Avengers #221

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"...New Blood!" The four active members of the Avengers decide to replenish their depleted ranks. The Wasp calls for suggestions for new members to be submitted by their next meeting. Thor asks Jarvis’s advice on who might make for a good team member. Jarvis opines that most often, the stronger-willed, more independent heroe - those whom most would unlikely to be team players - often ended up being the best assets to the team. Based on his advice (as well as a Time magazine article he is reading) Thor seeks out Spider-Man and asks him to join. The web-spinner is flattered and promises to consider the idea, but doesn’t say yes. Iron Man and Captain America ask Hawkeye to return to the roster, and he enthusiastically accepts. The Wasp, wanting to add more female members to the team, hosts a luncheon for several costumed heroines. The guest list is to include the Invisible Girl (of the Fantastic Four), the Black Widow, Spider-Woman, Dazzler and She-Hulk. Jan’s gathering is crashed by Fabian Stankowicz, the Mechano-Marauder, who is still attempting to gain notoriety by battling an Avenger. But the women defeat him easily, while all but one declines Jan's invitation to join the team. A few days later, Hawkeye is taking a cab to Avengers Mansion, which gets cut off by a pink cadillac. Angered, Hawkeye fires an electrical impulse arrow at the car, crippling it. He’s extremely surprised however when the driver, a woman, retaliates by upending the cab and resting it vertically against a building. Even more surprising, the woman (only seen from the back) hoists her car on her shoulder and carries it away! Finally arriving, Hawkeye remarks about his encounter with (in his words) “some Amazon.” He’s stunned to discover that the “Amazon” in question, the sensational She-Hulk, is there as well and is the other new member of the team. Captain America and Iron-Man wonder how these two heroes will get on, but the Wasp welcomes them both to the team.