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''The Celestial Madonna Saga'' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give modern readers a headache).
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* PutOnABus: The story ends with Mantis going off into the unknown with her Cotati lover, not to be seen again until Steve Englehart started writing ''Silver Surfer'' in the 90s.
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* PutOnABus: The story ends with Mantis going off into the unknown with her Cotati lover, not to be seen again until Steve Englehart started writing ''Silver Surfer'' in the 90s.80s.
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The arc runs through ''The Avengers'' #129-134 and ''Giant-Size Avengers'' #2-4.
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''The Celestial Madonna Saga'' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers).
In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Mantis]] with him, a Vietnamese martial artist. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a fourth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon.
In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Mantis]] with him, a Vietnamese martial artist. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a fourth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon.
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''The Celestial Madonna Saga'' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers).
readers a headache).
In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Mantis]] with him, a Vietnamese martial artist.Unraveling Unravelling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a fourth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon.
In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Mantis]] with him, a Vietnamese martial artist.
* BaldOfEvil: All the Kree seen in the flashback to their origins are completely bald.
* BeneathNotice: Way back in the ancient past, two species lived on Hala; the carnivorous Kree, and the plant-like Cotati. The Avengers, watching a playback of this, figure the Kree left the Cotati alone because, being meat-eaters, there wasn't anything they needed from them.
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* ChekhovsGun: When he showed up for the final ascent of Mantis to Celestial Madonna, Immortus brought a box with him. Kang appeared shortly afterwards, to abduct Mantis right before her ascent, but the content of the box foiled his plan.
* ChekhovsGunman: Moondragon answered a distress call aimed to Captain Marvel. Actually, ''her'' presence is more important for the events developing than if Marvel actually took the call.
* ChekhovsGunman: Moondragon answered a distress call aimed to Captain Marvel. Actually, ''her'' presence is more important for the events developing than if Marvel actually took the call.
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* TheBusCameBack: Immortus had last appeared way back in ''Avengers'' #16, vowing vengeance on the team, but had never reappeared. He shows up in ''Giant-Sized Avengers'' #2.
* ChekhovsGun: When heshowed shows up for the final ascent of Mantis to Celestial Madonna, Immortus brought brings a box with him. Kang appeared appears shortly afterwards, to abduct Mantis right before her ascent, but the content of the box foiled foil his plan.
*ChekhovsGunman: ChekhovsGunman:
** Moondragonanswered answers a distress call aimed to at Captain Marvel. Actually, ''her'' presence is more important for the events developing than if Marvel actually took the call.
* ChekhovsGun: When he
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** Moondragon
* TheChosenOne: The Celestial Madonna, who it is said will give birth to the Celestial Messiah, who will bring about an era of peace and suchlike. Kang wishes to grab the Madonna so the Messiah will be his kid, through which he can rule the world (instead of, say, conquering it himself). The Priests weren't certain if it was going to be Mantis or Moondragon, so they hedged their bets. Moondragon flubbed the test through her arrogance, so Mantis it is.
* ComicBookTime: Some of the story is pretty heavily influenced by the whole Vietnam War, not to mention the Watergate Scandal which was going on at the time. Later stories have had to work around this when they can, retconning things so that all the stuff taking place in Vietnam now took place in an ''entirely different'' country called Siancong.
* ConflictBall: Mantis' presumptiveness towards Vision means even when they've been abducted by Kang the Scarlet Witch would rather attack her than deal with the bad guy first. Don't touch Wanda man.
* ConflictBall: Mantis' presumptiveness towards Vision means even when they've been abducted by Kang the Scarlet Witch would rather attack her than deal with the bad guy first. Don't touch Wanda man.
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* DamselInDistress: Played with. Dormammu had both the Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkness captive, and Vision tries to rescue them. He is defeated. Then, it is the Scarlet Witch who breaks free and rescues ''him''.
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* DamselInDistress: Played with. Dormammu had has both the Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkness captive, and Vision tries to rescue them. He is defeated. Then, it is the Scarlet Witch who breaks free and rescues ''him''.
* DeathOfPersonality: Part of the Vision's origins. Here, he is physically the original Human Torch, but after John put up a fight while Ultron was reprogramming him Ultron entirely scrubbed his personality and replaced it with the recording of Wonder Man's mind Hank Pym had, so the original Human Torch is effectively dead.
* DeathOfPersonality: Part of the Vision's origins. Here, he is physically the original Human Torch, but after John put up a fight while Ultron was reprogramming him Ultron entirely scrubbed his personality and replaced it with the recording of Wonder Man's mind Hank Pym had, so the original Human Torch is effectively dead.
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* FailedASpotCheck: The Frankenstein Monster quickly abandons the Legion of the Unliving because Kang can only control the dead members, and apparently didn't realize that the monster himself is not dead... he's just made of dead body parts.
