the Anthill!""
Avengers #46
Hawkeye arrives with the recovered Black Widow. She announces that she's giving up her costumed identity and retiring from espionage work. The Wasp arrives as well, accompanied by her new chauffeur Charles. Goliath chides her for bringing an unknown person into the mansion, but she counters that she just wanted to introduce him to the team so they know who he is when he comes and goes. Jan dismisses Charles for the time being.
Hercules makes strides to fit in with modern-day society by shaving his beard and wearing a suit and tie. Sporting this new look, he asks Wanda out for a night on the town. Hawkeye and the former Black Widow, now just Natasha, join them on a double date. As they stroll down the street, the naïve Hercules notices stares (from female passersby) and is concerned that he's doing something wrong. His friends assure him he is doing everything very right.
Elsewhere, Goliath's suspicions about "Charles" are proven correct: He's really the villain formerly known as the Human Top, an enemy of Giant-Man, who used his position as Wasp's chauffeur to get a close-up look at the security parameters at the mansion. Donning a new costume and calling himself Whirlwind, he plots to take revenge on Goliath.
Goliath is working in the mansion's lab, aided by Jan, when Whirlwind attacks. Taking them by surprise, he defeats them and shrinks them using Goliath's experimental new size-changing ray. He then tosses them into a glass anthill (which Hank was using to test new control circuitry on) and plants a bomb to eliminate the rest of the team.
The ants view Hank and Jan as intruders and attempt to kill them. Hank and Jan flee, but Hank is caught. Jan attacks the ant grasping Hank in his mandibles, killing it. As it turns out, this was the hive's queen, and, without her guidance, the rest of the ants become docile. Using circuits contained in the glass structure, Hank cobbles together a new ant-control helmet and takes over the colony. He instructs the ants to transport him and Jan to the surface.
Meanwhile, Captain America and Quicksilver have returned to the mansion and found Whirlwind in the act of sabotage. They battle him to a standstill, but he escapes. As he retreats, Whirlwind gloats that neither of the heroes are aware of the explosive he planted in the lab.
Aided by the ants, Goliath reaches voice amplification equipment and warns Cap and Quicksilver about the bomb. Grabbing it, Quicksilver rushes outside and throws it into the air, letting it explode harmlessly. As he returns to the mansion, though, he overhears a few eyewitness pedestrians remark how they distrust both him and his sister Wanda as they are mutants. He reflects that no matter how much good the twins do as Avengers, the public will never forget their past as Magneto's lackeys.
Goliath determines that his new headband is actually much better than his old Ant-Man helmet. He decides to resume using the powers of Ant-Man as well as his Goliath abilities.Appearing in "To Dream-- Perchance to Die!"
Doctor Strange #170
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Nightmare (Impersonates Hamir the Hermit)
- Dreamstalker
Other Characters:
- Vishanti (Invoked)
- Hamir the Hermit (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Raggadorr (Invoked)
- Oshtur (Invoked)
- Hoggoth (Invoked)
- Seraphim (Invoked)
- Agamotto (Invoked)
- Dormammu (Invoked)
- Munnopor (Invoked)
Locations:
Races and Species:
Items:
- Cloak of Levitation
- Eye of Agamotto
- Spells
- Rings of Raggadorr (Invoked)
- Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)
- Shades of the Seraphim (Invoked)
- Moons of Munnopor (Invoked)
Synopsis for "To Dream-- Perchance to Die!"
Doctor Strange #170
Nightmare's first spell, a set of emerald bands, is broken. His second forces Strange to revert from astral form to physical. His steed attacks, but Strange drives it off with the light of his All-Seeing Eye. Nightmare's third spell brings Hamir forth as a hostage, but the Eye reveals it as an illusion. Frustrated, Nightmare returns to the waking world to kill the Ancient One physically. Strange's cloak restrains him, and he flees to his own dimension.
The Ancient One finally awakens. He confesses that he deliberately set a trap for Nightmare, using himself as bait, so that Strange would defeat him and regain his confidence.