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Quote1 You mixed-up, adorable nut! As if my life would mean anything to me if I lost you! Quote2
Wasp

Appearing in "Lair of Shattered Vengeance!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Marvel Premiere #18

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Synopsis for "Lair of Shattered Vengeance!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Marvel Premiere #18
Battling Triple-Iron a exo-suited fighter who has been trapped in a specially made room by Meachum for the purpose of battling Iron Fist, Daniel Rand is able to defeat the foe with the help of the mysterious Ninja. When the Ninja uses a throwing star to reveal the door out of the room, Rand lures Triple-Iron out where the two continue their battle until Iron Fist is able to short out Triple-Iron's armor with live wires, knocking him out.

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!""

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers #46

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Synopsis for ""The Agony and the Anthill!""

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers #46
Most of the team are relaxing in the refurbished Avengers Mansion lounge. The Scarlet Witch thinks that Captain America has seemed distracted recently. Cap is distracted by thoughts of a beautiful S.H.I.E.L.D. agent he's recently met, whom he knows only as "Agent 13."

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!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Doctor Strange #170

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Synopsis for "To Dream-- Perchance to Die!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Doctor Strange #170
Strange hears the Ancient One cry out in his sleep and rushes to his chamber. He is in some kind of coma. Hamir, the Ancient One's manservant, heard him say, "Nightmare." An arousal spell fails, so Strange tries to enter his dreaming mind. Before he can complete his preparations, he is pulled forcibly into the Ancient One's nightmare. Hamir drops his disguise--he is really Nightmare, and he follows Strange.

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.

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