The Avengers #38 [Regular Edition]

(March 1967)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (credited as George Bell)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured) (leaves team); Goliath [Hank Pym] (featured); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (featured); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (featured); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (featured)
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (supporting) (joins team); Dum Dum Dugan (guest); Nick Fury (guest); Jasper Sitwell (guest)
Ares (villain); Enchantress [Amora] (villain); Hercules (guest); Edwin Jarvis (supporting); Power Man [Erik Josten] (flashback) (cameo); Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne] (flashback) (cameo); Zeus (guest); S.H.I.E.L.D. [unnamed agents]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Avengers vs. Ares and the Enchantress.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #108 (13 de julio de 1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #62
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #80 (24 August 1968) [pages 1-9], #81 (31 August 1968) [pages 10-14 ?], #82 (7 September 1968) [pages 14-20 ?]
• in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #17 ([Enero] 1971)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #44 (5 Dicembre 1972)
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #37 ([Juni 1976])
• in Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #30 (July 1976) [minus 2 pages]
• in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #75/1 (1977-07-25)
• in Submariner (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #6 (décembre 1977) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #38 (19 de noviembre de 1981)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #238 hors série (octobre 1989)
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #2 ([November] 1998) [black and white]
• in Avengers : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2006 series) #1967 (mai 2009)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2009 series) #4 ([March] 2012)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 (2015)
• in Black Widow Epic Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 - Beware the Black Widow (2019) [pages 1-3, 7-10]
• in The Black Widow Strikes Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019) [Pages 1-3 & 7-10 only]
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 [Second Edition] (2023)

Keywords

Avengers Mansion; Black Widow's Gauntlets; Captain America's Shield; Fountain of Eros; Golden Mace; Hawkeye's Trick Arrows; Manhattan; Midtown; New York City; S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier; Swordsman's Sword

Indexer Notes

Hercules becomes a constant presence until inducted to the membership in 45. The Black Widow is also a continuing supporting character.

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Script

John F. Hayes (credited)

Letters

typeset

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Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Don Heck (illustrations)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (illustrations)

Colors

? (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Avengers: Goliath [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]

Reprints

• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 (2015), #2 [Second Edition] (2023)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bill Mallory, Ralph Hensley, Vincent Bonham, Burt Penchansky, Dennis Hamer, Jan Bertholf, Gary Striney, and Loren Lieberthal. Include illustrations from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #30.

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