The Avengers #242 (Marvel) Classic Comics

The Avengers #242 – Easy Come…Easy Go! released by Marvel on April 1, 1984

Things are looking bright for our heroes as both old and new members return to the place where all began, the Avengers Mansion. But when the vision detects a near infinite power approaching the Avengers must rally their troops, for darkness is coming!

Plot
Returning from San Francisco, the Avengers, including the returned Captain America and Thor, are having a party to celebrate Hawkeye’s marriage, when the Vision succeeds in restoring his mobility. He then stuns his teammates by revealing that he has detected incursions of a mysterious force of near-infinite power, an imminent crisis requiring that he and the Scarlet Witch rejoin the team. The heroes have barely begun to discuss this possible menace, their new roster, or the Vision’s suddenly authoritarian personality, when the unknown energy returns, focused on nearby Central Park. When the Avengers investigate an immense construct therein, however, six of their number pass through a gateway arch and vanish in a blinding flash.

Writer(s)
Roger Stern

Penciler(s)
Al Milgrom

Inker(s)
Joe Rubinstein
Brett Breeding

Colorist(s)
Christie Scheele

Letterer(s)
Joe Rosen

Editor(s)
Mark Gruenwald