Avengers #200 page #22 by George Perez and Dan Green!

• This is a double-sized issue to commemorate the special occasion (the 200th issue).
• Writer David Michelinie had another ending intended for the conclusion of this storyline. Originally, it would have been revealed that the Supreme Intelligence of the Kree would have been responsible for impregnating Ms. Marvel in order to create a Kree-Human hybrid child. This would have made more sense as: 1) The Supreme Intelligence had long been established as wanting to jump-start the Kree's stalled evolution by creating a hybrid with humans, 2) Ms. Marvel has close ties to the Kree race given that her powers were granted by Kree technology and she had already been targetted by the Intelligence for this specific reason in her own series, and 3) the Supreme Intelligence was a clearly established, out-and-out villain who could not be expected to engender any sympathy for his actions. (This story treats Marcus as a kind of pitiable anti-hero.) But then Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics Jim Shooter vetoed Michelinie's intended story because it was too similar to a plotline in the already published in the series "What If...?" (Vol 1 20 - "What If the Avengers Fought the Kree-Skrull War without Rick Jones?").[1] When Shooter revisited the comic in 2011, he called it "a travesty" and said that he had no memories of his involvement, saying his story credit might have come from giving suggestions to the writers (possibly the veto above).[2]
• This issue generated considerable controversy concerning the circumstances of Ms. Marvel's unwilling pregnancy. Ms. Marvel would be gone from the Marvel Universe for a year, returning in Avengers Annual #10. Due to the Avengers allowing her to be taken by Marcus, she would leave the group and become a regular supporting character in Uncanny X-Men.
• In addition to the misogynist content and twisted Freudian backstory, this story doesn't even make sense given the previously established history of Immortus. During the Celestial Madonna storyline, it was established that the villain Kang the Conqueror would become Immortus in his later life. When Kang was killed in battle (Vol 1 143), the timeline was altered and Immortus therefore ceased to exist, since Kang never became him. [A footnote late in this issue states that Immortus "died" in Avengers Vol 1 143, which is not quite the truth.] If Immortus never existed, his son Marcus should therefore have never existed either. Adding to the confusion, in Thor Vol 1 282, which came out a year prior to this issue, Immortus was revealed to be alive and still in control of limbo. This flies directly in the face of Marcus's claim that he was alone there. (Thor is one of the Avengers who listens to Marcus recount his history, but does not comment at all on his relatively recent interaction with Immortus.)
• Writer Carol Strickland wrote a deservedly scathing takedown of this issue in the fan magazine LoC Vol 1 1 entitled "The Rape of Ms. Marvel". It discusses the exceptionally inappropriate content of this story as well as the generally dismissive treatment of female characters by the Marvel Comics creative staff in the 1970s.
• The humorous pool game between Hawkeye and the Beast should be considered apocryphal on the sliding timescale of the Marvel Universe, given that the Beast refers to his calculator - a TI-59 by Texas Instruments - as "top of the line" computing device. In the 21st century, that's not nearly true anymore.
• The Wasp has yet another new costume this issue.

Nick, you are crushing it with yet another amazing page!  The Thor transformation is fantastic and I love the incredible detail throughout every panel.  It's also cool to see Ms. Marvel in her updated costume!  Congratulations on another gem for your fabulous collection!!

Thank you so much for the kind words.  I truly am blessed here.

So much to love with this one!

Thanks brother!  

Sweet transformation sequence!

Yeah, I could not believe how lucky I was to get this page.

love it, was a big fan of his run, hopefully ill get a perez soon, congrats on this one nicky

Thanks man.  And you will bud.  It took me 35 plus years to get a really good one.  

Infamous issue!  The story needs a retcon to right the wrongs as a dream sequence.  It is towards the end of the Perez run and the art is his most polished of the first run!

I forgot the retcon.  Wow.

I'm saying it needs a retcon.

I thought that the dream sequence was later?  Guess my memory is not that good.

Stunning Perez. Love all the panels but the final Thor one may be my favorite 

Yeah, leading into the last panel and the last panel rocks!

Cool anniversary page by a great artist

Yes, I can't believe how fortunate I was to pick this up.  

Wow. An absolute masterpiece of a page. Enjoy 

Fantastic transformation page! Congrats Nick!

Great page - crazy story. As you pointed out, eventually, this was "fixed" by the Avengers Annual.  Still, a great page with a Thor transformation!

Landmark addition! Thor Transformation, Guy in a towel fixinging a futuristic computer. Its got everything.  OH and Perez!!  Huge Congrats.

Thor transformation pages are always a treat... and a treasure!

That is a page! Has a little bit of everything, congrats

Typical page by Perez.  Panel 6 is obviously the show runner but every panel is rich in detail and storytellng.  Look at the perspective of panel 3, not easy to pull off.  And yes, the story is contrversial but it is the prologue of the great Avengers 10 Annual, so historical it is indeed.

Amazing page from a milestone issue! The Don Blake transformation into Thor is awesome. You and Tom both have great taste!

Crazy story. Love that Wondy in the first panel.

What a great Avengers page from George! Congrats!

Wow, very cool Pérez classic Avengers page, so much to enjoy, congrats!

I didn't care much for the story but the art is wonderful. And a Thor transformation page is always great!

So glad you own this, my friend. 

Our deal for this page ultimately led to me getting the Neal Adams Green Lantern page.

Thrills all around!

Not only a Pérez Avengers #200 page, but the one with a magnificent Don Blake to Thor transformation scene? Kudos, Nicky!

Thanks brother!

Controversial storyline buts it's hard to beat George Perez drawing the Avengers. Congrats!

Great Perez Page !  Congrats !

Incredible Thor transformation page, rare for Perez I think...and inside an important (but creepy!) storyline. Beautiful!

Fantastic page!

Don't forget Dan Green, a sterling Perez inker.