Avengers:
Galactic Storm
Part 1-19


Part 1
Captain America #400: "It Came From Outer Space "
Writer:Mark Gruenwald
Penciller:Rik Levins
Inker:Danny Bulanadi
Jay's Rating:
JJ
Synopsis:
Rick is haunted by dreams of death, destruction, and the Supreme Intelligence. He consults with Captain America but their meeting is interrupted by Warstar of the Imperial Guard. Cap defeats Warstar but an escaping Rick Jones is captured.

Roll Call:
Captain America and Rick Jones.


Part 2
Avengers West Coast # 80: "Turn of the Sentry" 
Writer: Roy Thomas/Dann Thomas
Penciller: David Ross
Inker: Tim Dzon
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
The Imperial Guard learn of the existance of a deadly weapon from the mind of Rick Jones. Cap alert the AWC and they rescue Jones from the  Imperial Guard who are busy battling a Kree Sentry. They destroy the sentry but the Imperial Guard escapes with the weapon.

Roll Call:
Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Living Lightning, Mockingbird, Scarlet Witch , Spider Woman, Wonder Man.


Part 3
Quasar # 32: "The Tomb of Mar-Vell" 
Writer: Mark Gruenwald
Penciller: Greg Capullo
Inker: Harry Candelario
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
Quasar is unable to stop the Imperial Guard from warping away, but he did notice its aftereffect on the Sun. Quasar detects that someone has entered Mar-Vell tomb. Starfox joins Quasar against Atlas and Dr. Minerva, Kree agents sent to recover Mar-Vell nega-bands. However, the Imperial Guard interrupts their encounter and tries to get the nega-bands. In the confusion, Atlas slips away and recovers the bands.

Roll Call:
Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Quasar, Starfox, and Wonder Man.


Part 4
Wonder Man # 7: "Shared Space" 
Writer: Gerard Jones
Penciller: Jeff Johnson
Inker: Dan Panosian
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
Atlas switches places with Rick Jones when he strikes the nega-bands together. Wonder Man has his hands full with Atlas especially when Atlas continually switched back and forth from Jones to prevent Wonder Man from retaliating. Wonder Man finally defeats Atlas. Cap summons all the Avengers together.

Roll Call:
Captain America,  Quasar, Starfox, and Wonder Man.


Part 5
-5- Avengers # 345: "Storm Gatherings"
Writer: Bob Harris
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Tom Palmer
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
The East coast Avengers rescue the crew of Starcore from a solar flare and run into a hostile Shi'ar fleet. They return to the Avengers' meeting were they are brought up to speed on the situation: an intergallactic war is erupting between the Kree and Shi'ar. Cap splits the Avengers into three groups: one will try to reason with the Kree empire, one will try to reason with the Shi'ar and the third will saty behind as a rear guard to protect the Earth.

Roll Call:
Black Knight, Black Widow, Captain America,  Captain Marvel, Crystal, Falcon, Gilgamesh, Hawkeye, Hercules, Iron Man, Living Lightning,Mockingbird,  Hank Pym, Quasar,  Scarlet Witch, Sersi, She-Hulk, Spider-Woman, Starfox, Thor, USAgent, Vision,  Wasp,  and Wonder Man.


Part 6
Iron Man # 278: "Decisions in a Vaccum"
Writer: Paul Ryan
Penciller: Paul Ryan
Inker: Bob Wiacek
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
The Avengers enter Kree space and invade a Kree space station where they are perceived as threats. The Avengers battle the station's defenses while Iron Man takes on Shatterax. The battle goes badly for Iron Man who decides to surrender and forces the Avengers to surrender as well.

Roll Call:
Iron Man, Sersi, Hercules, Black Knight, Crystal, Goliath (Hawkeye) and Captain America.


Part 7
The Mighty Thor # 445: "The War and the Warrior!"
Writer: Tom DeFalco
Penciller: Patrick Olliffe
Inker: Al Milgrom
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
The Avengers get a cold reception from the Shi'ar empire and are attacked by Gladiator. Wonder Man does his best against Gladiator but is quickly taken out. Thor takes his turn and proves equal to the task and strands the Gladiator and seal a Shi'ar stargate.

Roll Call:
Thor, Captain Marvel, Vision, Wonder Man, Living Lightning, Scarlet Witch, and Starfox.


Part 8
Captain America # 399: "Twenty Million Light Years From Earth" 
Writer: Mark Gruenwald
Penciller: Rik Levins
Inker: Danny Bulanadi
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
The captured Avengers are taken to the Kree Homeworld, Hala. Sersi's sorcery allows them to escape. They attempt to reach the capital to try and explain the danger of the Stargate to the Earth's sun. They are attacked by Korath the Pursuer and manage to defeat him.

Roll Call:
Black Knight, Captain America, Crystal, Goliath (Hawkeye), Hercules, Iron Man, and Sersi.


Part 9
Avengers West Coast # 81: "They Also Serve..." 
Writer: Roy Thomas/Dann Thomas
Penciller: David Ross
Inker: Tim Dzon
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
The Imperial Guard attempt a rescue of their teammates and battle through the Avengers. The Imperial Guard manages to trick Atlas into escaping with them. They seize the nega-bands from him and return to the Shi'ar empire through the Stargate.

Roll Call:
Falcon, Gilgamesh, Mockingbird, Hank Pym, Quasar, She-Hulk, Spider Woman, USAgent, and Wasp.


Part 10
Quasar # 33: "Spatial Deliveries
Writer: Mark Gruenwald
Penciller:Rurik Tyler
Inker:Fred Fredricks
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
Quasar does his best to recover the nega-bands but he is foiled by the Imperial Guard and forced to retreat with Atlas.  He tracks down the nega-bands to a ship yard but he is stopped by Binary and the Imperial Guard.