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* FailedASpotCheck: EpiphanyTherapy: Through the story, the Vision has a lot of angst over his origins, and being a robot. On seeing his origins explained to him, all this vanishes.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: In this version of the Vision's origins, Ultron grabbed the Human Torch's body and rebuilt it, but demanded Professor Horton make Vision's skin red so that every time he looked in the mirror he'd be reminded of what had been done to him. To Ultron, this was utterly hilarious, and he explodes when Professor Horton doesn't laugh at it.
* FaceHeelTurn: The Rama-Tut here is an older version of Kang who got bored with conquering and went back to Ancient Egypt to live the life of a humble pharaoh. He helps the Avengers fight his younger self.
* FailedASpotCheck:
** The Frankenstein Monster quickly abandons the Legion of the Unliving because Kang can only control the dead members, and apparently didn't realize that the monster himself is not dead... he's just made of dead body parts.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: In this version of the Vision's origins, Ultron grabbed the Human Torch's body and rebuilt it, but demanded Professor Horton make Vision's skin red so that every time he looked in the mirror he'd be reminded of what had been done to him. To Ultron, this was utterly hilarious, and he explodes when Professor Horton doesn't laugh at it.
* FaceHeelTurn: The Rama-Tut here is an older version of Kang who got bored with conquering and went back to Ancient Egypt to live the life of a humble pharaoh. He helps the Avengers fight his younger self.
* FailedASpotCheck:
** The Frankenstein Monster quickly abandons the Legion of the Unliving because Kang can only control the dead members, and apparently didn't realize that the monster himself is not dead... he's just made of dead body parts.
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* FakeMemories: To prevent Mantis from having dellusions of grandeur, the priest of Pama erased her memories of her training in the convent before releasing her to the streets of Saigon, the new memories were that she just always lived in those streets.
* FlirtingUnderFire: Mantis, the Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkess are captured by Kang and placed inside test tubes, where 2 of them are going to die. The other Avengers are captured and helpless, while Kang makes strange experiments with them, and his yet unkown plan nears completion. Mantis, Scarlet Witch... do you really think that is a good moment to discuss who deserves the love of the Vision better?
* FlirtingUnderFire: Mantis, the Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkess are captured by Kang and placed inside test tubes, where 2 of them are going to die. The other Avengers are captured and helpless, while Kang makes strange experiments with them, and his yet unkown plan nears completion. Mantis, Scarlet Witch... do you really think that is a good moment to discuss who deserves the love of the Vision better?
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* FakeMemories: To prevent Mantis from having dellusions delusions of grandeur, the priest of Pama erased her memories of her training in the convent before releasing her to the streets of Saigon, the new memories were that she just always lived in those streets.
*FlirtingUnderFire: Mantis, FantasticRacism: Wonder Man, yanked out of time from just before his first death, seems to have some massive grudge against anything non-human, spewing out at the Scarlet Witch original Human Torch how he hates non-humans. He doesn't seem to get why the Human Torch might be so offended, and Agatha Harkess are captured by Kang and placed inside test tubes, where 2 of them are going to die. The other Avengers are captured and helpless, while Kang makes strange experiments with them, and his yet unkown plan nears completion. Mantis, Scarlet Witch... do you really think that is a good moment to discuss who deserves the love of when he sees the Vision better? instantly tries to kill him. He's brainwashed by Kang's machines, but his wording suggests that he'd do it anyway.
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* ItsPersonal: The brawl between the Titanic Three is not helped by the fact Titanium Man is responsible for the death of Iron Man's girlfriend Janice Cord.
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Slasher manipulates the Avengers and the Titanic Three into fighting to cover his robberies.
* LukeIAmYourFather: All the problem about Mantis' past began at the end of ''Avengers'' #122, when Libra claims that he is Mantis' father.
* LukeIAmYourFather: All the problem about Mantis' past began at the end of ''Avengers'' #122, when Libra claims that he is Mantis' father.
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* LampshadeHanging: When the exposition starts getting ''really'' thick in ''Giant-Sized Avengers'' #4, Hawkeye even comments on how the Avengers have been reduced to extras in their own title, and wanders off until the plot comes back.
* LemonyNarrator: The narration is very conversational and casual. And in the case of the Swordsman, pretty dickish, calling him a loser while setting the scene of his funeral.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Slasher manipulates the Avengers and the Titanic Three into fighting to cover hisrobberies.
robberies. The fight stops when the Titanium Man sees he was lying, and the Three just stomp off.
* LukeIAmYourFather: All the problemabout with Mantis' past began begin at the end of ''Avengers'' #122, when Libra claims that he is Mantis' father.
* LemonyNarrator: The narration is very conversational and casual. And in the case of the Swordsman, pretty dickish, calling him a loser while setting the scene of his funeral.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Slasher manipulates the Avengers and the Titanic Three into fighting to cover his
* LukeIAmYourFather: All the problem
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* MeaningfulEcho: Some time long before this conflict, the Avengers fought against Sentinels. One scanned the Vision and reported him to be a three-decades-old android. The comment was ignored in the heat of the battle, but remembered when he learned about his origin as the Human Torch.
