Avengers #48 (463) [Direct Edition]
(January 2002)

Marvel, 1998 Series
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Volume
3
Price
3.50 USD; 5.25 CAD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
PG
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606044580 04811
Editing
Marc Sumerak (assistant editor); Jeff Youngquist (assistant editor); Tom Brevoort (editor); Joe Quesada (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

cardstock cover
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kieron Dwyer (signed as KD)
Inks
Kieron Dwyer (signed as KD)
Colors
John Estes (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Scarlet Witch; Jack of Hearts]; Sentinels
Reprints

War Plan "A" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Kurt Busiek
Pencils
Kieron Dwyer
Inks
Rick Remender
Colors
Tom Smith
Letters
Comicraft; Albert Deschesne; Richard Starkings (credited as RS)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Living Lightning; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Photon [Monica Rambeau]; Jack of Hearts; Scarlet Witch; Wasp; Warbird [Carol Danvers]; Quicksilver; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Silverclaw; Thor; Firebird; Vision; Triathlon; Justice [Vance Astrovik]; Firestar]; Jonathan Tremont; Kang; Master of the World; Scarlet Centurion; Tony Stark (cameo); General McGinty; Sentinels
Synopsis
Captain America, Photon, Jack of Hearts and Scarlet Witch attempt to breach the shield around Kang's spaceship. Warbird kills the Master of the World and takes his base for use in the defense of Earth against Kang's armies.
Reprints

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

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

Script
Marc Sumerak
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Shaun D. Padden, Robert Acquarulo, Michael David Sims, Larry Scott

Let Slip The Dogs of War! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
Editing
Stan Lee

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Vision; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Hawkeye; Hercules]; Rick Jones; Ares
Reprints

--They First Make Mad! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Vision; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; Hercules; Black Panther; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]]; Rick Jones; Kratos; Bia; Edwin Jarvis
Reprints

Whatever Gods There Be! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Avengers / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith); Joe Sinnott; Syd Shores ?
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza (credited as Jon Costa)
Editing
Stan Lee

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; Black Panther; Scarlet Witch; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Thor; Quicksilver; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Vision; Hercules; Swordsman; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Rick Jones; Ares; Enchantress; Zeus
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Avengers
  2. 1. War Plan "A"
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  4. 3. Let Slip The Dogs of War!
    The Avengers
  5. 4. --They First Make Mad!
    The Avengers
  6. 5. Whatever Gods There Be!
    The Avengers
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