The Avengers #30 [Regular Edition]
(July 1966)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1966-05-10
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 (credited as Irving Forbush) (sourced) (editor); Martin Goodman (credited) (publisher)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Frenzy in a Far-off Land! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (sourced); John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (sourced); John Romita (see notes)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (head shot); Goliath [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (head shot); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (head shot)
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (head shot); Keeper of the Flame [Lann]; Power Man [Erik Josten] (head shot); Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne] (head shot)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Figure under Goliath's arm likely added/altered by John Romita.

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Frenzy in a Far-off Land! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wanda, look!
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) (leaves team); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured) (leaves team); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (featured)
Franz Anton (introduction); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (guest); Hu Chen (villain); Keeper of the Flame [Lann] (villain) (introduction); Power Man [Erik Josten] (villain); Prince Rey (villain) (introduction); Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne] (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Andes Mountains; Asia; Avengers Mansion; Black Widow's Gauntlets; Bleecker Street; brainwashing; Captain America's Shield; Cobalt Fire Pit; El Dorado; Greenwich Village; Hawkeye's Trick Arrows; jet-stream cruiser; Manhattan; New York City; rocket air car; South America; Swordsman's Sword

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Pitchers Battle / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

U.S. Gov't Surplus (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Surplus Bargains / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Start Your Own Business! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

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

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1.5 pages (report information)

[The Whirling Satellite] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Whirling Satellite / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Hypno-Coin (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Hypno-Coin / advertisement / 0.5 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 (illustrations); ? (Thing illustration)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (illustrations); ? (Thing illustration)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who's the wise-guy that's holdin' out?
Characters
Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: John F. Lebar, Bill Hickey, Marvin Chase, Bruce Lowry, Rich Cornish, Dennis Collier, Alan Dean, Nick Olivas, and Stuart Herskovitz. The first page also includes a membership form for the Merry Marvel Marching Society, and illustrations from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #26, page 3, 5th panel, and #27 page 2, 5th panel.

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

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

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

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

We're Looking for People Who Like to Draw (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Frenzy in a Far-off Land!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. Frenzy in a Far-off Land!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["More Marvel masterpieces…"]
    Doctor Strange; Fantastic Four; Hulk; Iron Man; Spider-Man
  5. 4. ["Kids! Send today for this exciting new game"]
    Pitchers Battle
  6. 5. U.S. Gov't Surplus
    Surplus Bargains
  7. 6. ["Play 1966 big league baseball games"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  8. 7. ["Boys 12 or older. Make $1 to $5 weekly in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  9. 8. Start Your Own Business!
    Christy Trades School Training
  10. 9. ["Now! Olympic sports triangles and diamonds included in Zenith’s fabulous collection of 211 different stamps"]
    Zenith Stamps
  11. 10. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
  12. 11. [The Whirling Satellite]
    Whirling Satellite
  13. 12. Hypno-Coin
    Hypno-Coin
  14. 13. ["Items of lasting insignificance from the four corners of Marveldom!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  15. 14. ["Here he is!!"]
  16. 15. ["Who's the wise-guy that's holdin' out?"]
    Avengers Assemble!
  17. 16. ["I have done it for millions."]
    American Body Building Club
  18. 17. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  19. 18. We're Looking for People Who Like to Draw
    Famous Artists Schools
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