The Avengers #31 [Regular Edition]
(August 1966)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1966-06-09
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:

Never Bug a Giant! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Heck (sourced)
Inks
Don Heck (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]
Keeper of the Flame [Lann]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

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

Surplus Bargains / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Never Bug a Giant! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited); Jack Kirby (see notes)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Franz Anton; Keeper of the Flame [Lann] (villain); Prince Rey (villain); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (guest); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (guest)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Andes Mountains; Avengers Mansion; Balkan Mountains; Captain America's Shield; Cobalt Fire Pit; El Dorado; Europe; Hawkeye's Trick Arrows; jet-stream cruiser; Manhattan; New York City; rocket plane; South America; Transia

Indexer Notes

Kirby drew the last two panels on page 20. Info per Nick Caputo, August 2021.

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

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

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Strange Coins (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Start Your Own Business! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Art Directors' Comics Course; Brown Stamps; Five Star Music; Go-Kart and Speed-Bike Easy Plans; Jaxon Stamps; Marks Stamps; Ocean Stamps; Penny Stamps; Tru-Value Stamps; West Coast Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

1000 Tricks Catalog [Giant Surprise Catalog]; 1001 Things You Can Get Free; Ace Publishing Song Secrets; Argosy Book Buying; Capital Stamps; Crown Music; Dollar Bargains Novelty Items; Ed Sale Secret System; Estes Rockets; Go-Kart and Speed-Bike Easy Plans; Gray Stamps; Lavoptik Eye Wash; Metropolitan Stamps; Mystic Stamps; Roseland Stamps; Songwriters' Associates; Speedy Stitcher; Spruceland Stamps & Coins; Sunny Stamps; Thompson Stamps; Triboro Stamps; White Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Now You Can Join! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Turbonique Engine Equipment / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Capricious Commentaries, Carefully Cooked-up to confuse and Confound You! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

It's Clobberin' Time!! (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
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Don Heck (illustration); ? (Thing illustration)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (illustration); ? (Thing illustration)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
?; typeset

Characters
Goliath [Erik Josten]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Fritz Boettger, Claude Paquet, Mike Robertson, Eddie Birchmore, Leonard Chambliss Jr, Greg Manczuk, and Pat Barnhart; includes M.M.M.S. membership form and an illustration from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #28, page 9, 1st panel.

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

200 World War II Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Never Bug a Giant!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["U.S. government surplus direct by mail!"]
    Surplus Bargains
  3. 2. Never Bug a Giant!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["More Marvel masterpieces…"]
    Captain America; Fantastic Four; Spider-Man
  5. 4. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  6. 5. ["Is your hair growing or going?"]
    Ward's Formula
  7. 6. Strange Coins
    Littleton Coins
  8. 7. Start Your Own Business!
    Christy Trades School Training
  9. 8. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
    Art Directors' Comics Course; Brown Stamps; Five Star Music; Go-Kart and Speed-Bike Easy Plans; Jaxon Stamps; Marks Stamps; Ocean Stamps; Penny Stamps; Tru-Value Stamps; West Coast Stamps
  10. 9. ["Fellows! Here's a swell way to make lots of money and win prizes too!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  11. 10. [Shop by Mail; Stamps]
    1000 Tricks Catalog [Giant Surprise Catalog]; 1001 Things You Can Get Free; Ace Publishing Song Secrets; Argosy Book Buying; Capital Stamps; Crown Music; Dollar Bargains Novelty Items; Ed Sale Secret System; Estes Rockets; Go-Kart and Speed-Bike Easy Plans; Gray Stamps; Lavoptik Eye Wash; Metropolitan Stamps; Mystic Stamps; Roseland Stamps; Songwriters' Associates; Speedy Stitcher; Spruceland Stamps & Coins; Sunny Stamps; Thompson Stamps; Triboro Stamps; White Stamps
  12. 11. ["Now…fear no man! Don’t be bullied!"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  13. 12. Now You Can Join!
    Turbonique Engine Equipment
  14. 13. Capricious Commentaries, Carefully Cooked-up to confuse and Confound You!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  15. 14. It's Clobberin' Time!!
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  17. 16. ["200 pc. set World War II soldiers"]
    200 World War II Soldiers
  18. 17. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  19. 18. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Kevin C
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • James Ludwig
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore