The Avengers #164 [Whitman]
(October 1977)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Archie Goodwin (editor)

Issue Notes

Footnote corrections and additions for this issue appear in the letters page to Avengers #168.
This issue is a variant of The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #164 [30¢]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Pérez (signed as PÉREZ)
Inks
John Tartaglione (signed as TARTAG.)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Lethal Legion is back!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]
Lethal Legion: Living Laser [Arthur Parks]; Power Man [Erik Josten]; Whirlwind [Dave Cannon]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
bank
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To Fall by Treachery! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (credited); John Byrne (dialogue for one panel)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Pablo Marcos (credited)
Colors
Phil Rachelson (credited)
Letters
Denise Wohl (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy] (featured); Black Panther [T'Challa] (featured); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured); Wasp [Janet Pym] (featured); The Whizzer [Robert Frank]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (featured); Yellowjacket [Hank Pym] (featured)
Lethal Legion: Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria]; Living Laser [Arthur Parks]; Power Man [Erik Josten]; Whirlwind [Dave Cannon]
Hellen Rachelson (introduction); Archibald Stancheck (introduction); Tony Stark; Kenneth Sturdy (introduction); Withers (introduction)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Avengers battle Count Nefaria.
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Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3.

John Byrne credited with dialogue in page 14 panel 7, "visual bits," and the introduction of Maximoff in the letters page to Avengers #168.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters on The Avengers #160. Letters from Michael R. Lettner, Garth Kriewall

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The Lethal Legion is back!"]
    The Avengers
  2. 1. To Fall by Treachery!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
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