* MrExposition: The staff that Immortus gave to the Avengers, the other staff he gave to the Vision, the Cotati spirit, and Moondragon. The last issues have very little actual action.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: After defeating the Avengers, Kang teletransports them to his base, to use for his masterplan, but left the Swordsman behind. He said he was a weakling, not worth of his time.
* MrExposition: The staff that Immortus gave to the Avengers, the other staff he gave to the Vision, the Cotati spirit, and Moondragon. The last issues have very little actual action.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: After defeating the Avengers, Kang teletransports them to his base, to use for his masterplan, but left the Swordsman behind. He said he was a weakling, not worth of his time.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Some time long before this conflict, during Roy Thomas's run on the title, the Avengers fought against Sentinels. One scanned the Vision and reported him to be a three-decades-old android.three decades old. The comment was ignored in the heat of the battle, but remembered when he learned about his origin as the Human Torch.
* MrExposition: Thestaff Senso Staffs that Immortus gave gives to the Avengers, the other staff he gave to the Vision, the Cotati spirit, and Moondragon. The last issues have very little actual action. \n* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: After defeating the Avengers, Kang teletransports them to his base, to use for his masterplan, but left the Swordsman behind. He said he was a weakling, not worth of his time.
* MrExposition: The
* OhCrap: Kang has this reaction whenever Thor confronts him in single combat. In the epilogue arc, it leads to Kang destroying himself by overcharging his weapons in a last-ditch attempt to fend off the Thunder God.
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* OhCrap: Kang has this reaction whenever Thor confronts him in single combat. In the epilogue arc, it leads to Kang destroying himself by overcharging his weapons in a last-ditch attempt to fend off the Thunder God.
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: Dormammu, Lord of the Dark Dimension, who abducts Wanda and Agatha Harkness. It's not because of anything to do with Kang or the Celestial Madonna. He just wants revenge on Wanda for stuff.
* PutOnABus: The story ends with Mantis going off into the unknown with her Cotati lover, not to be seen again until Steve Englehart started writing ''Silver Surfer'' in the 90s.
* TheReveal:
** Immortus is a future Kang.
** Vision is (or was) the original Human Torch, rebuilt. (Well, kind of. Sort of. It's insanely complicated.)
* PutOnABus: The story ends with Mantis going off into the unknown with her Cotati lover, not to be seen again until Steve Englehart started writing ''Silver Surfer'' in the 90s.
* TheReveal:
** Immortus is a future Kang.
** Vision is (or was) the original Human Torch, rebuilt. (Well, kind of. Sort of. It's insanely complicated.)
* RockBeatsLaser: The primitive Kree, armed with nothing more than pointy rocks tied to spears, manage to overpower and kill an entire party of Skrulls, who are apparently so pacifistic they cannot overcome or flee them in time.
* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Black Widow had joined the Avengers in issue #111. In issue #112, the first story of the saga, she promptly leaves to go be in ''Daredevil''.
* StableTimeLoop: Rama-Tut knows what's going to happen because he's already seen it when he was Kang, but is convinced he can change it. Apparently old habits don't die easy.
* StartOfDarkness: Part of the plot involves showing the Kree's. Back when they were primitive cavemen, the ancient Skrulls came and offered them and the Cotati membership in their empire provided they could prove they were good enough. The two species worked for months on Earth's Moon, creating the Blue Area of the Moon. Incensed at losing after their months of hard work, the Kree kill the Skrulls and Cotati, steal the Skrull ship, and use it to build their own empire. Nice job, Skrulls.
* StartOfDarkness: Part of the plot involves showing the Kree's. Back when they were primitive cavemen, the ancient Skrulls came and offered them and the Cotati membership in their empire provided they could prove they were good enough. The two species worked for months on Earth's Moon, creating the Blue Area of the Moon. Incensed at losing after their months of hard work, the Kree kill the Skrulls and Cotati, steal the Skrull ship, and use it to build their own empire. Nice job, Skrulls.
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* WackyMarriageProposal: So, Mantis got married... to a tree?
* WeddingsForEveryone: The story ends with not one but TWO weddings at the same time: Mantis and the Cotati spirit, and the Scarlet Witch and the Vision.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The Cotati built a garden, and won the contest with the Kree. In response, the Kree killed them all.
* WeddingsForEveryone: The story ends with not one but TWO weddings at the same time: Mantis and the Cotati spirit, and the Scarlet Witch and the Vision.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The Cotati built a garden, and won the contest with the Kree. In response, the Kree killed them all.
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* WackyMarriageProposal: So, Mantis got married... to a tree?
tree? A tree possessing her dead lover?
* WeddingsForEveryone: The story ends with not one but TWO weddings at the same time: Mantis and the Cotati spirit, and the Scarlet Witch and the Vision. \n* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The Cotati built a garden, and won the contest with the Kree. In response, the Kree killed them all.
