(August 1979)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.40 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode:
- 0714860245808
- Editing:
- Jim Salicrup (Assistant Editor); Roger Stern (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
This issue features the first appearance of a Chthon-possessed Scarlet Witch, a "Dark Scarlet Witch", so to speak. It anticipates, in many ways, the Dark Phoenix character, by the same artist, that first appeared in The X-Men #134 (June 1980).
Enter... Modred the Mystic!
The Avengers / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks:
- Terry Austin (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- the Darkhold book; Modred the Mystic; the Scarlet Witch
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Nights of Wundagore!
The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mark Gruenwald (plot); Steven Grant (plot); David Michelinie (plot, script)
- Pencils:
- John Byrne
- Inks:
- Dan Green
- Colors:
- Roger Slifer
- Letters:
- Jim Novak
- Job Number:
- LG458
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Falcon; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Quicksilver (origin, details); the Scarlet Witch (origin, details); the Vision; the Wasp]; Bova; Chthon (I); Django Maximoff; Edwin Jarvis; Henry Peter Gyrich; the High Evolutionary (flashback); Jonathan Drew (flashback); Magda (wife of Magneto, mother of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, flashback) (I); Modred the Mystic; Robert Frank [a.k.a. the Whizzer] (flashback); his wife Madeline Joyce Frank [a.k.a. Miss America] (flashback)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #381 (January 1982) -
in Avengers: The Yesterday Quest (Marvel, 1994 series) #[nn] (1994) - in Backpack Marvels: Avengers (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (January 2001)
- in Avengers: Nights of Wundagore (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn] (2009)
-
in Marvel Gold: Los Vengadores: Noches de Wundagore (Panini España, 2011 series) #[nn] (Enero 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Magneto revealed as father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch via the appearance of Magda in X-Men #125. The origin of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch storyline discussed in detail by Mark Gruenwald in the letters page of Avengers #192. This information added 2005 by Steven Tice.
The Adventures of Gritboy
Grit newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- N. Rosati (signed)
- Inks:
- N. Rosati (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen
- Characters:
- Chris
Indexer Notes
Comic strip ad for the Grit newspaper from Grit Publishing Co..
The Next Time You're Shopping For Good Comics... Wear Your Sunglasses!
Marvel Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Synopsis:
- In a colorless world a boy picks up a Marvel color magazine and is blown away by the colors inside.
Indexer Notes
Comic strip promo for the color Marvel Magazine line.
Avengers Assemble!
letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- various; Jim Salicrup (replies)
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters on The Avengers #182.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Enter... Modred the Mystic!
The Avengers -
1.
Nights of Wundagore!
The Avengers -
2.
The Adventures of Gritboy
Grit newspaper -
3.
The Next Time You're Shopping For Good Comics... Wear Your Sunglasses!
Marvel Magazine -
4.
Avengers Assemble!
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- Jenny R McGinnis
- Lou Mougin
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- Mike Nielsen
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- Max Capp
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