THIS DAY IN COMIC BOOK HISTORY!

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The Avengers #223 by Dave Michelinie and Greg LaRocque is a fan favorite.  It’s the classic issue where Ant Man takes a ride on a Hawkeye arrow in a grand one-and-done story in which the duo took on Taskmaster.

I wrote about it here.

That terrific comic hit the stands on June 8, 1982.  Everyone remembers it.  And it was truly a great issue from back when The Avengers were at their highest height of greatness.

It was even used in Marvel’s Civil War film…

Little did I know, it wasn’t even their original idea!  This happened way back when…

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Everyone remembers Hawkeye and Ant Man, though, because Marvel is just better than DC.  And this is proof.

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