* WeddingsForEveryone: The story ends with not one but TWO weddings at the same time: Mantis and the Cotati spirit, and the Scarlet Witch and the Vision.
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In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Mantis]] with him, a Vietnamese martial artist. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a fourth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon.
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In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Mantis]] with him, a Vietnamese martial artist. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a fourth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon.
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In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought ComicBook/{{Mantis|Marvel Comics}} with him, a Vietnamese martial artist. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a fourth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon.
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In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought ComicBook/{{Mantis|Marvel Comics}} [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Mantis]] with him, a Vietnamese martial artist. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a fourth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon.
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* DamselInDistress: Played with. Dormammu had both the Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkness captive, and Vision tries to rescue them. He is defeated. Then, it is the Scarlet Witch who breaks free and rescue ''him''.
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* DamselInDistress: Played with. Dormammu had both the Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkness captive, and Vision tries to rescue them. He is defeated. Then, it is the Scarlet Witch who breaks free and rescue rescues ''him''.
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''The Celestial Madonna Saga'' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought ComicBook/{{Mantis|Marvel Comics}} with him, a Vietnamese ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
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''The Celestial Madonna Saga'' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). readers).
In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought ComicBook/{{Mantis|Marvel Comics}} with him, a Vietnameseninja.martial artist. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth fourth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Moondragon.
Sounds complicated? Remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought ComicBook/{{Mantis|Marvel Comics}} with him, a Vietnamese
Sounds complicated? Remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
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* BodyHorror: When Libra says that he is Mantis' father, she replies that he's a liar. To prove her point, she says that he also claims to be blind, and yet moves and fights as no other blind occidental may do. (She does not know Daredevil). To prove that he's not blind, she takes the bandage from his face... eek. The sight of burnt eyes (or, more exactly, the sight of burnt cavities that used to contain eyes) is not something easy to manage.
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* BodyHorror: When Libra says that he is Mantis' father, she replies that he's a liar. To prove her point, she says that he also claims to be blind, and yet moves and fights as no other blind occidental may do. (She does not know Daredevil). To prove that he's not blind, she takes the bandage from his face... eek. The [[GoryDiscretionShot implied]] sight of burnt eyes (or, more exactly, the sight of burnt cavities that used to contain eyes) is not something easy to manage.
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* GothicHorror: Briefly with the vampire Amenhotep, and then in a more extended fashion with the Legion of the Unliving, which even includes one of the TropeCodifiers, the Frankenstein Monster.
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* GothicHorror: Briefly with the vampire Amenhotep, and then in a more extended fashion with the Legion of the Unliving, which even includes one of the TropeCodifiers, {{Trope Codifier}}s, the Frankenstein Monster.
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* WeddingsForEveryone: The story ends with not one but TWO weddings at the same time: Mantis and the cotati spirit, and the Scarlet Witch and the Vision.
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* WeddingsForEveryone: The story ends with not one but TWO weddings at the same time: Mantis and the cotati Cotati spirit, and the Scarlet Witch and the Vision.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Some time long before this conflict, the Avengers though against the Sentinels. A sentinel scanned the vision and reported him to be a three-decades-old android. The comment was ignored in the heat of the battle, but remembered when he learned about his origin as the Human Torch.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Some time long before this conflict, the Avengers though fought against the Sentinels. A sentinel One scanned the vision Vision and reported him to be a three-decades-old android. The comment was ignored in the heat of the battle, but remembered when he learned about his origin as the Human Torch.
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* NotUsingTheZWord/OurZombiesAreDifferent: The Legion of the Unliving initially seem impervious to physical harm, but it's later chalked up tot he odd properties of timeless Limbo and to Kang's MindControl over them.
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* BeyondTheImpossible: Nothing can pierce Kang's personal ForceField...so Thor just hits it so hard that it and Kang are thrown around with great force anyway.
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* FailedASpotCheck: The Frankenstein Monster quickly abandons the Legion of the Unliving because Kang can only control the dead members, and apparently didn't realize that the monster himself is not dead....he's just made of dead body parts.
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* FailedASpotCheck: The Frankenstein Monster quickly abandons the Legion of the Unliving because Kang can only control the dead members, and apparently didn't realize that the monster himself is not dead....dead... he's just made of dead body parts.
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** In the epilogue arc, [[ScrewDestiny he proves right]]...but only because fighting his fate so vehemently leads to his KarmicDeath instead.
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** In the epilogue arc, [[ScrewDestiny he proves right]]... but only because fighting his fate so vehemently leads to his KarmicDeath instead.
