Appearing in "One: The Cause of Justice"
Avengers/Thunderbolts #1
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Baron Zemo (Harbin Zemo) (First appearance)
- Warbird
Locations:
- Germany
- Avengers Mansion, Manhattan, New York City, New York
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Stormfront-1, North Sea
- Parsons Minimum Security Prison, Illinois
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "One: The Cause of Justice"
Avengers/Thunderbolts #1
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Two: The Fine Line"
Avengers/Thunderbolts #2
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Locations:
- Minnesota
- Stormfront-1, North Sea
- Avengers Mansion, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Two: The Fine Line"
Avengers/Thunderbolts #2
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Bride of Ultron!"
Avengers #162
Featured Characters:
- Avengers (Main story and recap)
- Thor (Odinson)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Frank) (Main story and recap)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Main story and recap)
- Beast (Henry "Hank" McCoy) (Main story and recap)
- Black Panther (T'Challa)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
Supporting Characters:
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Main story and recap)
- Jocasta (First appearance) (Unnamed)
Antagonists:
- Ultron (Main story and recap)
- Ant-Man (Henry "Hank" Pym) (Main story and as }} {{Controlled|Ultron in recap)
Other Characters:
- Butler Jarvis
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- NYPD
- Ant-Man's Ants (Main story and recap)
- Two-Gun Kid (Matt Hawk)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
- Mr. Rockwell
- Vision (Mentioned)
- Jack Kirby (Referenced)
- Kid Colt (Blaine Colt) (Name only)
- Odin (Invoked)
- Oedipus (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Grim Reaper (Eric Williams) (Referenced)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Asgardians
- Mutants
- Ants (Main story and recap)
- Robots
- Horses (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Midtown (Main story and recap)
- Fifth Avenue (Main story and recap)
- Avengers Mansion (Main story and recap)
- Fifth Avenue (Main story and recap)
- Mount Sinai Medical Center, East Harlem (Name only)
- Midtown (Main story and recap)
- Long Island
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Cheery-O's Dude Ranch
- New York (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- Heaven (Invoked)
Items:
- Mjolnir
- Captain America's Uniform (Main story and recap)
- Panther Habit
- Iron Man Armor Model 4
- Captain America's Shield (Only in recap)
- Ant-Man's Suit and Helmet (Main story and recap)
- Rawhide Kid comic
- Adamantium (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Bride of Ultron!"
Avengers #162
Continued from last issue...
Thor makes a visit to Avengers Mansion only to find that half the team (Captain America, the Vision, Scarlet Witch and the Beast) have all been seemingly slain and are being carted away in ambulances! Inside, he finds Iron Man, the Black Panther and Wonder Man -- the only Avengers to have survived a devastating attack by Ultron. They relate how Hank Pym suffered a serious breakdown leading to amnesia (he believes he’s still Ant-Man and it is still 1963), as well as how Ultron apparently murdered most of the team before abducting both Hank and Jan.
And somewhere else, Hank - as Ant-Man - awakens in a lab, only to see Ultron imploring him to help save his beloved Wasp. Hank is still unable to remember anything after the first meeting of the Avengers (in Vol 1 1), not even his evil creation. Ultron cruelly tricks him into thinking the Avengers he battled were impostors who nearly killed the Wasp.
Below them, Janet is strapped to a slab next to a robotic female form. Ultron claims the only way to save the Wasp now is to “temporarily” transfer her life essence into the robotic shell until they can heal her body. Not thinking correctly, Hank goes along with this plan, unaware that Ultron already knows that once Jan’s life-force has been transferred, the process cannot be reversed. He then intends to kill Hank and take the female robot as his mate in a twisted and very literal Oedipal scenario.
The Avengers have been hoping to call in some past members to help out in this crisis situation. They attempt to get in touch with Hawkeye, but Two-Gun Kid (being from 1873) doesn’t understand the concept of a telephone and so Hawkeye doesn’t get the message.
