The Avengers #42 [Regular Edition]

(July 1967)

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

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

The Plan -- and the Power! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (credited as George Bell)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured) (rejoins team); Goliath [Hank Pym] (featured); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (featured); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (featured); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (featured)
Fantastic Four: Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (guest); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (guest)
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (supporting); Diablo [Esteban Corazón de Ablo] (villain); Dragon Man (villain); Hercules (guest); Colonel Ling (villain); Doctor Yen (villain)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #78
• in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #18 ([Febrero] 1971)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #50 (27 Febbraio 1973)
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #41 ([August 1976])
• in Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #34 (March 1977) [minus pages 11 and 12]
• in Submariner (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #7 (février 1978) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #379 (November 1981) [2 pp. edited out. Pages reprinted in this order: P.1-8, 10, 9, 11-14, 16-17, & 19-20. Black & white.]
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #42 (17 de diciembre de 1981)
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #2 ([November] 1998) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 (2005)
• in Avengers : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2006 series) #1967 (mai 2009)
• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: ¡Unidos en Combate! (Panini España, 2012 series) (Marzo 2012)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2009 series) #5 ([June] 2013)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 (2015)
• in Black Widow Epic Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 - Beware the Black Widow (2019) [pages 11-13 and 20]
• in The Black Widow Strikes Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019) [Pages 11-13 & 20 only]
• in Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 [Second Edition] (2023)

Keywords

Aero-Car; Avengers Mansion; Baxter Building; Black Widow's Gauntlets; Captain America's Shield; Carpathian Mountains; Dyna-Disk; Far East; Hawkeye's Trick Arrows; Manhattan; Midtown; New York City; Psychotron; Transylvania

Indexer Notes

Story continued from previous issue.

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Government Surplus (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

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"X-Ray" Specs [Glasses] / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Fabulous Facts and Frivolous Fables for Frantic Fans, Faithful Friends, and Fiendish Foes! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

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Super Heroes Club Posters / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Don Heck (illustrations)

Inks

George Roussos (illustrations)

Colors

? (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Avengers: Goliath [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Hammerhead; Hercules

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Gaspar Masana, Charlie Sommer, Bruce Meyer, Jim Pearson, Darryl James, Patrick Janson, and Carlos Pacheco. Includes illustrations from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #39, page 7, 6th panel (Hawkeye), page 10, 2nd panel (Wasp), page 11, 1st panel (Goliath), and page 18, 4th panel (Hercules).

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