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''The Celestial Madonna Saga'' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought Mantis with him, a Vietnamese ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
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''The Celestial Madonna Saga'' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought Mantis ComicBook/{{Mantis|Marvel Comics}} with him, a Vietnamese ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
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''The Celestial Madonna Saga'' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought Mantis with him, a Vietnamite ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
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''The Celestial Madonna Saga'' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought Mantis with him, a Vietnamite Vietnamese ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
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'''''The Celestial Madonna Saga''''' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought Mantis with him, a Vietnamite ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
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'''''The Celestial Madonna Saga''''' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought Mantis with him, a Vietnamite ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Ranma-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
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'''''The Celestial Madonna Saga''''' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought Mantis with him, a Vietnamite ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Ranma-Tut Rama-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Some time long before this conflict, the Avengers though against the Sentinels. A sentinel scanned the vision and reported him to be a three-decades-old android. The comment was ignored in the heat of the battle, but remembered when he learned about his origin as the Human Torch.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Some time long before this conflict, the Avengers though against the Sentinels. A sentinel scanned the vision and reported him to be a three-decades-old android. The comment was ignored in the heat of the battle, but remembered when he learned about his origin as the Human Torch. Torch.
* MrExposition: The staff that Immortus gave to the Avengers, the other staff he gave to the Vision, the Cotati spirit, and Moondragon. The last issues have very little actual action.
* MrExposition: The staff that Immortus gave to the Avengers, the other staff he gave to the Vision, the Cotati spirit, and Moondragon. The last issues have very little actual action.
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** Similarly, Kang is finally undone when he loses track of Thor in the latter's Don Blake AlterEgo.
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** Similarly, Kang is finally undone when he loses track of Thor in the latter's Don Blake AlterEgo.SecretIdentity.
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** It's also Kang's goal in marrying the Madonna and thereby gaining control of her child.
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'''''The Celestial Madonna Saga''''' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought Mantis with him, a Vietnamite ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Ranma-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Well, remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
Of course, this is a comic book without any relation to [[Music/{{Madonna}} the Queen of Pop]].
Of course, this is a comic book without any relation to [[Music/{{Madonna}} the Queen of Pop]].
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'''''The Celestial Madonna Saga''''' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought Mantis with him, a Vietnamite ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Ranma-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Well, remember Remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
Of course, this This is a comic book without any relation to [[Music/{{Madonna}} the Queen of Pop]].
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* BreatherEpisode: "A Quiet Half-Hour in Saigon" in issue #131 works this way, since Kang is busty scheming and the Avengers aren't in battle for most of it.
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* BreatherEpisode: "A Quiet Half-Hour in Saigon" in issue #131 works this way, since Kang is busty busy scheming and the Avengers aren't in battle for most of it.
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'''''The Celestial Madonna Saga''''' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought Mantis with him, a Vietnamite ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Ranma-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Ranma-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Well, remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
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'''''The Celestial Madonna Saga''''' is a 1970s storyline of ComicBook/TheAvengers, written by Steve Englehart. The plot is massively complex, and it is perhaps the most complex comic book plot written up to that date (and it may still give a headache to modern readers). In short, the Swordman had returned to the Avengers and brought Mantis with him, a Vietnamite ninja. Unraveling details of her past, which was composed of fake memories, she became the "Celestial Madonna" (the perfect human being), got married with a sentient tree and ascended to a higher plane of existence. The time-traveler Kang the Conqueror tried to abduct Mantis, but he was opposed by pharaoh Ranma-Tut (a future self of Kang) and Immortus (a future self of Kang and Ranma-Tut); Rama-Tut); even so he attacked a second, a third and a forth time. The Vision discovers that his body was not created by Ultron; actually he used to be the robotic Human Torch, with a changed body and new brain patterns (this became more complicated in the future...). Agatha Harkness trained the Scarlet Witch in sorcery, so she became an actual witch, and not just a mere fancy superhero name. And, as a bonus, we also learn the origin of Moondragon. Sounds complicated? Well, remember that this is just ''the brief introductory version''.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The ending for Mantis and the Swordsman
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Midnight, who Kang recruits to capture Mantis with his skills. Never mind that he ''died'' fighting Shang-Chi in a martial arts duel, he still assumes his skill will win out right up until Mantis subdues him with a single hold.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The ending for Mantis and theSwordsmanSwordsman.
* BadassBoast: When Kang rants about his problems, the Flying Dutchman's Ghost lets him know how much worse being damned to wander as a spirit really is.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The ending for Mantis and the
* BadassBoast: When Kang rants about his problems, the Flying Dutchman's Ghost lets him know how much worse being damned to wander as a spirit really is.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Nothing can pierce Kang's personal ForceField...so Thor just hits it so hard that it and Kang are thrown around with great force anyway.
** The mysterious man accompanying the Avengers in the old West is really Thor as Don Blake, his mortal alter ego.
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* CrossOver and CrossThrough: One issue is given over to the original Comicbook/{{Thanos}} storyline from ''Captain Marvel'', and [[Comicbook/CaptainAmerica]]'s then-current storylines, also written by Engelhart, affect his status quo in this story.
