The Avengers #181 [Regular Edition]
(March 1979)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1978-12-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245803
Editing
Roger Stern (credited) (editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Pérez (signed as PÉREZ)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Seven of you will remain as Avengers - - the rest of you are out!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Pym]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]
Guardians of the Galaxy (Earth-691): Charlie-27 (Earth-691); Martinex [Martinex T'Naga] (Earth-691); Nikki (Earth-691); Starhawk [Stakar Ogord] (Earth-691); Yondu [Yondu Udonta] (Earth-691)
Henry Peter Gyrich; Martinex T'Naga
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
New government guidelines for The Avengers. New 7-member team announced.
Reprints

On the Matter of Heroes! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited) (breakdowns); Gene Day (finished art)
Inks
Gene Day (credited)
Colors
Françoise Mouly (credited as F. Mouly)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (uncredited, page 1); Elaine Heinl (credited as Elaine H.) (pages 2-17)

Job Number
LG261
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Black Panther [T'Challa] (leaves group); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (leaves group); Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Doctor Donald Blake] (leaves group); Vision; Wasp [Janet Pym]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym] (leaves group)
Guardians of the Galaxy (Earth-691): Charlie-27 (Earth-691); Martinex [Martinex T'Naga] (Earth-691); Nikki (Earth-691); Starhawk [Stakar Ogord] (Earth-691); Yondu [Yondu Udonta] (Earth-691)
Henry Peter Gyrich; Edwin Jarvis; Scott Lang (introduction); Django Maximoff
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Avengers are given new government guidelines for their official roster.
Reprints
Keywords
Avengers Mansion; Black Widow's Gauntlets; Captain America's Shield; Champscraft; East Village; Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows; Iron Man Armor Model 4; Manhattan; Midtown; Mjolnir; Nega-Bands; New York City; The Adventures of Robin Hood; The Bowery; Yellowjacket's Suit

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Scott Lang, who a month later becomes the new Ant-Man in Marvel Premiere #47.

Beast and Wonder Man watching a black and white still photo from "The Adventures of Robin Hood".

The Incredible Hulk Changes His Mind! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters on The Avengers #177. Letters from David J. Welsh, Jacob Lasky

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Seven of you will remain as Avengers - - the rest of you are out!"]
    The Avengers
  2. 1. On the Matter of Heroes!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. The Incredible Hulk Changes His Mind!
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Hulk
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
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  • David Bruce
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  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike Verhart
  • Warren Zeigler