(February 1969)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, except September, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-12-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Vision]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Ymir; Surtur
Reprints

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

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Some Say the World Will End in Fire... Some Say in Ice! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
George Klein (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Three A.M. ... as the sleeping city wraps itself ever more tightly in its mantle of darkness!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Vision]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; N'Basa; W'Tambi; Ymir; Surtur; Marduk (flashback)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued from Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1968 series) #178.
First mention of the Avengers Quinjet. It was designed by Black Panther [T'Challa]. See page 11 of the story.

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

U.S. School of Music / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Littleton Coin Co. Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

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

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

Centre Coin Co. Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

American Circle Corp. Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
John Buscema (illustrations)
Inks
George Klein (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Geary Gravel, Steven Henkel, Gregory Loumos, John Locke, Richard Pini, Bennet Marks, Kim Metzger, Charles Meyerson, and Tad Cooper. Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

Silver Surfer; Not Brand Echh! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Colonial Studios / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. Some Say the World Will End in Fire... Some Say in Ice!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["Secrets of teaching yourself music"]
    U.S. School of Music
  5. 4. ["It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"]
    Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  6. 5. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  7. 6. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["4 new “finds” for coin collectors"]
    Littleton Coin Co. Catalog
  9. 8. ["Missile tank only $6.98"]
    Honor House Products
  10. 9. ["20 course home study program"]
  11. 10. [Shop by Mail; Stamps]
  12. 11. ["Brilliant bits of block-busting bombast straight from your blushin' bullpen!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["We pay $100.00 for only 59 Lincoln pennies"]
    Centre Coin Co. Catalog
  14. 13. ["Magic world of surprises & mystery"]
    American Circle Corp. Products
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  16. 15. ["Two more triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Silver Surfer; Not Brand Echh!
  17. 16. ["Amazing $1 art offer"]
    Colonial Studios
  18. 17. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
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