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* CrossOver and CrossThrough: One issue is given over to the original Comicbook/{{Thanos}} storyline from ''Captain Marvel'', and [[Comicbook/CaptainAmerica]]'s Comicbook/CaptainAmerica's then-current storylines, also written by Engelhart, affect his status quo in this story.
* GothicHorror: Briefly with the vampire Amenhotep, and then in a more extended fashion with the Legion of the Unliving, which even includes one of the TropeCodifiers, the Frankenstein Monster.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: This is Moondragon's priamry character trait; other than assuming herself to be the Madonna, she's right about everything she tells the Avengers. It's just that she's so arrogant and overbearing that no one wants to hear her out.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: This is Moondragon's priamry primary character trait; other than assuming herself to be the Madonna, she's right about everything she tells the Avengers. It's just that she's so arrogant and overbearing that no one wants to hear her out.
* MadnessMantra: "Kang conquers! Kang conquers!"
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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: After defeating the Avengers, Kang teletransported them to his base, to use for his masterplan, but left the Swordsman behind. He said he was a weakling, not worth of his time.
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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: After defeating the Avengers, Kang teletransported teletransports them to his base, to use for his masterplan, but left the Swordsman behind. He said he was a weakling, not worth of his time.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Not only is Amenhotep from ancient Egypt, he's also only a vampire because Kang/Rama-Tut fed him a potion. He still has the usual weaknesses, though.
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** In the follow-up arc, [[ScrewDestiny he proves right]]...but only because fighting his fate so vehemently leads to his KarmicDeath instead.
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** In the follow-up epilogue arc, [[ScrewDestiny he proves right]]...but only because fighting his fate so vehemently leads to his KarmicDeath instead.
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* BreatherEpisode: Not a breather, exactly, but the Avengers' brief skirmish with the Titanic Three
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* BreatherEpisode: Not a breather, exactly, but "A Quiet Half-Hour in Saigon" in issue #131 works this way, since Kang is busty scheming and the Avengers' brief skirmish with the Titanic Three Avengers aren't in battle for most of it.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Moondragon answered a distress call aimed to Captain Marvel. Actually, ''her'' presence was more important for the events developing than if Marvel actually took the call.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Moondragon answered a distress call aimed to Captain Marvel. Actually, ''her'' presence was is more important for the events developing than if Marvel actually took the call.
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* CrossOver: One issue is given over to the original Comicbook/{{Thanos}} storyline from ''Captain Marvel'', and [[Comicbook/CaptainAmerica]]'s then current storylines, also written by Engelhart, affect his status quo in this story.
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* CrossOver: CrossOver and CrossThrough: One issue is given over to the original Comicbook/{{Thanos}} storyline from ''Captain Marvel'', and [[Comicbook/CaptainAmerica]]'s then current then-current storylines, also written by Engelhart, affect his status quo in this story.story.
* CrystalDragonJesus: The whole plot, really, down to an ersatz "star of Bethlehem" appearing over Avengers Mansion as the Madonna reveal draws near.
* CrystalDragonJesus: The whole plot, really, down to an ersatz "star of Bethlehem" appearing over Avengers Mansion as the Madonna reveal draws near.
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* FailedASpotCheck: The Frankenstein Monster quickly abandons the Legion of the Unliving, since Kang can only control the dead members, and the monster is not dead....just made of dead body parts.
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* DirtyCoward: Kang, surprisingly. He flees through time whenever it looks like he's about to lose in battle, uses time travel to his advantage by returning soon after each defeat after resting and preparing elsewhere, and conducts both of his major attacks on the Avengers by proxy using the Macrobots or the Legion of the Unliving
* FailedASpotCheck: The Frankenstein Monster quickly abandons the Legion of theUnliving, since Unliving because Kang can only control the dead members, and apparently didn't realize that the monster himself is not dead....he's just made of dead body parts.
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* FlirtingUnderFire: Mantis, the Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkess are captured by Kang and placed inside test tubes, where 2 of them are going to die. The other Avengers are captured and helpless, while Kang makes strange experiments with them, and his yet unkown plan nears completition. Mantis, Scarlet Witch... do you really think that was a good moment to discuss who deserves the love of the Vision better?
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* FlirtingUnderFire: Mantis, the Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkess are captured by Kang and placed inside test tubes, where 2 of them are going to die. The other Avengers are captured and helpless, while Kang makes strange experiments with them, and his yet unkown plan nears completition.completion. Mantis, Scarlet Witch... do you really think that was is a good moment to discuss who deserves the love of the Vision better?
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The Titanic Three, whose superheroics in Saigon are only on the margins of the story.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: All the problem about Mantis' past began at the end of Avengers 122, when Libra told that he was Mantis' father.
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Slasher manipulates the Avengers and the Titanic Three into fighting to cover his robberies.
* LukeIAmYourFather: All the problem about Mantis' past began at the end ofAvengers 122, ''Avengers'' #122, when Libra told claims that he was is Mantis' father.
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* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Kang, Ranma Tut and Immortus: 3 different selves of the same man.
