COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Avengers 29 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Pacific Coast
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Certification #:
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0788701006
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #29 features appearances by the Swordsman, Power Man and Black Widow. Continuing the story from Issue #28, the Avengers are unable to revive the fallen Goliath. The Wasp calls the team's usual doctor, Dr. Donald Blake, who we know is Thor, but his answering service says he's out of town. Instead, Cap calls upon an army doctor whom he worked alongside during the war, Major Carlson. After examining Pym, Carlson informs the team that Goliath will recover but that he must never attempt to shrink any further than his present, ten-foot height. Frustrated and feeling like a freak, Goliath storms out in anger.
Meanwhile, Black Widow has been brainwashed to once again be loyal to her communist masters and is sent back to the States to destroy the Avengers She enlists the aid of the Swordsman and Power Man to defeat the Avengers. While back at Avengers Mansion, Cap informs Hawkeye that the Black Widow has been seen by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents alive and in the States. Hawkeye is elated, but Cap warns him that she has been brainwashed to be loyal to the Soviets; the archer doesn't care. He rushes off to find her and Cap asks the Wasp to tail Hawkeye secretly.
Hawkeye returns to the mansion that Natasha previously inhabited to find her there along with the Swordsman and Power Man. The two villains knock Hawkeye out. The Wasp (who flew off after Hawkeye so fast that she neglected to arm herself with a stinger), witnesses the proceedings and flies away to alert the rest of the Avengers. Unfortunately, she is waylaid by a sparrow and then has a crash landing that renders her unconscious as well.
The Swordsman infiltrates the Avengers Mansion (apparently they haven't updated any of their security measures since he was briefly a member.) and captures Captain America, taking him back to the Widow's lair. However, Cap activates a "communi-crystal" that alerts Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch to his predicament. As they track Cap's signal, the Wasp recovers and returns to the mansion to summon aid from Goliath.
Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are subdued, but Goliath and the Wasp arrive on the scene soon afterwards and turn the tide. The three villains flee the scene. Hawkeye has a chance to prevent their escape by shooting an arrow after them, but doesn't. He can't bring himself to harm Natasha. As the Avengers depart, Cap offhandedly states that things are "back to normal." For Goliath however, stuck at ten feet tall, he can no longer lead a normal life.
Our book comes from the Pacific Coast Collection, which is considered the greatest Silver Age collection to ever surface. The Pacific Coast collection was brought to market by Robert Roter after he discovered portions of it for sale on eBay in 1999. The books were marketed through PCE over the next several years and contained over 7,000 comics and magazines that included Marvel, DC, and Gold Key among others, covering a time span between 1961 and 1977. Many of the highest graded Marvel and DC issues from the early '60s hail from this collection with exceptional page quality. The books do not exhibit any distinguishing markings.
Our book is second highest graded trailing a single 9.8. We acquired the book in the 2/9/2012 Pedigree Comics auction.
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