American Update: Avengers Assemble inc Mighty Marvel Firsts: Annuals and Giants and Specials – Oh, My
*Marvel: A selection of plus-sized Avengers issues, kicking off with their first Annual (‘Special’ on the cover but don’t be deceived), with the new and old teams joining forces against a sinister sextet of super-villains; Annual #7 sees the team in the hands of Jim Starlin, embroiled in the very first cosmic Thanos saga, spilling over from Captain Marvel’s mag and guest-starring the Captain himself; Annual #10 (pictured VF/NM £45) features the debut of Rogue, later a key member of the Uncanny X-Men; Giant-Size Avengers #1 brings us the return (kind of) of the All-Winners Squad and the first of many origins for Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch and Giant-Size Avengers #5… reprints Avengers Annual #1; so we come full circle.