Synopsis
Avengers, The (1963 series) #351 synopsis by
T Vernon
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The Avengers and the Starjammers have arrived in the hangar to discover that Raza has just killed Dane “Black Knight” Whitman. Hercules grabs Raza, intending to kill him for his crime but Ch’od leaps to his comrade’s defense, clobbering both Herc and Thor. Corsair draws his gun but Vision knocks him out with a hand though his chest. Ch’od runs off with Raza, Herc confronts Corsair who has no idea what his comrades are doing. Hepzibah denies everything. Lockjaw brings Quicksilver back from the moon with the Inhumans doctor Galen to tend to the injured Dane along with the Starjammers’ medical robot Sikorsky. Black Widow assigns Thor, Hercules, Sersi, and Vision to search the city for Raza. Corsair wants to join them but the others balk at that so Hepzibah offers to remain as a hostage. And Binary insists on joining the search team….
Raza and Ch’od walk the rainy streets of Manhattan, Ch’od growing concerned that his comrade has not made any claims to innocence. Then the Avengers arrive and Sersi takes on Raza while Thor and Hercules battle Ch’od. Raza turns his hand into a sword and threatens the heroes; Vision arrives and Raza slashes at him but only shatters his hand on the diamond-hard Synthezoid. Thor takes down Ch’od. Corsair and Binary arrive to prevent any further violence. And Carol sits Raza down for a talk….
Back at the Mansion, Sikorsky prepares to operate on Dane while Hepzibah predicts his death. An irritated Natasha tells her to act like a hostage and stay in her room….
Corsair explains to the Avengers that Carol and Raza have a special bond from their time together in the Starjammers; he also insists Raza must have had a good reason for attacking the Black Knight. Vision apologies for overreacting earlier. Raza confesses to his comrades that the Kree had promised to reunite him with his son Rion, showing Carol the boy’s medallion. Carol takes the medallion and destroys it, to Raza’s shock and anger. She explains that the medallion was a memory implant device the Kree used to control his mind, making him believe he had a son….
At the Mansion, Galen and Sikorsky predict that Dane will recover, the robot explaining that Raza clearly did not try to kill his victim. Natasha and Crystal are suspicious of Hepzibah and later catch her in the act of trying to poison Dane. But the others arrive at this point and the moment passes….
Later, Dane meets with Raza, Carol having told him that Raza was mind-controlled so Dane forgives him. Both the Avengers and Starjammers invite Binary to rejoin them but she declines both offers, wanting to visit her parents. The Starjammers depart as well…
…and Hepzibah asks Raza if she was mind controlled too. But Raza confesses that there was no memory inducer. Carol lied to the Avengers for him so that he would be free to search for his son but he will always be haunted by the murder he tried to commit….
CharactersGood (or All)Plus: Binary (
Carol Danvers), Chod, Corsair (
Christopher Summers), Hepzibah, Luna Maximoff (
Baby Luna), Marilla, Raza, Sikorsky, Starjammers.