Issue(s): Avengers #222
Cover Date: Aug 82
Title: "A gathering of evil!"
Credits:
Jim Shooter - Plot
Steven Grant - Script
Greg LaRocque - Penciler
Brett Breeding - Inker
Mike Carlin - Assistant Editor
Mark Gruenwald - Editor

Review/plot:
Egghead starts up a new Masters of Evil by contacting Tiger Shark and getting him to break Whirlwind, the Scorpion, and Moonstone out of Ryker's.

Whatever Egghead's plan was, it's blown when Whirlwind heads off to mess with the Wasp, who he's always had a crush on.

The rest of the MOE show up to pull Whirlwind out, but the Avengers trounce them and recapture them.

There's some attempts at comedy with She-Hulk getting a new costume...

...and the rivalry between She-Hulk and Hawkeye, but the writing isn't great.

She-Hulk also trashes her pink Cadillac this issue.

Quality Rating: C+

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: Avengers #226 has to take place before Contest of Champions. So a number of Avengers issues are pushed backwards in publication time.

References:

• Scott Lang asks Tony Stark why the Avengers don't do more to help Pym. Lang has a personal interest since it was Pym who gave him his Ant-Man costume in Marvel Premiere #48.
  
• Egghead was out of ideas after his last scheme in Avengers #217 (incorrectly listed as Avengers #218), but his kinky french maid gives him the idea to invent eternal youth. Yep, that's really what happened.

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A

This needs at least 4 more HSR points. The destruction of the pink Cadillac is an extremely important event! :)

Seriously though, She-Hulk isn't very lucky with cars...