- "Cringe, you pitiful human worms! Little good shall it do you! When I pull this final switch... you... and unsuspecting millions -- shall perish!"
- ―Ultron
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| The Avengers | |
| Title: | "...And We Battle for the Earth!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 68 |
| Cover price: | .15 |
| Cover date: | September, 1969 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Stan Lee |
| Writers: | Roy Thomas |
| Pencilers: | Sal Buscema |
| Inkers: | Sam Grainger |
| Cover artists: | Sal Buscema |
| Cover inker: | Sam Grainger |
| Cover letterer: | Sam Rosen |
| Letterers: | Sam Rosen |
| Editors: | Stan Lee |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | The Avengers #67 |
| Next: | The Avengers #69 |
"...And We Battle for the Earth!" is the sixty-eighth issue of the first The Avengers ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Roy Thomas with artwork and inks by Sam Grainger. It was lettered by Sam Rosen and edited by Stan Lee. This issue shipped with a September, 1969 cover date and carries a cover price of .15 cents per copy.
"...And We Battle for the Earth!"[]
The Vision destroys Ultron's Doomsday weapon and the Avengers press their attack, but Ultron manages to escape. After mind-probing the Vision, they determine that the only way to destroy the robot is with a molecular re-arranger. Ultron kidnaps Doctor Myron MacLain to force him to create an army of indestructible robots for him. Ultron upgrades into The Ultimate Ultron and attacks the United Nations. The Avengers fight him a second time, but Ultron goes insane and attempts to self-destruct. They encase him inside of a Vibranium dome as he explodes. Myron MacLain reveals that he was actually Hank Pym in disguise the whole time.
Featured characters
- Black Panther, T'Challa
- Goliath, Clint Barton
- Thor Odinson
- Vision
- Wasp, Janet van Dyne
- Yellowjacket, Hank Pym
Supporting characters
Villains
- Ultron (Iteration 6 body destroyed)
Minor characters
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Avengers were created by writer Stan Lee and artists Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. They first appeared in The Avengers #1 in September, 1963.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- This issue was released the same month as Avengers Annual #3.
- This is the final chapter in a story that began last issue.
- Though seemingly destroyed, Ultron will be resurrected and will return in Avengers #127.
- This is the first appearance of Taku, who becomes a recurring supporting character in Black Panther stories. He appears next in Fantastic Four #119.
- Reference is made to the Greek demigod Hercules in this issue.
- References is made to Odin Borson in this issue.
Reprints[]
The story from this issue is reprinted in the following volumes
- Avengers Epic Collection 4: Behold... The Vision
- Avengers Omnibus 3
- Essential Avengers 3
- Marvel Super Action 29