The Avengers
#52
(May 1968)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-03-07
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Black Panther Adventures (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018) - in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 - The Claws of the Panther (2022)
- in Black Panther: The Early Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 (2022)
- in Wonder Man: The Early Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2023 series) (2023)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2009 series) #6 (2014)
- in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #3 - Masters of Evil (2017)
-
The Grim Reaper! The Man Who Killed the Avengers!
The Avengers / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Goliath [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Hawkeye; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Black Panther]; Grim Reaper [Eric Williams]
- Reprints
-
in Los Invencibles del Siglo XX (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1968 series) #11 -
in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #64 (25 Settembre 1973) -
in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #51 ([Januar 1977]) - in Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #44 [Regular] (October 1978) [main figure only; Grim Reaper figure] which is reprinted
- in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 (2015) [1/4 page], #2 [Second Edition] (2023)
- in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #52 (25 de febrero de 1982)
- in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #3 (2001)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #6 ([December] 2006)
-
in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: ¡Unidos en Combate! (Panini España, 2012 series) (Marzo 2012) - in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 (2015), #2 [Second Edition] (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover inker credit suggested by Nick Caputo (November, 2003) and confirmed by Michel Maillot via the GCD Errors list (August 2009). Cover inker credit originally given to George Tuska.
Death Calls for the Arch-Heroes
The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (credited)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Natasha Romanoff; The Avengers [Goliath [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Hawkeye; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Hercules (cameo); Black Panther]; Grim Reaper [Eric Williams]; Jasper Sitwell; Tony Stark (cameo); Thor (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Wonder Man (in flashback)
- Synopsis
- Vs. the Grim Reaper, 1st. Black Panther becomes an Avenger.
- Reprints
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #118
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #64 (25 Settembre 1973)
- in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #7 (1975)
- in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #51 ([Januar 1977])
- in Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #44 (October 1978) [minus two pages]
-
in Thor le fils d'Odin (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #[1] - La genèse de Thor (1er trimestre 1979) - in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #52 (25 de febrero de 1982)
- in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #190 (octobre 1985)
- in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #3 (2001)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #6 ([December] 2006)
- in Avengers : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2006 series) #1968 (juin 2010)
- in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: ¡Unidos en Combate! (Panini España, 2012 series) (Marzo 2012)
- in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 (2015), #2 [Second Edition] (2023)
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[no title indexed]
Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / advertisement / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Stan, Roy, and John, I can't tell with words...
- Characters
- Hawkeye; Goliath; The Wasp
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Tim Patterson, Mike Uslan, Martin Sieff, Harold G. Ferguson II, Bob Barnett, Dave Wixon, Nils Osmar, Craig Little
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Grim Reaper! The Man Who Killed the Avengers!
The Avengers -
1.
["Gigantic art mural offer!"]
Colonial Studios Greeting Cards -
2.
Death Calls for the Arch-Heroes
The Avengers -
3.
["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
Academy for Home Study Free Booklet -
4.
["Marvel super-hero T-shirts"]
Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit -
5.
["Free! Muscle course that can add 3 inches to your arms fast!"]
Joe Weider Course and Products -
6.
["Look, fellows!"]
Grit Newspaper -
7.
[Shop by Mail]
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8.
[Shop by Mail; Stamps]
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9.
["Now you can be taller instantly!"]
The Liftee Company -
10.
[Stamps; Shop by Mail]
-
11.
["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
Precise Publications Book & Dummy -
12.
["The senses-shattering surprises go on and on-!"]
Stan's Soapbox -
13.
["Dear Stan, Roy, and John, I can't tell with words..."]
Avengers Assemble! -
14.
["The Marvel beat goes on!"]
Doctor Strange; Nick Fury -
15.
["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
Famous Artists Schools -
16.
["Make money get prizes"]
American Seeds
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