In "Enter...Dr. Doom!", the Wasp races to warn New York of a looming threat, only to be captured by Attuma, the Sub-Mariner’s relentless enemy, who has his own plans for the surface world. With the Avengers responding—minus Hawkeye—they face a brutal defeat, setting the stage for a confrontation that could change everything. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Don Heck, with inks by Frank Ray and letters by Artie Simek, this 1998 issue features a cover by Stuart Immonen and Wade von Grawbadger.
Contains 28 stories
Enter...Dr. Doom!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]Invisible Girl [Sue Richards]Human Torch [Johnny Storm]Thing [Ben Grimm]]Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
The Voice of the Wasp!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Attuma
In "The Voice of the Wasp!", Jo takes flight to warn New York of an imminent threat, only to be captured by Attuma, the Sub-Mariner’s relentless enemy, who has his own deadly plans for the surface world. With the Avengers responding—minus Hawkeye—they’re quickly overwhelmed in a brutal clash that tests their resolve.
Four Against the Floodtide!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]Beetle [Abner Jenkins]AttumaChet Brinkley
Among Us Walks...a Goliath!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]CollectorBeetle [Abner Jenkins]
This Power Unleashed!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain American [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]Power Man [Erik Josten]Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]
Frenzy in a Far-Off Land!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]Power Man [Erik Josten]Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]Hu ChenKeeper of the Flame
Never Bug a Giant!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Doctor AntonPrince ReyKeeper of the Flame
The Sign of the Serpent!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]Tony StarkBill Foster (1st appearance)Colonel Nick FurySupreme Serpent
To Smash a Serpent
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]Harrington ByrdSupreme Serpent [General Chen]
The Living Laser!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Bill FosterLiving Laser [Arthur Parks] (introduction)
The Light That Failed!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]Bill FosterLiving Laser [Arthur Parks]
The Ultroids Attack!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]IxarUltroids
To Conquer a Colossus!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]IxarUltranaUltroids
In Our Midst... An Immortal!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]HerculesEnchantress [Amora]AresNick FuryJasper SitwellDum Dum Dugan
The Torment... and the Triumph!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]HerculesBlack Widow [Natasha Romanoff]S.H.I.E.L.D. [Nick FuryDum Dum DuganJasper Sitwell]Mad ThinkerTriumvirate of Terror [Hammerhead [Louis Browning]Pile-Driver [Jerome Whale]Thunderboot [Moses Lewton]]Mares of Diomedes (flashback)
Suddenly... the Sub-Mariner!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]HerculesBlack Widow [Natasha Romanoff]Thunderbolt RossSub-Mariner [Namor]VashtiMole Man [Harvey Elder]
Let Sleeping Dragons Lie!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]HerculesBlack Widow [Natasha Romanoff]Bill FosterDiablo [Esteban de Ablo] Dragon ManColonel LingDoctor YenMister Fantastic (cameo flashback)Human Torch (cameo flashback)
In "Let Sleeping Dragons Lie!" from Essential Avengers #2 (1998), Hank Pym’s attempt to study the dormant android Dragon Man takes a dangerous turn when Diablo arrives and reactivates the machine. With Dragon Man now awakened and in control, he overpowers the Avengers, capturing Goliath and the Wasp in a sudden and shocking turn.
The Plan -- and the Power!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]HerculesBlack Widow [Natasha Romanoff]Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]Thing [Ben Grimm]Diablo [Esteban de Ablo]Dragon ManColonel LingDoctor Yen
Color Him... the Red Guardian!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]HerculesBlack Widow [Natasha Romanoff]Red Guardian [Alexei Alanovich Shostakov] (introduction)Colonel Ling
The Valiant Also Die!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]HerculesBlack Widow [Natasha Romanoff]Red Guardian [Alexei Alanovich Shostakov]Colonel LingGeneral Brushov
The Monstrous Master Plan of the Mandarin! [Part 1]
11 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Thor [Donald Blake]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]HerculesJarvisNick FuryMandarinEnchantress [Amora]Executioner [Skurge]Living Laser [Arthur Parks]Power Man [Erik Josten]Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]
[The Monstrous Master Plan of the Mandarin!] Part 2: To Perish by the Sword
10 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Goliath [Henry Pym]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]MandarinPower Man [Erik Josten]Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]
[The Monstrous Master Plan of the Mandarin!] Part 3: Struggle...in a Strange Land!
8 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]HerculesMandarinEnchantress [Amora]Executioner [Skurge]
[The Monstrous Master Plan of the Mandarin!] Part 4: ...And a Monster Shall Stalk the Land!
10 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Thor [Donald Blake]]MandarinLiving Laser [Arthur Parks]Ultimo
[The Monstrous Master Plan of the Mandarin!] Part 5: Showdown in Space!
10 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Thor [Donald Blake]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]HerculesMandarin
Blitzkrieg in Central Park!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Henry Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]HerculesIron Man [Tony Stark]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Thor [Donald Blake]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Super-Adaptoid
The Agony and the Anthill!
20 pp · Superhero
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Hank Pym]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]HerculesQuicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]Natasha Romanoff [Black Widow]VILLAIN: Whirlwind [David Cannon]
The Man in the Ant Hill!
7 pp · Science Fiction
Henry Pym [Ant-Man] (introduction, origin)
