Though my own century fears me as the most ruthless conqueror of all time, my triumph is a hollow one so long as the twentieth century escapes my tyranny!

-- Kang the Conqueror

Appearing in "Once an Avenger..."Edit

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Joins Team)
  • Hawkeye
  • Quicksilver
  • Scarlet Witch

Supporting Characters:

• Ravonna (First appearance)
• King Carelius (First appearance)

Villains:

• Kang
• Kang's Hordes

Other Characters:

• "The Champ"

Locations:

• Earth-6311

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Recreater

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Once an Avenger..."Edit

Captain America (as Steve Rogers) gets a job as a boxer. Meanwhile, Kang the Conqueror plans to attack the Avengers yet again. Adding a fourth floor to the Avengers HQ, he lures the Avengers into an unescapable room and transports them to the future. Kang tries to show his power to the future Princess Ravonna but she doesn't care. Steve Rogers gets worried hearing about the Avengers disappearance. The Avengers then attempt to make an escape, but Scarlet Witch and Hawkeye are recaptured leaving Quicksilver on his own. Captain America then appears, sending himself to the future using the Recreater. There, he meets up with Quicksilver with help from Princess Ravonna. They confront Kang, and are joined by Hawkeye and Scarlet Witch, who re-escaped. Ravonna still denies Kang marriage, so his armies move in to destroy the city.

NotesEdit

• All the Avengers appeared in last issue, Avengers #22, where they concluded their battle against Power Man and Enchantress. Cap had left the team, he would come to their rescue and rejoin at this issues end.
• While there is a Captain America story that features all the members of the Avengers in Tales of Suspense #72, chronologically it appears it occurs after Avengers #25.
• Kang was last seen in Fantastic Four Annual #3 where he was manipulated by Dr. Doom into crashing the Richards wedding, he was defeated by a number of New Yorks heroes who were attending the reception.
• This is Ravonna's first appearance.
• In an editor's note, "Smiley" admits the creative team lost track of when the Recreater device was last used by Iron Man. It is possible it was a non-Avengers issue or it was confused with another device, such as the image projector used in issues 3 and 12.
• Stan Lee's gives an annotated apology to Omar Khayyam, who was a Persian poet/mathematician/philosopher/astronomer, historically famous by his poetic Quatrains. The words spoken by Kang is possibly a variation, or liberally translated verse from one of Khayyam's quotes or poems, altered to fit Kang's insults being hurled at Quicksilver. This is alluded to in a footnote.
• The Avengers, Kang, and Ravonna are all seen next in Avengers #24.
  

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Recommended ReadingEdit

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