Synopsis
Avengers, The (1963 series) #305 synopsis by
T Vernon
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On Avengers Island, Captain America calls, “Avengers, assemble!” and there comes nearly every Avenger from the team’s history. Cap announces that the Avengers is considered to be one team and everyone who has been a member of any of the former teams, no matter how briefly, is an Avenger forever. Some short-lived members express their thanks to Cap but Tigra takes the opportunity to make a catty remark about Hellcat being a poor imitation of her (Tigra) and the two women need to be separated. Monica Rambeau, still recovering from the loss of her Captain Marvel powers, shows the team spirit in offering to do what she can. Hawkeye steps in to tell the team he won’t be an Avenger until he receives the respect the claims to have earned; Mockingbird rebukes him, reminding him he is an Avenger. And so the team comes together….
Beneath the Earth’s crust, Jinku, the Lava Men’s shaman, summons the ancient power to raise up new Lava Men….
Most of the Avengers head home. Namor rejoins the team but he has some business to take care of first. Cap welcomes She-Hulk, Black Panther, and Quasar to the current lineup. Thor and Gilgamesh are in the workout room, testing one another’s powers as there are many similarities between them though Cap says they can never have too many heavy-hitters. Cap, T’Challa, Jen, and Quasar join the other two in their workout as they each test themselves against the others. Jarvis serves tea and biscuits—and then the island is shaken by a mighty tremor. They discover that a massive crimson pillar has lifted the island (actually a floating platform) hundreds of feet into the air. They head outside to find hundreds of faceless Lava Men, finding that the monsters, when hit break up into smaller pieces, each of which grows into a new Lava Man. The heroes fight valiantly but the Lava Men surround them, flowing into each other and creating a massive sphere with the Avengers trapped inside, which then rolls to the edge of the giant pillar and drops into the sea….
CharactersGood (or All)Plus: Lava Men.