"No One Can Resist. . . The WINDMILL!", in Avengers #165, by Jim Shooter (writer), John Byrne (penciler), Pablo Marcos (inker), Phil Rache (colorist), Denise Wohl (letterer)
Last year, or maybe the year before that, I went hunting for some older Avengers stuff. Specific stories that I knew of, or just looked kind of interesting. This three-parter that turns Count Nefaria into a powerhouse. The lead-up to the big showdown with Korvac with Avengers disappearing, leading to Hawkeye taking down the Collector. I don't have the actual issues with Korvac, because I have never cared about him at all. A couple of random issues where they fight the Absorbing Man. That issue where Hawkeye has to fight Deathbird while working security for some company. Tigra's brief stint, that coincides with Hank Pym's complete nervous breakdown.
It's kind of interesting to see what crops up. John Byrne at artist quite a bit, with George Perez occasionally. Wonder Man trying to find some confidence, or at least stop being so worried about dying (again). Peter Gyrich is in here being a pain in the ass throughout. Ms. Marvel pops up off and on, eventually joining the team (which led to that disastrous Marcus storyline, sorry Carol). Beast getting frustrated no one takes his scientific expertise, which seems to encourage his "party animal" approach.
The Nefaria storyline has an interesting subplot where the Avengers with their own books (Iron Man and Thor) are proving unreliable and pissing off all the other Avengers. Cap and Wanda both chew out Tony, Wanda tells Thor to cram it with his usual smack talk and just fight when he shows up. Thor's big arrival at the end of this issue, is revealed at the start of the next issue to be as big a surprise to him as it is to everyone else, which is kind of hilarious. As though he has no idea how he is suddenly there, but what the hell, might as well throw his hammer as this dude in the cape. I guess Nefaria said his name three times in front of the bathroom mirror with the lights off.
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