The Avengers
#193
[Direct]
(March 1980)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.40 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Jim Salicrup (Editor); Bob Budiansky (Assistant 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
Inferno Unleashed!
The Avengers / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Frank Miller (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob McLeod (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Dan Crespi?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Falcon; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; the Vision; Wonder Man]; Inferno
- Reprints:
in ![Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #193 [Direct]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/772/w200/772735.jpg?5980263433214474726)
![Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #193 [Newsstand Edition]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/19/w100/19191.jpg?5767558948402809120)
Battleground: Pittsburgh!
The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- David Michelinie; Pittsburgh Comix Club ("plot assist")
- Pencils:
- Sal Buscema (layouts); Frank Miller (details, see notes); Dan Green (finished art)
- Inks:
- Dan Green
- Colors:
- Bob Sharen
- Letters:
- Joe Rosen
- Job Number:
- LF664
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Falcon; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; the Vision; the Wasp; Wonder Man]; Inferno; Tim Turpin; Vince Paretta
- Reprints:
in Indexer Notes
In The Avengers #197 letters page, Michelinie writes that Frank Miller "was able to add some identifying details to Sal Buscema's pencil art." This information added 2005 by Steven Tice.
Avengers Assemble!
letters page / 0.75 page
Credits
- Script:
- various
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters on The Avengers #189.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
Credits
- Script:
- Ed Shukin (business manager)
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Date of filing: October 1, 1979. Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (net press run): 428,935, single issue nearest to filing date: 431,125.
"A Passion for Gold"
Mr. Fantastic; Hostess Twinkies / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sal Buscema
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Irving Watanabe
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Goldigger; Mr. Fantastic
Indexer Notes
Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.
How to be a Wild and Crazy Guy!!
Batroc the Leaper; Crazy magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- Bob McLeod?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Joe Rosen
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; humor
- Characters:
- Archie Bunker (on TV); Batroc; Fonzie (on TV)
Indexer Notes
Comic strip promo for Crazy magazine. Printed sideways.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Inferno Unleashed!
The Avengers -
1.
Battleground: Pittsburgh!
The Avengers -
2.
Avengers Assemble!
-
3.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
-
4.
"A Passion for Gold"
Mr. Fantastic; Hostess Twinkies -
5.
How to be a Wild and Crazy Guy!!
Batroc the Leaper; Crazy magazine
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