The Avengers #144

(February 1976)

Claws! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Englehart (credited)

Pencils

George Pérez (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra G.)

Letters

Denise Wohl (credited as Denise V. Wohl)

Job Number

JV198

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy] (featured); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (featured); Hellcat [Patsy Walker] (introduction as Hellcat, joins Avengers as associate); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (featured); Moondragon [Heather Douglas] (featured); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured); Thor [Doctor Donald Blake] (featured); Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk]; Vision (featured)
Fantastic Four: Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards] (flashback) (cameo); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback) (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (flashback) (cameo)
Squadron Supreme (Earth-S - Earth-712): Doctor Spectrum [Joseph Ledger] (Earth-S - Earth-712); Golden Archer [Wyatt McDonald] (Earth-S - Earth-712); Hyperion [Mark Milton] (Earth-S - Earth-712); Lady Lark [Linda Lewis] (Earth-S - Earth-712); Whizzer [Stanley Stewart] (Earth-S - Earth-712)
Buzz Baxter; The Cat [Greer Nelson; Greer Nelson] (flashback) (cameo); Mal Donalbain (flashback) (cameo); Hugh Jones; Man-Killer [Katrina Luisa van Horn] (flashback) (cameo); Wyatt McDonald; Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (flashback) (cameo); Tigra [Greer Nelson; Greer Nelson] (flashback) (cameo); Hedy Wolfe (flashback) (cameo); Ben Green; Phyliss Green

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Patsy Walker becomes Hellcat and joins the Avengers.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #19 (Abril 1976)
• in Thor e i Vendicatori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #170 (18 Ottobre 1977)
• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #5 (1981)
• in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #2 (novembre 1985) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #229 hors série (5 janvier 1989) [Moins 3 pages/Minus 3 pages]
• in Clásicos Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1988 series) #27 (octubre 1990) [páginas 1-7], #28 (noviembre 1990) [páginas 8-17]
• in Avengers: The Serpent Crown (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #7 ([January] 2010)
• in Avengers: The Serpent Crown (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012)
• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: La Saga de la Corona Serpiente (Panini España, 2012 series) (Marzo 2012)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #15 ([June] 2015)
• in Squadron Supreme Classic Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) ([August] 2016)
• in True Believers: Marvel Knights 20th Anniversary - Hellcat: The First Appearance (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (November 2018)
• in Los Vengadores: La Saga de la Corona Serpiente (Recomendado por Carlos Pacheco) (Panini España, 2019 series) ([marzo] 2019)
• in Squadron Supreme vs. Avengers (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
• in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #8 - Kang War (2022)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Englehart

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Between pages 11 and 12 of this issue's story.

Letters on The Avengers #139 and Marvel Value Stamp Series B #39 (with Thor). Letters from Bruce Walters, Mark Caldwell, Peter B. Gillis, Mary Jo Duffy, Benjamin M. Yalow, and Danny Tyres.

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