—Kulan Gath to AvengersFools! Flee this place, intruders-- Flee, if you value your pathetic, worthless lives! I have dominion over this land-- Total dominion of both the land and its people! And soon, I will command more still-- The very power of the Earth itself! Do not challenge me, fools, on pain of death! Simply go-- And darken my realm... Nevermore!
Appearing in "Long Shadows of Forgotten Spires"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers
- ⏴ Warbird (Carol Danvers) ⏵
- ⏴ Wasp (Jan van Dyne) ⏵
- Goliath (Hank Pym)
- ⏴ Iron Man (Tony Stark) ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
- ⏴ She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) ⏵
- ⏴ Triathlon (Delroy Garrett) ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
- ⏴ Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) ⏵
Supporting Characters:
- Stark Solutions
- Edwin Jarvis
- Silverclaw (Maria de Guadalupe Santiago) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Elvis (Named only)
- Maria Stark Foundation (Mentioned)
- Triune Understanding (Mentioned)
- Duane Freeman (Mentioned)
- Gods of the Kamekeri (Mentioned)
- Inti (Mentioned)
- Kuat (Mentioned)
- Viracocha (Mentioned)
- Manco Capac (Mentioned)
- Aiomum Kondi (Mentioned)
- Coniraya (Mentioned)
- Guecufu (Mentioned)
- Kanassa (Mentioned)
- Okonorote (Mentioned)
- Kulimina (Mentioned)
- Peliali, the Volcano God (Mentioned)
- Jesus Christ (Mentioned)
- Terrorists (Only in flashback)
- Deke (cameraman) (First appearance)
- Bobbie (reporter) (First appearance)
- Jaime Santiago (Only in flashback) (Silverclaw's father)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in recap)
- Firestar (Angelica Jones) (Only in recap)
- Costa Verdan Ministry Pública de la Información (Voice only)
- Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Shamahs (Invoked)
- Yellowjacket (Henry Pym) (Shadow only)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Human-Kree Hybrids
- Human-Apu Hybrids (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants (Only in flashback)
- Gods (Mentioned)
- Monkeys (Mentioned)
- Snakes (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- Central America (Main story and flashback)
- Costa Verde (Main story and flashback)
- Mountains and hills (Main story and flashback) (Main story and flashback)
- Kamekeri Village / The city (Main story and flashback)
- Mountains and hills (Main story and flashback) (Main story and flashback)
- Costa Verde (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America
- Tennessee
- Mississippi River
- New York State
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Fifth Avenue
- Central Park (Mentioned)
- Queens (Only in recap)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (Only in recap)
- Manhattan
- New York City
- Central America (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Warbird's Suit
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Goliath's Suit
- Iron Man Armor Model 16
- Iron Man Armor Model 1 (Only in flashback)
- Captain America's Uniform and Energy Shield (Only in recap)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Long Shadows of Forgotten Spires"
The Avengers do a bit of charity work for the Maria Stark Foundation and earn some much needed good PR. Silverclaw must return to her homeland to face a mysterious threat and the Avengers aren't about to let her go alone. Her home village has been radically transformed in a magical city under the control of the wizard Kulan Gath. He has erected a mystical barrier around the city that transforms any who enter into sword and sorcery versions of themselves with allegiance to Gath. They regroup outside the city and Iron Man attempts to bury the hatchet with Triathlon, but he doesn't listen.
Solicit Synopsis
- Responding to a distress call, the Avengers (sporting their new line-up), rocket off to Costa Verde - and run afoul of the sorcerer known as Kulan Gath! The last time he was in our time he transformed Manhattan into a Hyborean-age city full of barbarians... what designs does he have now - and how do they relate to the Volcano God and the origin of Silverclaw?
Notes
- Part 1 of "The Death-Song of Kulan Gath" storyline.
- As Lupe tells her story, she mistakenly says that the terrorist attack occurred at Costa Verde International Airport, however, as seen in Avengers (Vol. 3) #8, the terrorist incident occurred at John F. Kennedy International Airport when she first visited the States.
Trivia
- The cover is an homage to Conan the Barbarian #75.