(October 1966)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1966-08-09
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.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

To Smash a Serpent! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Heck (sourced); Jack Kirby (see notes)
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]
Sons of the Serpent: Supreme Serpent [Tai Chen]
Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Sons of the Serpent [unnamed members]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Captain America's Shield

Indexer Notes

Jack Kirby appears to have redrawn much of the background figures including Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and the Sons of the Serpent. Info per Nick Caputo, August 2012.

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

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

To Smash a Serpent (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Don Heck (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Goliath [Hank Pym] (featured); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (featured); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (featured)
Sons of the Serpent: Supreme Serpent [Tai Chen] (villain)
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (supporting); Senator Harrington Byrd (guest); Bill Foster (supporting); Sons of the Serpent [unnamed members, one of them impersonates Captain America] (villain); United Nations unnamed diplomats
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Avengers Mansion; Black Widow's Gauntlets; Captain America's Shield; Hank Pym's laboratory; Hawkeye's Trick Arrows; jet-stream cruiser; Manhattan; New York City; Serpent Staff; Sons of the Serpent's Flying Headquarters; United Nations Building

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

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Surplus Bargains / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Do You Need Extra Money? (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

See the New Super Heroes (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

CBS Saturday Cartoons / comics-form advertising / 2 pages (report information)

The Green Beret (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Royal Advertising Novelties / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Sensational Secrets and Incredible Inside Information, Guilelessly Guaranteed to Avail You Naught! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Captain America; Hulk; Iron Man; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Thor / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby (Captain America illustration); Don Heck (Avengers illustration); ? (Thing illustration)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (illustrations); ? (Thing illustration)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
?; typeset

Characters
The Avengers: Goliath [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Kusske Jr., Jimmy Sartoris Jr., Rudy Espinosa, Bob Barnett, Gary Robinson, Thomas L. Chaffee, and Peter von Sholly; includes M.M.M.S. membership form, and illustrations from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #82, page 4, 4th panel (Captain America), The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #31, page 4, 3rd panel (Goliath), #30, page 19, 5th panel (Hawkeye and Black Widow).

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Basic Science Labs / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. To Smash a Serpent!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Let me show you too, how to make yourself astronaut-tough"]
    American Body Building Club
  3. 2. To Smash a Serpent
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["Included in this fascinating collection of 217 different stamps"]
    Zenith Stamps
  5. 4. U.S. Gov't Surplus
    Surplus Bargains
  6. 5. Do You Need Extra Money?
    Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery
  7. 6. See the New Super Heroes
    CBS Saturday Cartoons
  8. 7. The Green Beret
    Royal Advertising Novelties
  9. 8. ["Now…fear no man! Don’t be bullied!"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  10. 9. [Shop by Mail]
  11. 10. [Shop by Mail; Stamps]
  12. 11. Sensational Secrets and Incredible Inside Information, Guilelessly Guaranteed to Avail You Naught!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  13. 12. ["Marvel super-heroes are coming your way on TV!"]
    Captain America; Hulk; Iron Man; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Thor
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  15. 14. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  16. 15. ["American Basic Science Club’s master lab… a home science lab and course"]
    American Basic Science Labs
  17. 16. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • James Ludwig
  • Darrel McCann
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Mark Q
  • Per Sandell
  • Alan Smith
  • Jim Van Dore