Roll Call:
Captain Marvel, Living Lightning, Quasar, Scarlet Witch, Starfox, Thor, Vision, and  Wonder Man.


Part 11
Wonder Man  # 8: "Death Adrift"
Writer: Gerard Jones
Penciller: Jeff Johnson
Inker: Art Nichols
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
The Avengers learn that the StarJammers are transporting the Shi'ar nega-bomb to the heart of the Kree empire. Wonder-Man and Vision get  abord the bomb and convince the StarJammers that they are carrying a bomb. The Starjammers jettison the bomb stranding Vision and Wonder Man in the Shi'Ar galaxy.

Roll Call:
Captain Marvel, Living Lightning, Scarlet Witch, Thor,  Vision, and Wonder Man.


Part 12
Avengers # 346: "Assassination"
Writer: Bob Harris
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Tom Palmer
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
The Avengers continue towards the capital of Hala and are attacked by Starforce. Their battle is interrupted by the Kree Commanders Supreme who are slain before their eyes by Deathbird. The Supreme Intelligence seizes the opportunity and takes command of the empire and demands the head of Lilandra, the monarch of the Shi'ar empire.

Roll Call:
Iron Man, Sersi, Hercules, Black Knight, Crystal, Goliath (Hawkeye) and Captain America

Jay's Notes:
Starforce is Shatterax, Dr. Minerva, Captain Atlas, Supremor, Korath the Pursuer, Ultimus.



Part 13
Iron Man # 279: "Bad Judgement"
Writer: Paul Ryan
Penciller: Paul Ryan
Inker: Bob Wiacek
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
Iron Man battles Ronan the Accuser in a desperate attempt to free the Avengers. Goliath tracks down Deathbird and they free the Avengers in time to stop Iron Man from self-desctructing. Against Goliath's wishes, they leave Hala without Captain America.

Roll Call:
Iron Man, Sersi, Hercules, Black Knight, Crystal, Goliath (Hawkeye) and Captain America.

Part 14
The Mighty Thor # 446: "Now Stikes the Starforce!"
Writer: Tom DeFalco
Penciller: Patrick Olliffe
Inker: Al Milgrom
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
The Avengers are taken before Lilandra but she refuses to consider their arguments. The Kree Starforce attacks and is met by the Imperial Guard and the Avengers. The Starforce is defeated and Lilandra decides to recall the nega-bomb.

Roll Call:
Thor, Captain Marvel, Vision, Wonder Man, Living Lightning, Scarlet Witch,and  Starfox.


Part 15
-15- Captain America # 400: "Murder by Decree!"
Writer: Mark Gruenwald
Penciller:Rik Levins
Inker:Danny Bulanadi
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
Captain America is brought before the Supreme Intelligence and is battered by his mental assaults. He sees past the Supreme Intelligence's  illusions and frustrates the Supreme Intelligence.

Roll Call:
Black Knight, Captain America, Crystal,  Goliath (Hawkeye), Hercules, Iron Man, and Sersi.


Part 16
Avengers West Coast # 82: "Shi'ar Hatred!"
Writer: Roy Thomas/Dann Thomas
Penciller:David Ross
Inker:Tim Dzon
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
Lilandra sentences the Starforce to death. The Avengers battle the Imperial Guard and reveal that Lilandra's minister is actually a skrull. Lilandra releases Ultimus so that he may inform the Kree of the Skrulls involvement. The Skrulls have captured the nega-bomb.

Roll Call:
Captain Marvel, Living Lightning, Quasar, Scarlet Witch, Starfox, Thor,  Vision, and Wonder Man.


Part 17
Quasar # 34: "The Second Sun"
Writer: Mark Gruenwald
Penciller: Rurik Tyler
Inker: Keith Williams
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
Quasar intercepts the Skrulls and the nega-bands, and he is forced to let them pass for fear that they detonate the bomb in the Earth solar system. The bomb's prescense has caused anti-matter to collect on the sun and with the help of Epoch and Binary, Quasar is able to restore the Sun.

Roll Call:
Quasar.


Part 18
Wonder Man # 9: "Big Decisions"
Writer: Gerard Jones
Penciller:Jeff Johnson
Inker:Dan Panosian
Jay's Rating: JJJ
Synopsis:
Wonder Man and Vision argue over the benefits of deactivating the nega-bomb. The Skrulls strike but they are overwhelmed by the Avengers. Unfortuantely the nega-bomb goes off ...

Roll Call:
Thor, Captain Marvel, Vision, Wonder Man, Living Lightning, Scarlet Witch, Starfox, Quasar, Iron Man, Sersi, Hercules, Black Knight, Crystal, Goliath (Hawkeye).



 
Part 19
Avengers # 347: "Empire's End"
Writer: Bob Harris
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Tom Palmer
Jay's Rating: JJJJ
Synopsis:
The nega-bomb ravages through the Kree Empire killing billions and bring the empire to an end. The Avengers reassemble and travel to Hala to recover Captain America. They learn that the Supreme Intelligence orchestrated this holocaust so that the Kree genetic deadend could be routed, in a few thousand years of course. 

One group of Avengers (Iron Man, Black Knight, Sersi, Hercules, Vision, Wonder Man and Thor) decide to end the threat of the Supreme Intelligence once and for all, over the resistence of the rest of the team who will play no part in the murder. The group defeats the Supreme Intelligence and destroy it.  The Shi'ar claim the Kree Homeworld and set up Deathbird as its new ruler. The Supreme Intelligence seems to have survived the assassination and is prepared to be patient.

Roll Call:
Thor, Captain Marvel, Vision, Wonder Man, Living Lightning, Scarlet Witch, Starfox, Quasar, Iron Man, Sersi, Hercules, Black Knight, Crystal, Goliath (Hawkeye).


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