Back in good old
1976, the
Avengers (along with
Patsy Walker) are trapped inside the evil
Brand Corporation (in a room obviously designed by
George Lucas and the
Star Wars Architectural Academy Of Tiny Catwalks Across Pointless Yet Vast Yawning Chasms):

Well, somebody starts launching missiles at them
(!),
Iron Man takes it out, but he's knocked out of the air, and...

Oops.Well,
Vision and
Shellhead can fly, the
Beast acrobatically rescues
Wanda...but what about
Captain America and Patsy Walker??






And the punchline?

And you
know he would have, too.
BONUS: This is the issue that saw Patsy find
Greer Grant's old costume, and she became:

Thank you,
George Perez. Nobody ever drew her better...
From Avengers #144 (1976)
2 comments:
There's nothing quite like bonus Hellcat!
That Hellcat pose originated from a 1972 tabletop display for Marvel's 3 new books (The Cat, Shanna, and Night Nurse) designed by John Romita. It resurfaced as the splash page for the Cat's chapter in 1977's The Superhero Women. I don't know what the lead time for TSW was, but it sure seemed like the Hellcat didn't exist yet. Avengers #144 was released in Nov 1975, which suggests it was written about Aug 1975.
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