AIR-CRUISER
Classification: Terrestrial vehicle
Creator: Unrevealed
User/Possessors: The Avengers (Black
Panther (T’Challa), Goliath
(Hank Pym), Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)), Vision
First
Appearance: Avengers I#57
(October, 1968)
Powers/Abilities/Functions: The Air-Cruiser was
a vehicle capable of
flight via VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) technology. It could
house at
least five passengers.
History:
(Avengers
I#57) –
While tracking down the Vision’s
villianous master Ultron, the Avengers and Vision flew to Ultron’s
tenement
headquarters in their latest aircraft, a presumably modified Aero-Car
that was
called the Air-Cruiser. Touching down on the roof of the tenement
headquarters,
the Avengers left the Air-Cruiser to venture inside the tenement.
(Official
Marvel Index to the
Avengers I#3 (fb) - BTS) – The Air-Cruiser was likely replaced by or
remodeled
into a Quinjet.
Comments: Created by Roy
Thomas (writer), John Buscema (pencils) and
George Klein (inks).
The
Air-Cruiser’s status as a
possibly modified Aero-Car was mentioned in the Official Marvel Index
to the
Avengers I#3 and further mentioned in the Official Handbook of the
Marvel
Universe A to Z HC Vol. 1. The Official Marvel Index to the Avengers
I#3
mentioned that the Air-Cruiser was part of a series of general aircraft
improvements by the Avengers which soon resulted in the Aerocraft and
almost
immediately after, the finalized Quinjets. It also mentioned that the
Air-Cruiser was probably replaced or remodeled into a Quinjet.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Air-Cruiser has no known connections to
- Airborne
(Jeannette Voleroux), member of Shadowforce @
Spider-Man/X-Factor: Shadowgames#1
- Airborne, female member of the Deathsquad @
Iron Man III#1
- Air Cavalry, 2099, salvaged from timequake in
2081 by John Herod @ Doom 2099#33
- Air Command (Hawk-Leader,
Tactical-One, Tactical-Six), aerial terrorist organization @
Night Thrasher II#4
- Air Control, tactical division of Air Command
@ New Warriors I#35
- Aireo, Inhuman villain, aka Skybreaker @
Fantastic Four I#47
- Air Force (Cardinal, Killer Shrike,
Oriole, Sparrow, Tanager), flying mercenaries serving Air
Command @ New Warriors I#35
- Airhead, compassionate member of the Trash
@ Power Pack I#31
- Airjet-Cycle, transport designed by Reed
Richards @ Fantastic Four I#45
- Air Shuttle, small Deviant aircraft used by
Kro @ Eternals I#5
- Airstrike
(Dmitri Bukharin), Russian agent, formerly Crimson
Dynamo, member of People’s Protectorate @ Soviet Super-Soldiers#1
- Air-Walker (Gabriel Lan), Xandarian Nova Corp member,
herald of Galactus @ Thor I#306
- Air-Walker (Gabriel Lan android), android duplicate of original
Air-Walker, mistaken for Biblical Gabriel @ Fantastic Four I#120
- Air-Walker
prototype, robot built by Jonothon Cayre,
destroyed by Shadowcat @ Excalibur: Air Apparent
- Air-Walker
(Arlo Samuelson), levitating villain @ Marvel
Super-Heroes III#11
- or any other "Air" or "Cruiser"
characters or items
images: (without ads)
Avengers I#57, p13, pan2 (Air-Cruiser, main image)
Avengers I#57, p13, pan3 (Air-Cruiser landing)
Appearances:
Avengers I#57 (October, 1968) – Roy Thomas (writer), John Buscema
(pencils),
George Klein (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Official Marvel Index to the Avengers I#3 (October, 1987) – George
Olshevsky
(compiler, designer, typographer), Craig Anderson (editor)
Any
Additions/Corrections? please
let me know.
Last
Updated:
01/20/13
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