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* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Kang, Ranma Tut and Immortus: 3 three different selves of the same man.
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* AGodAmI: Moondragon is [[InsistentTerminology quite insistent]] that she's a goddess due to her psychic training.
** It's also Kang's goal in marrying the Madonna and thereby gaining control of her child.
* ArcWelding: Loads of it. The story not only ties together the origins of Mantis, Moondragon, and the Kree, it also makes Immortus a future version of Kang/Rama-Tut and reveals that the Vision is the Golden Age Human Torch.
** It's also Kang's goal in marrying the Madonna and thereby gaining control of her child.
* ArcWelding: Loads of it. The story not only ties together the origins of Mantis, Moondragon, and the Kree, it also makes Immortus a future version of Kang/Rama-Tut and reveals that the Vision is the Golden Age Human Torch.
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* BecomingTheMask: With her studies of mystic arts, the Scarlet Witch became an actual witch.
* BodyHorror: When Libra said that he was Mantis' father, she said that he was a liar. To prove her point, she said that he also claims to be blind, and yet moves and fights as no other blind occidental may do (she does not know Daredevil). To prove that he's not blind, she took the bandage from his face... eek. The sight of burnt eyes (or, more exactly, the sight of burnt cavities that used to contain eyes) is not something easy to manage.
* BodyHorror: When Libra said that he was Mantis' father, she said that he was a liar. To prove her point, she said that he also claims to be blind, and yet moves and fights as no other blind occidental may do (she does not know Daredevil). To prove that he's not blind, she took the bandage from his face... eek. The sight of burnt eyes (or, more exactly, the sight of burnt cavities that used to contain eyes) is not something easy to manage.
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* BecomingTheMask: With her studies of mystic arts, the Scarlet Witch became becomes an actual witch.
* BodyHorror: When Librasaid says that he was is Mantis' father, she said replies that he was he's a liar. To prove her point, she said says that he also claims to be blind, and yet moves and fights as no other blind occidental may do (she do. (She does not know Daredevil). To prove that he's not blind, she took takes the bandage from his face... eek. The sight of burnt eyes (or, more exactly, the sight of burnt cavities that used to contain eyes) is not something easy to manage.
* BreatherEpisode: Not a breather, exactly, but the Avengers' brief skirmish with the Titanic Three
* BodyHorror: When Libra
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Mantis towards the Vision
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Mantis towards the VisionVision.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Monsieur Krull subjects the Swordsman to torture when he foolishly tries to force answers from him.
* CrossOver: One issue is given over to the original Comicbook/{{Thanos}} storyline from ''Captain Marvel'', and [[Comicbook/CaptainAmerica]]'s then current storylines, also written by Engelhart, affect his status quo in this story.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Monsieur Krull subjects the Swordsman to torture when he foolishly tries to force answers from him.
* CrossOver: One issue is given over to the original Comicbook/{{Thanos}} storyline from ''Captain Marvel'', and [[Comicbook/CaptainAmerica]]'s then current storylines, also written by Engelhart, affect his status quo in this story.
* DeathSeeker: Implied with the Flying Dutchman's Ghost, who destroys himself in order to subdue the Vision after telling Kang how awful Hell is.
* DirtyCommies: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with the Titanic Three, who started out this way in earlier stories but are now operating as superheroes in Vietnam.
* FailedASpotCheck: The Frankenstein Monster quickly abandons the Legion of the Unliving, since Kang can only control the dead members, and the monster is not dead....just made of dead body parts.
** Similarly, Kang is finally undone when he loses track of Thor in the latter's Don Blake AlterEgo.
* DirtyCommies: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with the Titanic Three, who started out this way in earlier stories but are now operating as superheroes in Vietnam.
* FailedASpotCheck: The Frankenstein Monster quickly abandons the Legion of the Unliving, since Kang can only control the dead members, and the monster is not dead....just made of dead body parts.
** Similarly, Kang is finally undone when he loses track of Thor in the latter's Don Blake AlterEgo.
* JerkassHasAPoint: This is Moondragon's priamry character trait; other than assuming herself to be the Madonna, she's right about everything she tells the Avengers. It's just that she's so arrogant and overbearing that no one wants to hear her out.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Some time long before this conflict, the Avengers though against the Sentinels. A sentinel scanned the vision and reported him to be a 3 decades old android. The comment was ignored in the heat of the battle, but remembered when he learned about his origin as the Human Torch.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Some time long before this conflict, the Avengers though against the Sentinels. A sentinel scanned the vision and reported him to be a 3 decades old three-decades-old android. The comment was ignored in the heat of the battle, but remembered when he learned about his origin as the Human Torch.
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* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Kang's second attack. Seizing Immortus' machines, he abducted the Avengers to Limbo and raised an army of super-powered dead people.
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* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Kang's second attack. Seizing Immortus' machines, he abducted abducts the Avengers to Limbo and raised raises an army of super-powered dead people. people via TimeTravel.