In Ultron’s lab, Jan reacts as she feels her life essence being drained away. At the same time, the robotic “bride” of Ultron begins to stir and to speak.
Back at the Mansion, a colony of ants invades the command center and spells out letters: S-T-A-R-K-L-I, which Iron-Man recognizes to mean “Stark Long Island”, an abandoned Stark aerospace lab. The four remaining Avengers converge there. On the way, Thor remarks that he intends to fight to the death against Ultron. Wonder Man realizes he means it quite literally and suddenly he’s filled with a dread of actually being killed… again.
The heroes arrive. When Ultron sees Wonder Man (who was struck by the same encephalo-ray he used on the rest of the Avengers last issue), he remarks that he should be in a coma. Iron-Man is stunned to realize that the felled Avengers aren’t dead after all.
While Iron-Man, Thor and Wonder Man attack Ultron, the Black Panther concentrates on trying to stop Hank. T’Challa realizes Hank is still in the depths of delusion and believes Ultron to be his ally. He has no choice but to subdue Ant-Man.
While Thor and Wonder Man tackle Ultron, Iron-Man rushes to aid the Panther. The controls are now locked into a coded sequence and they have no time to crack it before the process is complete. Iron-Man thinks of a way to force Ultron’s hand, however. Realizing that Ultron’s bride is not made of adamantium, he threatens to destroy her if the villain doesn’t reveal how to reverse the process. Ultron relents and tells the heroes what they need before fleeing the scene. The Panther is slightly disturbed that Iron-Man would resort to taking a hostage, but he retorts that Ultron’s creation is not a true living being.
Epilogue: Jan is revived. Iron-Man remarks that it’s a good thing she managed to send a signal to them when she did or it might have been too late. But Jan insists she couldn’t have sent them a message as Ultron had taken away her insect-control collar. Hank is a ranting, raving mess and clearly did not send them any message. The team is left wondering who did. T’Challa theorizes that Ultron’s robot bride may have been more like Jan than he ever intended…
Appearing in "The Evil Reborn"
Avengers #201
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jocasta
- Edwin Jarvis
- Stark Industries
- Unnamed employees
- Bambi Arbogast
- Vic Martinelli (Mentioned)
- Uncle Elmer
- Babette
- Lance (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Ultron's robot
Other Characters:
- Carlos
- Marcus Immortus (Mentioned)
- Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Mentioned)
- Ultron (Mentioned)
- Cross Technological Enterprises (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- Tokyo (Mentioned)
Items:
- Mjolnir
- Iron Man Armor Model 4
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Hawkeye's Suit, Bow and Trick Arrows
- Yellowjacket's Suit
Vehicles:
- WGLV Helicopter
- Avengers Quinjet
Synopsis for "The Evil Reborn"
Avengers #201
The Avengers and a crew from Stark International repair the mansion, which was heavily damaged in the battle last issue. Once the work is complete, the team members head their separate ways.
Hank and Jan Pym return home prior to Hank leaving for a conference in Tokyo.
Captain America invites Hawkeye to stick around the team for a short while, an invitation that Hawkeye eagerly accepts.
Tony Stark returns to his offices and is at Stark International. He is informed of a theft of certain chemicals from their labs. His secretary, Ms. Arbogast, notes his suddenly alarmed behavior.
The Beast accompanies Wonder Man to a TV Studio for a live recording of the Uncle Elmer Show. After an on-air mishap humiliates “Uncle Elmer”, Simon is fired from his role as Mr. Muscles.
After Hank leaves for his conference, Jan is woken in the middle of the night by a noise from Hank's lab. Upon investigating, she finds that a robot has broken in and is stealing canisters marked Ad Resin X and Ad Resin Y. The robot attacks her and she vanishes.
At Stark International, Tony is convinced he knows who has stolen components from the chemical research division and constructs a device, the use of which he fears may cost him his life.
This story continues in the next issue.