Avengers #138
Title: Stranger in a Strange Man
Writer: Steve Englehart
Artist: George Tuska
Avengers: Thor, Iron Man, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Moondragon, Beast
Inactive Avengers: Vision, Scarlet Witch
Villain: The Toad
Flashbacks: The Stranger, Magneto, Quicksilver, Captain America
The Avengers emerge from Yankee Stadium, where they were attacked by the
Stranger
last issue. The Wasp is being treated by doctors. She's in a very bad way. The press and a
few members of the public want to see the new Avengers, Moondragon and the
Beast. Evidently they don't recognise the Beast, because he looked different
when he was a member of the X-Men.
Back at Avengers Mansion the Avengers are subjected to a mind blast. The
Stranger is probing their minds for information about the Scarlet Witch.
Fortunately for her, they don't know where she is. They decide to lure the
Stranger to the wrong place. Thor and Moondragon fly to an island off the
Florida coast. The Stranger threatens them. He doesn't seem as strong as he
was before. After a brief fight they realise that it's just an illusion, the
real Stranger isn't there.
The remaining Avengers (Iron Man, Yellowjacket and
Beast) detect a signal from one hundred miles above the island. They fly into
space with their quinjet and discover a hidden space ship. They enter
the ship, narrowly avoiding laser beams set up as traps. The Beast is pursued
by the Stranger through the corridors. When he's out of sight he puts on a
disguise as Edward G. Robinson. The Stranger is distracted and changes form
into the Toad. Do you remember him? He was one of the original members of
Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, first seen in
X-Men #4. In
X-Men #18
Magneto and the Toad were captured by the Stranger and taken as prisoners to
his planet. They escaped and returned to Earth, the Toad serving Magneto
faithfully until finally turning against him in
Avengers #53.
The Toad must be more intelligent than we thought.
"I used the resources of Arkon's world to construct a ship, as I had seen
Magneto do, and flew away, across distance and dimensions, returning to the
prison planet of the Stranger". Wow. That makes him a Mensa level genius in my eyes. He stole equipment
from the Stranger's planet and returned to Earth to ask the Scarlet Witch to
marry him, but when he found out she'd already married the Vision he decided
to cause her and her fellow Avengers pain. To do this he disguised himself as
the Stranger.
Now that the Toad's been unmasked, the Avengers don't even bother fighting
him. He throws a temper tantrumbecause they won't take him seriously. This is
a hilarious way for a life-and-death battle to end.
The comic ends with a brief update of the Scarlet Witch's honeymoon. At least
the Vision has put his clothes back on.
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