American Update: Assembling the Avengers #61-100
*Marvel: Our ‘Assembling the Avengers’ event continues with issues #61-100, featuring such events as the debuts of the Invaders, the Lethal Legion, Arkon, and the Squadrons Sinister and Supreme; the Kree-Skrull War; the transformation of Hawkeye to Goliath (and then back again!); the villainy of Kang, Ultron, and the crime cartel Zodiak; and, smashing the patriarchy, the lovely and lethal Lady Liberators! This run was mainly illustrated by the brothers Buscema (with Sal having quite a bit more verve than he showed in later years, plus a few issues by the wonderful Gene Colan, with a couple of young upstarts called Barry Smith and Neal Adams helping out from time to time. Like the rest of this collection, this run is characterised by high grades, with VF- being the average condition. Scans of #81 (NM p £75 – double cover) and #84 (NM- £57) are shown here.