The Avengers #173 [British]
(July 1978)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel All-Colour Comics
Barcode
0714860245807
Editing
Roger Stern (editor); Jim Salicrup (assistant); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

First David Michelinie Avengers' script.
This issue is a variant of The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #173 [Regular Edition].

...And Then There Were None! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed as PÉREZ)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #173 [British] Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #173 [Regular Edition]
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Threshold of Oblivion! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
David Michelinie (credited as D. Michelinie) (script); Jim Shooter (credited as J. Shooter) (plot)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited as S. Buscema) (layouts)
Inks
Win Mortimer (credited as D. Hands) (sourced) (finisher, pages 2-3); Bob McLeod (credited as D. Hands) (sourced) (finisher, pages 4, 21 & 23); Joe Rubinstein (credited as D. Hands) (sourced) (finisher, pages 7, 10 & 14); Dan Green (credited as D. Hands) (sourced) (finisher, pages 11 & 20); Rick Bryant (credited as D. Hands) (sourced) (finisher, pages 13 & 27); Klaus Janson (credited as D. Hands) (sourced) (finisher, pages 28 & 29); Pablo Marcos (credited as D. Hands) (sourced) (finisher, pages 1, 6, 19); D. Hands (credited) (see notes, joint name)
Colors
Nel Yomtov (credited as N. Yomtov)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (p.1, uncredited); Annette Kawecki (credited as A. Kawecki)
Job Number
C803
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is springtime in Manhattan, and the afternoon breezes are warm with the promise of summer.
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Black Panther [T'Challa] (rejoins team); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Pym]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]
Guardians of the Galaxy (Earth-691): Vance Astro (Earth-691); Charlie-27 (Earth-691); Nikki (Earth-691); Starhawk [Stakar Ogord] (Earth-691)
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Nick Fury (cameo) (on viewscreen)
Vance Astrovik (Earth-691); Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Collector (villain); Eternity (cameo); Bob Frank; Edwin Jarvis; Michael Korvac (Earth-691); Django Maximoff (cameo); Mephisto (cameo); Odin (cameo); Carina Walters; The Watcher [Uatu] (cameo); Zeus (cameo)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Avengers are vanishing one by one... Vs The Collector.
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Keywords
Asgard; Avengers Mansion; Black Widow's Gauntlets; Blue Area of the Moon; Boeing 747; Captain America's Uniform; Captain Marvel's Nega-Bands; City of Asgard; City of Olympus; Collector's Museum; Collector's Ship; Drydock; Earth Orbit; Forest Hills Gardens; Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows; Hell; Iron Man Armor Model 4; LaGuardia Airport; Manhattan; Mjolnir; Moon; New York City; Olympus; Queens; Wasp's Wings; Watcher's Citadel; Yellowjacket's Suit

Indexer Notes

The inking credit in this issue was given to D. Hands. In the letters page to #179, it was explained that "D. Hands" was a pseudonym standing for Diverse Hands, as 7 different inkers worked virtually overnight to ink the issue. All 7 inkers were listed in that letters page along with the pages that they inked.

All seven inkers were also listed under the credits for this issue in The Official Marvel Index to the Avengers Vol 2 #3.

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

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Wayne Jones, Ken Walsh, Meredith Ellen Robbins

Spider-Man Meets the Home Wrecker (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ...And Then There Were None!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Threshold of Oblivion!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  4. 3. Spider-Man Meets the Home Wrecker
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Spider-Man
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