The Avengers #21 [Regular Edition]

(October 1965)

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Bitter Taste of Defeat! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the first few months of their formation, the new team of Avengers proved to be more than equal to the tasks that befell them!

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (featured); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (featured); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured)
Masters of Evil: Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo] (flashback); Enchantress [Amora] (villain) (also in the flashback); The Executioner [Skurge] (flashback) (cameo); Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (flashback, origin)
Power Man [Erik Josten] (villain) (origin, introduction as Power Man)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Enchantress uses the machine that Zemo used to create Wonder Man (see The Avengers #9) to turn one of Zemo's minions into Power Man. The two use tricks - and the Avengers' own internal discord - to make the Avengers appear dysfunctional. The City Council orders them to disband!

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #42 (25 de febrero de 1967)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #34 (2 December 1967), #35 (9 December 1967), #36 (16 December 1967)
• in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #10 ([Junio] 1970)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #31 (6 Giugno 1972) [reprint title incorrect?]
• in Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #15 (November 1973)
• in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #16 (4ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #20 ([August 1975])
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #21 (23 de julio de 1981)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #27 ([February] 1994)
• in Thunderbolts: Marvel's Most Wanted (Marvel, 1998 series) (February 1998)
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([November] 1999) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 ([February] 2004)
• in Avengers : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2006 series) #1965 (janvier 2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 ([March 23] 2011)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 (2012)
• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores (Panini España, 2012 series) #1 (Febrero 2015)

Keywords

Amazon Jungle; Avengers Mansion; Avengers' helicopter; Baron Zemo's Headquarters; Captain America's Shield; Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows; ionic ray machine; Manhattan; monster; New York City; South America; Sutton Place; Westchester County

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

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Fantastic Four; Nick Fury; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Duraclean Franchise Cleaning Businesses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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Mason Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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Bruno Sammartino / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Harry Doehla Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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The Avengers; Doctor Strange; Fantastic Four; Hulk; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; Spider-Man; Thor; X-Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Don Heck (illustration)

Inks

Dick Ayers (illustration)

Colors

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Don, Avengers #17 was only #9 this month in the order of my idea of how good all your issues were.

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]
The Avengers: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]

Reprints

• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 (2012)
• in Avengers (Marvel, 2017 series) #3.1 (March 2017)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Doug Jones, David Funnell, C. H. Cooke Jr., John Taylor, Jimmy Morton, Sandy Guillot, John Dennis, and Mike Friedrich; includes membership form for the M.M.M.S. and illustration from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #17, 9th page, 2nd panel.

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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