* NotUsingTheZWord/OurZombiesAreDifferent: The Legion of the Unliving initially seem impervious to physical harm, but it's later chalked up tot he odd properties of timeless Limbo and to Kang's MindControl over them.
* NotUsingTheZWord/OurZombiesAreDifferent: The Legion of the Unliving initially seem impervious to physical harm, but it's later chalked up tot he odd properties of timeless Limbo and to Kang's MindControl over them.
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* {{Revision}}: A tool used for the complexity of the story. First the Star-Stalker explains the origin of the Priests of Pama, who trained Mantis, and some issues later we hear the same story but with more details that make it more complex (details unknown by the Hunter, which explains why he didn't told them).
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* OhCrap: Kang has this reaction whenever Thor confronts him in single combat. In the epilogue arc, it leads to Kang destroying himself by overcharging his weapons in a last-ditch attempt to fend off the Thunder God.
* {{Revision}}: A tool used for the complexity of the story. First the Star-Stalker explains the origin of the Priests of Pama, who trained Mantis, and some issues later we hear the same story but with more details that make it more complex (details unknown by theHunter, Star-Stalker, which explains why he didn't told them). reveal them).
* {{Revision}}: A tool used for the complexity of the story. First the Star-Stalker explains the origin of the Priests of Pama, who trained Mantis, and some issues later we hear the same story but with more details that make it more complex (details unknown by the
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* TheSocialDarwinist: Inverted. There is a "Celestial Madonna", a perfect human being, but it is not a Übermensch from a world power, it is a poor girl from a third-world country ravaged by war. In fact, living among poor people and being one of them was ''precisely'' the reason why Mantis was selected to be the Celestial Madonna and not Moondragon, who never left the convent.
* TakingTheBullet: The Swordsman saved Mantis from Kang, and died.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Scarlet Witch, after learning sorcery
* WackyMarriageProposal: So, Mantis got married... with a tree?
* TakingTheBullet: The Swordsman saved Mantis from Kang, and died.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Scarlet Witch, after learning sorcery
* WackyMarriageProposal: So, Mantis got married... with a tree?
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** In the follow-up arc, [[ScrewDestiny he proves right]]...but only because fighting his fate so vehemently leads to his KarmicDeath instead.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Inverted. There is a "Celestial Madonna", a perfect human being, butit she is not a Übermensch from a world power, it is but rather a poor girl from a third-world country ravaged by war. In fact, living among poor people and being one of them was ''precisely'' the reason why Mantis was selected to be the Celestial Madonna and not Moondragon, who never left the convent.
* TakingTheBullet: The Swordsmansaved saves Mantis from Kang, and died.
dies in the process.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Scarlet Witch, after learningsorcery
sorcery.
* VillainousBreakdown: After learning that he becomes the benevolent Rama-Tut and the comparatively pacifistic Immortus, Kang spends the rest of the story desperately trying to avert his fate.
* WackyMarriageProposal: So, Mantis got married...with to a tree?
* TheSocialDarwinist: Inverted. There is a "Celestial Madonna", a perfect human being, but
* TakingTheBullet: The Swordsman
* TookALevelInBadass: The Scarlet Witch, after learning
* VillainousBreakdown: After learning that he becomes the benevolent Rama-Tut and the comparatively pacifistic Immortus, Kang spends the rest of the story desperately trying to avert his fate.
* WackyMarriageProposal: So, Mantis got married...
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Corrected translated version of name to English-language original version.
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* {{Revision}}: A tool used for the complexity of the story. First the Stellar Hunter explains the origin of the Priests of Pama, who trained Mantis, and some issues later we hear the same story but with more details that make it more complex (details unknown by the Hunter, which explains why he didn't told them).
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* {{Revision}}: A tool used for the complexity of the story. First the Stellar Hunter Star-Stalker explains the origin of the Priests of Pama, who trained Mantis, and some issues later we hear the same story but with more details that make it more complex (details unknown by the Hunter, which explains why he didn't told them).
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* BecomingTheMask: With her studies of mystic arts, the Scarlet Witch became an actual witch.
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* BecomingTheMask: With her studies of mystic arts, the Scarlet Witch became an actual witch. witch.
* BodyHorror: When Libra said that he was Mantis' father, she said that he was a liar. To prove her point, she said that he also claims to be blind, and yet moves and fights as no other blind occidental may do (she does not know Daredevil). To prove that he's not blind, she took the bandage from his face... eek. The sight of burnt eyes (or, more exactly, the sight of burnt cavities that used to contain eyes) is not something easy to manage.
* BodyHorror: When Libra said that he was Mantis' father, she said that he was a liar. To prove her point, she said that he also claims to be blind, and yet moves and fights as no other blind occidental may do (she does not know Daredevil). To prove that he's not blind, she took the bandage from his face... eek. The sight of burnt eyes (or, more exactly, the sight of burnt cavities that used to contain eyes) is not something easy to manage.