The Avengers 1963 #199 Direct ed. - back issue - $4.00
The Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D resume their battle with the out of control Red Ronin. The Avengers are able to separate Red Ronin's shield/sword device from its body and Iron Man uses the sword to cut the robot in two. The robot keeps attacking despite being bisected. Jocasta and The Beast (who had snuck aboard Red Ronin in the previous issue) try desperately to stop the robot from the inside. Ultimately The Beast shuts it done by simply pulling its plug. The robot is dismantled and The Avengers return to Avengers Mansion only to find a very pregnant Ms. Marvel about to go into labour.
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #180.
- Last Stand on Long Island - Nick Fury receives an off panel call from Red Ronin's creators Dr. Takiguchi and Tamara Hashioka for advice on how to stop the robot. Those two characters were featured in the Godzilla series which ran from 1977 through 1979. In one sequence, Red Ronin frightens a fast food restaurant clown (Deputy Dopey of Burger Trough) entertaining kids. Red Ronin next appears in Solo Avengers #15 (1989). The events of this battle and its aftermath are recounted in Avengers: Marvels Snapshots #1 (2021).
- Captain Marvel Defends the Earth! - Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.
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