Title:

Avengers West Coast #75

Synopsis:

Synopsis for ”Hostages to Fortune” Arkon and Fantastic Four

”Hostages to Fortunes” Guest-starring the Fantastic Four. Double-Sized issue. Script by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas. Pencils by Herb Trimpe. Inks by Herb Trimpe and Charles Barnett III (assists). Cover by Herb Trimpe. The Avengers and the Fantastic Four spend the day at a new amusement park in Los Angeles! The superhero teams have come to the park for the benefit of Franklin Richards and Rachel Carpenter! And everybody is having a great time until they’re drawn into a war between the powerful femizon from the future, Thundra, and the warlord Arkon! The FF and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes can’t stop the conflict, so they must take sides! The end of the battle royal will shock everyone! Avengers Lineup: Hawkeye, Iron Man, Living Lightning, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Woman, Wonder Man, and the U.S. Agent. (Notes: Arkon and Thundra appear next in Avengers 358 & 359. They meet their ultimate fate in JLA Avengers (2003) #1. This issue was reprinted in 2012 in the trade paperback: Avengers West Coast Along Came A Spider-Woman.) 48 pages Cover price $1.50.

Appearing in ”Hostages to Fortune”

Featured Characters:

Avengers West Coast
Spider-Woman
Wonder Man
Hawkeye
⏴ Iron Man ⏵
Scarlet Witch
Living Lightning
US Agent
Supporting Characters:

Rachel Carpenter
Fantastic Four
Invisible Woman
Mr. Fantastic
Human Torch
Thing
Franklin Richards
Shigaru
(Death)
Antagonists:

Thundra
Arkon the Magnificent
Locations:

Earth-616
Earth
Sword-And-Sorcery World,
Los Angeles
,
California
Earth-8009
United Sisterhood (First appearance)
Polemachus
Items:

Hawkeye’s Bow
&
Trick Arrows
Iron Man Armor MK VIII
Vehicles:

Quinjet
Synopsis for ”Hostages to Fortune”

Cover Date:

Oct 1991

Publisher:

Marvel

Barcode:

071486024187

Issue Number:

Volume:

Month:

October

Year:

1991

Purchase Type:

Direct

Printing:

1st

Country:

United States

Cover Price:

$1.50

Cover Exclusive:

(Bronze Age, from 1971 to 1985) & (Copper Age, from 1986 to 1992)

Era:

Copper Age

Genre:

Superhero

Language:

English

Type of Comic:

Magazine

Characters:

Fantastic Four

Thundra

Arkon

Date Added:

2018-07-02 22:45:11

Series:

2-75

Story Arc:

Infinity Crusade

Number of Pages:

Automatic Estimated Value:

~$20.69

Automatic Estimated Date:

2025-11-19

Date Added:

2018-07-02 22:45:11

Created By:

Iron Man (Anthony Stark) Creators Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck & Jack Kirby 1st App. Tales of Suspense #39 (December, 1962) https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Anthony_Stark_(Earth-616)

West Coast Avengers Creators Roger Stern & Bob Hall 1st App. West Coast Avengers #1 (May, 1984) https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Avengers_West_Coast_(Earth-616)

Mockingbird (Dr. Barbara ”Bobbi” Morse, Ex Clint Barton) Creators Len Wein & Neal Adams 1st Astonishing Tales #6 (June, 1971) https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Barbara_Morse_(Earth-616)

Spider-Woman (Julia Eugenia Cornwall Carpenter) Creators Jim Shooter & Mike Zeck 1st Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #6 (June, 1984), Ms. Marvel (Vol. 2) #6 (August, 2006) (as Arachne), Amazing Spider-Man #637 (July, 2010) (as Madame Web) https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Julia_Carpenter_(Earth-616)

Writer:

Roy & Dann Thomas

Penciller:

Herb Trimpe

Inker:

Herb Trimpe

Charles Barnett

Colorist:

Bob Sharen

Cover Artist:

Herb Trimpe

Letterer: