The Avengers #71

(December 1969)

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

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Endgame! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Sal Buscema (credited)

Inks

Sam Grainger (credited)

Colors

Sam Grainger ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Brazier! I must light the Brazier of Truth!

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman] (joins)]; Black Knight [Sir Percy] (ghost); Invaders [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]] (introduction); Kang; Ravonna; Grandmaster [En Dwi Gast]; Squadron Sinister [Doctor Spectrum [Kinji Obatu]; Hyperion; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Whizzer [Jim Sanders]] (flashback); Aragorn (flashback)

Synopsis

The Avengers are set up against the war-time Captain America (complete with original shield), Human Torch and Sub-Mariner. The Black Knight becomes an Avenger.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #123 ([circa 1971 - 1972])
• in Hit Comics Die Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #213
• in Wrekers Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #18 (1972)
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #70 ([September 1977])
• in Les Vengeurs (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #3 - Les Vengeurs contre le Sinistre Escadron (1er trimestre 1981)
• in Marvel Super Action (Marvel, 1977 series) #32 (June 1981)
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #71 (8 de julio de 1982)
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #4 (2004)
• in Avengers: Kang - Time and Time Again (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Giant-Size Avengers / Invaders (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([May] 2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #8 ([December] 2008)
• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: La Batalla por La Tierra (Panini España, 2013 series) (Febrero 2013)
• in Invaders Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
• in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #4 - Behold… The Vision (2015)
• in Avengers: Millennium (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #3 ([May] 2018)
• in True Believers: Avengers - Endgame! (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (June 2019)
• in The Avengers (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2023 series) (2023)

Keywords

Big Ben; Brazier of Truth; Captain America's original shield; Earth-6311; Ebony Blade; Egypt; England; Garrett Castle; Great Sphynx; India; Iron Man Armor Model 4; London; Louvre Museum; Mjolnir; Nazis; Paris; Seine; Statue of Liberty; Taj Mahal; Time Scanner; time travel; Tri-Sphere

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

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

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

Matchbox Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Audel Practical Guides / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Precise Publications Book and Dummy / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Captain America; Namor the Sub-Mariner / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Sal Buscema (illustration)

Inks

Sam Grainger (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers John Harrison, Brian Bergsettes, Alan Crossley, Janice Gelb, Henry DeLaCruz, and Ken McIntyre. Includes “Knoe Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

Wayne School / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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