A 255
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:48 pm
I'm kind of confused about this one... Black Knight, Captain America, Hercules, Scarlet Witch, Starfox, the Vision, and Wonder Man have A 255 bisected by ROM 65-66, wherein they're seen taking part in a massive superhero pile-on against the Dire Wraiths. What's making this a head-scratcher for me is that the Avengers (and attire worn by them) seen in ROM 65-66 (scans seen here: http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronoco ... 5-66.shtml) seem to suggest that ROM 65-66 should be placed earlier in the Avengers' cumulative chronology (my initial thought is between issues somewhere during A 249-252):
--Hercules appears in ROM 65 in a costume that was torn apart by the Blood Brothers in A 252. He gets a new costume (with the H-shaped chest harness) in A 256, but in the interim is wearing a pair of coveralls given by an Army supply sergeant in A 253.
--Captain Marvel (Rambeau) appears in ROM 65-66, but she's sent off to space by the Vision in A 252 and doesn't return till A 261 (she's not listed as appearing in ROM 65-66 in the MCP; was this declared an art error?).
--Wonder Man is seen in his pocketed jacket costume in ROM 65-66 from which he switched to a new outfit in A 253.
--The Vision's dialogue in ROM 65-66 is done in the rounded rectangle balloons and italic text of his android persona, which stopped being used once Vision attained a more human personality in A 254.
I understand the Black Knight's arrival at Avengers Mansion in A 252 coupled with his presence in ROM 65-66 makes a case for the current placement, but he could have just arrived at the mansion subsequent to the events of ROM 65-66, rather than this being interpreted as just following his arrival back in the U.S.
Thoughts?
--Hercules appears in ROM 65 in a costume that was torn apart by the Blood Brothers in A 252. He gets a new costume (with the H-shaped chest harness) in A 256, but in the interim is wearing a pair of coveralls given by an Army supply sergeant in A 253.
--Captain Marvel (Rambeau) appears in ROM 65-66, but she's sent off to space by the Vision in A 252 and doesn't return till A 261 (she's not listed as appearing in ROM 65-66 in the MCP; was this declared an art error?).
--Wonder Man is seen in his pocketed jacket costume in ROM 65-66 from which he switched to a new outfit in A 253.
--The Vision's dialogue in ROM 65-66 is done in the rounded rectangle balloons and italic text of his android persona, which stopped being used once Vision attained a more human personality in A 254.
I understand the Black Knight's arrival at Avengers Mansion in A 252 coupled with his presence in ROM 65-66 makes a case for the current placement, but he could have just arrived at the mansion subsequent to the events of ROM 65-66, rather than this being interpreted as just following his arrival back in the U.S.
Thoughts?