File:Avengers Vol 1 181 001.jpg

Description
Agent Gyrich calls a meeting of the Avengers to relate his requirements for reinstating their priority status. He orders the group to establish a regular membership of seven, with others to be called in only during emergencies, the core members being Iron Man, Captain America, the Vision, the Scarlet Witch, the Wasp, the Beast, and to everyone's surprise, the Falcon. In answer to protests that the Falcon has never been a member of the team, Gyrich states that his induction is required in order to adhere to government policy regarding equal opportunities for minorities. Further argument is forestalled when Quicksilver suddenly collapses in mid-sentence. No sooner do the Guardians and the other non-members depart than the Scarlet Witch is stricken with the same mysterious malady as her brother, and Dr. Blake is unable to diagnose their condition. Meanwhile, not far away, a little old man named Django Maximoff speaks lovingly to his two tiny marionettes, living puppets fashioned in the likenesses of Wanda and Pietro.