As stated in the previous post about the 1993 Invaders mini-series, today we're going to look at issue #11 from the original
Invaders book from 1975.
Lord James Falsworth (the first Union Jack) and his daughter Jacqueline were recently injured in a battle against Baron Blood. The
Invaders rush them to a hospital for treatment as this issue begins.
While Jim Hammond, the original
Human Torch, is giving a Jacqueline a blood transfusion, the lights in the hospital suddenly go out. The
Invaders aren't just good at punching Nazis upside the head, they are also awesome at generator repair, so off they go!
The transfusion goes off without any additional issues but the doctor is all kinds of pissed and storms off to find the person who caused the generator to break down.
Gold is the that was referred to 18 years later in
Invaders #2.
Captain America and
Bucky depart after a quick confrontation with Gold's assistant but shortly thereafter a voice at the other end of a mysterious phone call gives orders to the effect that the heroes be destroyed. And so the
Blue Bullet lives!
This is where
Namor finally shines...eventually. His first attempt at stopping the rampaging mechanical terror is rather unsuccessful.
Captain America and
Bucky also fail to stop the
Blue Bullet but when it threatens to kill the helpless Jim Hammond and Jacqueline Falsworth,
Namor steps up again.
And that is it for the
Blue Bullet so good display of power by
Namor there. BB is revealed to be Doctor Gold and not his asshole assistant. I suppose the confrontation from earlier was supposed to suggest that the assistant was some evil prick.
This book is also notable for Jacqueline Falsworth gaining superpowers as a result of having received both vampire blood from Baron Blood and that of an android in Jim "
Human Torch" Hammond. The latter left the team at the end of this issue but young lady Falsworth joined up as the sassy
Spitfire. Comic book science rocks!
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