The Avengers #99 [Regular Edition]
(May 1972)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-02-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #81 January 1972.
This issue has variants:

Hercules! -- Whom the Gods Would Destroy! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Original indexer credited Marie Severin as cover co-penciler.

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

--They First Make Mad! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
Inks
Tom Sutton (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
857Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Remember, Hercules! Stir the ashes of thy mind and remember...
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Edwin Jarvis; Rick Jones; Ant Man [Henry Pym]; Ares; Kratos; Bia; Guardsman [Kevin O'Brien] (flashback)
Reprints

The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac" (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

North American School of Conservation / advertisement / 1 page (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)

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Sal Buscema (illustration)
Inks
George Roussos (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear People, Ordinarily I wouldn't...
Characters
Rick Jones; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Catman; Heap; Green Lama; Fighting Yank; Fantoman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from George Olshevsky Jr., Matt Graham

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 13)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 342,236. Single issue nearest to filing date: 361,482.

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

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

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Hercules! -- Whom the Gods Would Destroy!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. --They First Make Mad!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  5. 4. ["I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks..."]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  6. 5. ["Scary, Life size monster ghost obeys your commands!"]
  7. 6. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["75 free gifts"]
  9. 8. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  10. 9. ["Invite your friends over for a haunting"]
  11. 10. ["Learn how to become a travel agent"]
    North American School of Conservation
  12. 11. ["Nifty notes, nostalgic nuances, and narcissistic name-dropping, featuring non-toxic news of the nation’s most notorious non entities!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["Dear People, Ordinarily I wouldn't..."]
    Avengers Assemble!
  14. 13. Statement of Ownership
  15. 14. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  16. 15. ["Muscles make a man"]
  17. 16. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds"]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore