Avengers Vol 1 393

Avengers #393
Previous Issue	Avengers #392
Next Issue	Avengers #394
Cover Date	December, 1995
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Mark Gruenwald

1. "Dark Days Dawn"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Bob Harras Terry Kavanagh Ben Raab
Penciler(s)	Mike Deodato Jr.
Inker(s)	Tom Palmer
Letterer(s)	Bill Oakley NJQ
Editor(s)	Ralph Macchio

 Stark's finally lost it! 

—Hawkeye

Appearing in "Dark Days Dawn"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  • ⏴ Giant-Man (Hank Pym) ⏵
  • ⏴ Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) ⏵
  • ⏴ Wasp (Janet van Dyne) ⏵
  • ⏴ Hawkeye (Clint Barton) ⏵ (Death)
  • Swordsman (Philip Javert)
  • ⏴ Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) ⏵
  • ⏴ Vision ⏵
  • ⏴ Crystal Maximoff ⏵
  • ⏴ Hercules ⏵

Supporting Characters:

• Luna Maximoff
• Edwin Jarvis
• Masque (Whitney Frost)

Antagonists:

• ⏴ "Mantis" ⏵
• Neut
• Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards)
• Malachi
• Tobias
• ⏴ Iron Man (Tony Stark) ⏵
• "Luna Maximoff"
• Tuc

Other Characters:

• Swordsman ("Cotati") (Mentioned)
• Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
• Marilla (Mentioned) (Deceased)

Locations:

• Limbo
• New York
  • Long Island
    • Southampton
      • Van Dyne Estate

Items:

• Hawkeye's Bow & Trick Arrows
• Iron Man Armor Model 15
• Black Widow's Gauntlets

Synopsis for "Dark Days Dawn"

"Kang" (Immortus) is losing his future war and prepares to evacuate to the present. He is not happy with Mantis' capture of the Elder Cotati. He sends Malachi and Tobias to retrieve his operative Iron Man, whose identity as a traitor has been revealed.

In Wasp's estate, the Avengers face Iron Man in a bloody battle that leaves the Wasp mortally wounded. Teenaged Luna teleports Malachi and Tobias in the battle. They escape with Iron Man. Giant-Man makes a desperate attempt to save the Wasp's life and it results in her encasement in a cocoon. Tuc kidnaps the child Luna.

Masque crash-lands a plane into the estate, causing much damage. She was trying to reach them to warn that they should stop Iron Man. But she has arrived too late.

Notes

• Black Widow wasn't around in Iron Man #323 and Deathcry who should be around is nowhere to be found, to make it even better the Widow is only there in one Panel right before the Avengers fight Iron Man.
• Hercules punches Tony in the face while Stark's not wearing his helmet and he is not knocked out (?!).
• The Crossing continues in Force Works # 19.
• The Wasp enters a cocoon in this issue, after being severely injured, later emerging in a more insect-like form.
• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.

See Also

• 2 image(s) from Avengers Vol 1 393
• 2 reprint(s) of Avengers Vol 1 393

Recommended Reading

Crossing
Prelude I: Iron Man #319	Prelude II: Avengers #390	Part I: Avengers:The Crossing	Part II: Iron Man #320	Part III: Force Works #16
Part IV: Avengers #391	Part V: Iron Man #321	Part VI: Force Works #17	Part VII: War Machine #20	Part VIII: Avengers #392
Part IX: Iron Man #322	Part X: Force Works #18	Part XI: War Machine #21	Part XII: Iron Man #323	Part XIII: Avengers #393
Part XIV: Force Works #19	Part XV: War Machine #22	Part XVI: Iron Man #324	Part XVII: Force Works #20	Part XVIII: Avengers #394
Part XIX: Avengers: Timeslide	Part XX: War Machine #23	Part XXI: Iron Man #325	Part XXII: Avengers #395	Aftermath: Age of Innocence - The Rebirth of Iron Man

Links and References

References

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