The Avengers #65

(June 1969)

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

Mightier Than the Sword? (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Sam Grainger (credited)

Colors

Sam Grainger ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beware, world! Here comes... the Swordsman!

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Edwin Jarvis; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]; Barney Barton (flashback)

Synopsis

The Avengers vs. Egghead and the Swordsman.

Reprints

• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #64 ([Juli 1977])
• in Marvel Super Action (Marvel, 1977 series) #26 (December 1980)
• in Thor (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #18 (mars 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #65 (27 de mayo de 1982)
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #3 (2001)
• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: La Batalla por La Tierra (Panini España, 2013 series) (Febrero 2013)
• in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #4 - Behold… The Vision (2015)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #3 ([May] 2018)
• in Hawkeye Epic Collection (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Avenging Archer (2021)

Indexer Notes

Per Roy Thomas in the letters page of X-Men # 61, Sam Grainger colored many of his Avengers inked stories.

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Hobby Coin Co. Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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Doctor Strange; Nick Fury / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

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Don Bolander Career Institute Booklet / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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Sideburns, Mustache, or Van Dyke Beard / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Polaris Nuclear Sub (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Polaris Nuclear Sub / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

John Buscema (illustrations)

Inks

George Klein; Mike Esposito (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen; typeset

Characters

Black Panther [T'challa]; Vision; Ymir

Reprints

• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #3 ([May] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Shirley A. Gorman, Paul Marshall, Todd Buchta, Bill Bowers, M. Jablonski, and Bobby Barton; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom and Robert Frost's poem "Fire and Ice" which inspired the title and story in issue # 61.

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

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Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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