Avengers #247 Sep 1984
"The Ties that Bind!" Guest-starring the Eternals.
When the Eternals reveal to their guests their origins as a separate species of humanity
created millennia ago by the genetic intervention of the space-born Celestials,
Starfox realizes that the brother of their former ruler Zuras
who is named Alars,
is his father Mentor and that he and his fellow Titanians are also Eternals.
The Avengers locate their missing members
and Captain Marvel joins the Wasp and Starfox in Olympia,
where Eros is invited to join in an ancient ritual.
To decide the destiny of their race, the gathered Eternals become one,
fusing into the Uni-Mind, a collective thinking organism.
Then, as the Vision and the Scarlet Witch watch on a tele-monitor, Captain Marvel
and the Wasp are struck down by Maelstrom, who declares himself master of Olympia.
Flashback cameos by Chronos, Zuras, Mentor, Sui-San and Thanos to recap the history of Titan.
Avengers Lineup: Captain Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Starfox, Vision and the Wasp.
NOTE: Maelstrom previously appeared in Marvel Two-in-One 72.
Script by Roger Stern.
Art by Al Milgrom (breakdowns) and Joe Sinnott (finishes).