The Avengers #44 [British]

(September 1967)

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Valiant Also Die! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hah! To think that one of the accursed Avengers should be captured...

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Goliath [Hank Pym] (featured); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (featured); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (featured); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (featured)
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (supporting); General Brushov (death) (villain); Hercules (guest); The Hydra (hallucination); Colonel Ling (death) (villain); Red Guardian [Alexi Shostakov] (villain) (apparent death)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

With the Red Guardian as more of the Black Widow's background is shown.

Reprints

• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #86
• in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #19 ([Marzo] 1971)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #52 (27 Marzo 1973) [pages 1-14], #53 (10 Aprile 1973) [pages 15-20]
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #43 ([September 1976])
• in Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #36 (July 1977) [minus 2 pp.]
• in Submariner (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #8 (avril 1978) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #44 (31 de diciembre de 1981)
• in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #381 (January 1982) [1 p. edited out]
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #2 ([November] 1998) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 (2005)
• in Avengers : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2006 series) #1967 (mai 2009)
• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: ¡Unidos en Combate! (Panini España, 2012 series) (Marzo 2012)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2009 series) #5 ([June] 2013)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 (2015)
• in Black Widow Epic Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 - Beware the Black Widow (2019)
• in The Black Widow Strikes Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in The Avengers (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2023 series) (2023)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 [Second Edition] (2023)

Keywords

Aero-Car; Asia; Black Widow's Gauntlets; Captain America's Shield; Earth Orbit; Hawaii; Hawkeye's Trick Arrows; Psychotron; Soviet Union

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The Avengers; Daredevil / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Liftee Height Increase Pads / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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"X-Ray" Specs [Glasses] / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A Sagacious Smattering of Scuttlebutt, Scoops, and Space-Wasting Small-Talk! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Super Heroes Club Posters / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

John Buscema (illustration)

Inks

George Roussos (illustration)

Colors

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Hercules

Reprints

• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 (2015)
• in The Avengers (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2023 series) (2023)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 [Second Edition] (2023)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Chris Barth, Terry Nielsen, Rick Burns, Tim Thompson, Shirley A. Gorman, Don Markstein, and Steve Smith. Includes M.M.M.S. membership form, and illustration from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #43, page 14, 2nd panel.

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Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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