Issue(s): Avengers #249
Cover Date: Nov 84
Title: "The snows of summer"
Credits:
Roger Stern - Writer
Al Milgrom - Penciler
Joe Sinnott & Jack Abel - Inker

Review/plot:
For inker, the credits like "Joe Sinnott & Crew". The UHBMCC says a complete list of finishers is given in the The Official Marvel Index to the Avengers (II) #5, but then it only lists Jack Abel as an additional inker.

Hercules is hanging out at a resort club and monopolizing all the ladies when it starts to snow.

Being Hercules, he immediately swims out to an aircraft carrier and demands a ride to Avengers mansion.

Meanwhile, Thor shows up at the mansion and informs the Avengers what's been going on with Surtur. He asks the Avengers to help fight the Sons of Muspell.

If you'd like, you can compare the art and dialogue from some of the scenes above with the same scenes from Thor #350 and let me know if i was right to be outraged about the differences when i was 9 years old.

The Vision is unable to contact any other super-hero teams. And he really makes a big effort, reaching out to the West Coast Avengers, Alpha Flight, the Defenders, the X-Men, the Inhumans, Captain America, and all the reserve Avengers. Due to the storm, he's unable to reach any of them. But he is able to get the Fantastic Four.

Sue doesn't participate, however. And the Human Torch isn't very effective against fire demons.

In the only subplot in this issue, Maelstrom is awakened in a new cloned body and gets into an argument with Deathurge over the fact that Deathurge didn't exactly help out last issue. Maelstrom still doesn't understand that Deathurge isn't a regular lackey. Deathurge points out that Maelstrom only has one cloned body left and predicts that he won't have time to make more. "Such is your own Death-urge!"

This was a fun battle issue. It'll be resolved in Thor #351-353.

Quality Rating: B

Historical Significance Rating: 3 - Hercules rejoins the Avengers this issue.

Chronological Placement Considerations: Takes place during Thor #350.

References:

• The Wasp initially wonders if the weird blizzards are caused by the Weathermen that the Avengers fought in Avengers #210.
  
• Captain America isn't available due to reasons shown in "current issues of Cap". There's a big arc running from Captain America #293-300.

Crossover: Casket of Ancient Winters

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A

I can't seem to see the scans on this page.

Fixed the scans. Thanks.

"If you'd like, you can compare the art and dialogue from some of the scenes above with the same scenes from Thor #350 and let me know if i was right to be outraged about the differences when i was 9 years old."
I noticed this issue cropping up on other repeated scenes. For example - the FF annual and Avengers annual with the Skrulls in it and also (coincidentally) the FF issue and Avengers issue with the negative zone barrier. Both times, the scenes were different at certain points. You would think, if a plot is crossing over and/or being repeated in another issue, there would be some, if not total, coordination. It would save both editors the trouble of doing more pages. They could just use the same pages for both issues.

I remember being really frustrated at this issue as a kid - it begins with this big battle and you'd think it would carry over into the big #250, but instead, it just continues in Thor and the anniversary issue has them going up against Maelstrom.

However, as an adult, with a massive appreciation for Simonson's run on Thor, I'm okay with that. I really like Milgrom's work here, but Simonson's stuff is so perfect for the story he did.