The Avengers #27 [British]
(April 1966)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
10d [0-0-10 GBP]
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury 20, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (sourced) (editor); Martin Goodman (credited) (publisher)

Issue Notes

Four against the Flood-Tide! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Inks
Don Heck ? (sourced); Frank Giacoia ? (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover ink credit from Nick Caputo (November 30, 2003). Credit confirmed by art identifiers Bob Ford & Steve Whitaker. The Official Marvel Index to the Avengers (Marvel, 1994 series) #1 and original indexer lists Frank Giacoia as inker.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Ellbarr Novelties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Four against the Floodtide! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited as Frankie Ray)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Avengers are off on a mission, and I can't follow them until I remember what number to dial on our secret new visi-projector!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]
Attuma (villain); Beetle [Abner Jenkins] (villain); Chet Brinkley
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Attuma has captured three Avengers and Hawkeye must rescue them, after he defeats the Beetle, who has broken into Avengers Mansion.
Reprints
Keywords
Atlanteans; Atlantic Ocean; Attuma's Submarine; Avengers Mansion; Beetle Armor MK I; Cape Hatteras; Captain America's Shield; Hawkeye's Trick Arrows; Manhattan; New York City; North Carolina; octopus; sharks; underwater

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Fantastic Four; Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

U.S. Gov't Surplus (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Surplus Bargains / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Polaris Nuclear Sub (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Accordions / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Christy Trades School Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Hypno-Coin (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Hypno-Coin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Don Heck (illustration)
Inks
John Romita (illustration)
Colors
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Don, Here is the explanation to anybody that asks why Power Man didn't die after a week like Wonder Man did.
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Paul Schind, Bill Kaghan, John Weigle, Richard Kenney, Vicky Randall, David Bladsoe, Barry Cunningham, Bruce Zwicker, Laura Kirby, Dean Crawford, and Gary Merrill; includes next issue blurb and illustration from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #23, page 17, 2nd panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Ward's Formula / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Four against the Flood-Tide!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Exclusive fun products by mail"]
    Ellbarr Novelties
  3. 2. Four against the Floodtide!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["More triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Fantastic Four; Spider-Man
  5. 4. U.S. Gov't Surplus
    Surplus Bargains
  6. 5. Polaris Nuclear Sub
    Honor House Products
  7. 6. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["Save 1/2 on “new sound” electronic accordions"]
    Accordions
  9. 8. ["Start your own business!"]
    Christy Trades School Training
  10. 9. ["Now…fear no man! Don’t be bullied!"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  11. 10. Hypno-Coin
    Hypno-Coin
  12. 11. [Shop by Mail]
  13. 12. [Shop by Mail]
  14. 13. ["Naturally nifty, newsy, nondescript nonsense about our nutty non-entities!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  15. 14. ["Face front! Our super special sweat shirt has flooded us with such a mountain of mail orders that we're repeating it again this month!"]
  16. 15. ["Dear Stan and Don, Here is the explanation to anybody that asks why Power Man didn't die after a week like Wonder Man did."]
    Avengers Assemble!
  17. 16. ["Is you hair growing or going?"]
    Ward's Formula
  18. 17. ["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  19. 18. ["Another two-pointer for Jerry West!"]
    Aurora Products
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