I thought his name was Erik Lensherr?

Let's see - how about this one:

What past Avengers chairman made their debut in a comic dated June 1961, predating the first appearance of all other Avengers chairmen* other than Captain America?


* Except possibly the Vision, whose component parts first appeared, kind of, as the original Human Torch

Dr. Druid, who first appeared in Amazing Adventures #1.

Yep, where he appeared under his original name of Dr. Droom. An often-forgotten Avengers chairman (perhaps arguably for good reason, although I always thought he made a great heel in that capacity).

Good work, DZ - back to you!

Sticking with my earlier theme...

...AFTER Wanda and Pietro, who was the next Avenger with German parentage?

Is it Ravonna? probably going to deep....

The next one that popped to mind for me was Mantis - her father, the villain Libra from the Zodiac, was German. Is that it?


(I feel like I'm on Jeopardy today - "Can I have Villainous Fathers for $600?" )

Mantis is right...her dad was German, her mom Vietnamese.
And you're right about the "evil" German dad thing...I never really thought about it before.

Serve one up, Hult!

Speaking of bad guys and the Avengers, name three individuals who eventually became Avengers but who made their first appearance as a villain in Iron Man or an Iron Man story in Tales of Suspense.


(Hint: Depending on how you look at it, you could argue that there are actually four people who fit this bill - I'll take any three of 'em)

Hawkeye, and Black Widow are the obvious ones. Masque is the only other one I can think of. Who's the fourth?

You got three of them. Masque was the questionable one given that a) she was a clone of the original Madame Masque and b) it wasn't clear if she was ever officially a member (but then again, it wasn't ever officially clear she wasn't a member, either). She was also with the team for such a brief period that I thought she might be forgotten. But three is sufficient for full credit.

To answer your question, though, the fourth was Madame MacEvil, otherwise known as Moondragon. Madame Mac originally popped up in Iron Man, where she forced IM to battle the Sub-Mariner. In my mind, "Madame MacEvil" still has to be one of the best over-the-top villain names of all time!

I... never knew that about Moondragon. I have lost all respect for her character.

Of course, I didn't have much to begin with. Was it ever explained why she was bald? Was it just because she's a psychic, and they wanted to give her that Professor X-ey goodness?

Here's a memorable Moondragon moment. At one point, Moondragon was trying to educate and help Drax (back when he was done), but left because she sensed Genis-Vell needed her help. Drax chased after her, so, in order to get him out of her hair for a while (figure of speech), she sent him to find something for her. What was it?

Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies?

I'd like to see Drax try to take out a whole troop of Girl Scouts. Heck, their mother's alone would do him some damage, I bet.