Avengers, The (1963 series) #127

Jarvis is just about to serve a (Thanksgiving?) turkey dinner to the Avengers when Gorgon and Lockjaw of the Inhumans teleport into the dining room to fetch them to the wedding of Crystal and Quicksilver. He's angry to find that Qucksilver never sent their invites. Scarlet Witch remembers how her brother Pietro swore never to speak to her again in #110 after she refused to stop loving the android Vision. And this shows he still means it. But they decide to go anyway.

In his lair in the Inhuman city Attilan, Maximus the Mad welcomes an ally. But one who strikes him down.

The rest of the Inhuman royal family (Black Bolt the king, Crystal, Karnak, Medusa and Triton) are there to greet them, along with their friends the Fantastic Four. Medusa is currently a replacement for Invisible Girl (as she was still then called) in the FF. But Sue Richards is here too, with young son Franklin and his governess Agatha Harkness. However Quicksilver is keeping away.

Mantis asks about a giant statue called Omega, and Medusa explains about the Alpha Primitives, a sub-race of Inhumans that the powered elite used as a workforce. In FF#131-132 Black Bolt's brother Maximus created Omega to lead a revolt of the Alphas, which resulted in them being given more rights.

But now we see a group of renegade Alphas led by RN-62 (for some reason having a distinguishing fin on his helmet) meeting with Maximus' ally. As various Avengers and FFers put on a display for their hosts, Iron Man and Medusa inexplicably start attacking Alphas, before falling unconscious. And RN-62 uses this as ammunition to incite his fellows.

Meanwhile Crystal begs her fiancé Pietro to reconcile with his sister Wanda, but he refuses. Human Torch wishes his ex-girlfriend Crystal all the best for her marriage. And Swordsman demands to know from Mantis whether she loves him or Vision. Mantis avoids answering by saying she doesn't even know who she is, after learning in recent issues that her Saigon street orphan memories may be a lie, and she may have been trained in martial arts by a mysterious sect.

But then those 2 see the Omega statue come to life and abduct Crystal. They raise the alarm. Black Bolt sends the still-conscious Avengers, led by Thor, on the delicate mission of seeing what the Alphas know of this. Quicksilver goes with them, as an ex-Avenger. Meanwhile the Inhumans and FF (minus Medusa) go check on Maximus, who they find unconscious too.

RN-62 and the Alphas are in no mood to talk. So hot-headed Pietro attacks them, worried about his fiancée. Mantis stops him, but uses more force than necessary. And then she too falls asleep.

The Avengers then retreat from rampaging Primitives, where they meet up with the Inhumans carrying Maximus on a stretcher. Suddenly Max leaps from his bed shouting anti-Alpha slogans like Iron Man and Medusa did, grabs a gun and starts shooting the Primitives. Torch tries to stop him, but gets blasted for his pains. Swordsman zaps Maximus with 1 of his sword's powers. But then he too succumbs to whatever is knocking people out.

Omega appears on the scene, and more of the heroes start dropping like flies. Some of them are only paralysed and remain standing. Vision is the last to go. But before he does he thinks he recognises the mind-control tactic that is being employed. With all his foes defeated Omega rips off his face and Vision sees it is his creator Ultron-7, who previously controlled his mind a couple of times.

This story continues in FANTASTIC FOUR #150.