([March] 2012)
Marvel,
2009 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 24.99 USD; 27.99 CAD
- Pages
- 228
- On-sale Date
- 2012-03-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Worldwide Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel [in horizontal box]
- ISBN
-
978-0-7851-6360-2
- Barcode
- 9780785163602 52499
- Editing
- Cory Sedlmeier (editor)
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Hercules; Enchantress [Amora]
- Reprints
-
from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #38 [Regular Edition] (March 1967) [recolored] - in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 (2015), #2 [Second Edition] (2023)
-
Introduction
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- from Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #4 [Regular Edition] ([November] 2004)
-
Never Bug a Giant!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]]; Keeper of the Flame
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #31 [Regular Edition] (August 1966)
-
Never Bug a Giant!
The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Doctor Anton; Prince Rey; Keeper of the Flame
- Synopsis
- Captain America and Hawkeye help Goliath as the Keeper and Prince Rey battle over the Flame of Life.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #31 (August 1966)
-
- Keywords
- cobalt bomb; Flame of Life
The Sign of the Serpent!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #32 [Regular Edition] (September 1966)
-
The Sign of the Serpent!
The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Tony Stark; Bill Foster (first appearance); Colonel Nick Fury; Supreme Serpent; Sons of the Serpent
- Synopsis
- Goliath hires Bill Foster to assist him in the lab as he continues to search for a cure to his height problems. After Bill is assaulted by the Sons of the Serpent, Goliath encourages the other Avengers to take a stand against the group.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #32 (September 1966)
-
- Keywords
- Avengers Mansion; barber shop
To Smash a Serpent!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Don Heck; Jack Kirby (alterations)
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Serpent Surpreme
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #33 (October 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
The Scarlet Witch appears on this cover but is not present in the accompanying story.
To Smash a Serpent
The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Harrington Byrd; Supreme Serpent [General Chen]; Sons of the Serpent
- Synopsis
- The Avengers and the Black Widow expose the Supreme Serpent as a communist agitator.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #33 (October 1966)
-
The Living Laser!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Living Laser [Arthur Parks]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #34 (November 1966)
-
The Living Laser!
The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Bill Foster; Living Laser [Arthur Parks] (introduction)
- Synopsis
- The new villain the Living Laser battles the Avengers and kidnaps the Wasp.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #34 (November 1966)
-
The Light That Failed
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Don Heck; Jack Kirby (see notes)
- Inks
- Don Heck; Frank Giacoia (see notes)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]]; Living Laser [Arthur Parks]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #35 [Regular Edition] (December 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
The Captain America figure on the cover is a Kirby/Giacoia stat from the Captain America story in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 Series) #84, page 9, panel 1.
The Light That Failed!
The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas; Stan Lee (plot)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Bill Foster; Living Laser [Arthur Parks]
- Synopsis
- The Living Laser offers his power to a rebel army in Costa Verde but the Avengers pursue and defeat him.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #35 (December 1966)
-
- Keywords
- Costa Verde
Indexer Notes
Roy Thomas has explained that he wrote this script after it was handed to him in pencil form, already plotted by Lee and (likely) Heck.
The Ultroids Attack!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #36 [Regular Edition] (January 1967)
-
The Ultroids Attack!
The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (credited)
- Inks
- Don Heck (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Ixar; Ultroids
- Synopsis
- The Avengers and the Black Widow go to help Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch but walk into an amush set by the Ultroids.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #36 (January 1967)
-
- Keywords
- Avengers Mansion
To Conquer a Colossus!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #37 [Regular Edition] (February 1967)
-
To Conquer a Colossus!
The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Ixar; Ultrana; Ultroids
- Synopsis
- The Avengers and the Black Widow rescue Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch and defeat the Ultroids.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #37 (February 1967)
-
In Our Midst... An Immortal!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Hercules; Enchantress [Amora]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #38 [Regular Edition] (March 1967)
-
In Our Midst... An Immortal!
The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- George Roussos (credited as George Bell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Hercules; Enchantress [Amora]; Ares; Nick Fury; Jasper Sitwell; Dum Dum Dugan
- Synopsis
- The Enchantress and Ares manipulate Hercules into a fight with the Avengers.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #38 (March 1967)
-
- Keywords
- Olympus
The Torment and the Triumph!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Hercules; Mad Thinker; Triumvirate of Terror [Hammerhead [Louis Browning]; Pile-Driver [Jerome Whale]; Thunderboot [Moses Lewton]]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #39 [Regular Edition] (April 1967)
-
The Torment... and the Triumph!
The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- George Roussos (credited as George Bell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Hercules; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; S.H.I.E.L.D. [Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Jasper Sitwell]; Mad Thinker; Triumvirate of Terror [Hammerhead [Louis Browning]; Pile-Driver [Jerome Whale]; Thunderboot [Moses Lewton]]; Mares of Diomedes (flashback)
- Synopsis
- The Mad Thinker hatches a scheme to defeat the Avengers with his Triumvirate of Terror, but he doesn't factor in the heroes' new ally Hercules.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #39 (April 1967)
-
- Keywords
- Avengers Mansion
Suddenly... The Sub-Mariner!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #40 [Regular Edition] (May 1967)
-
Suddenly... the Sub-Mariner!
The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- George Roussos (credited as George Bell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- THe Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Hercules; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Thunderbolt Ross; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Vashti; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]
- Synopsis
- The Avengers try to retrieve the Cosmic Cube but find the Sub-Mariner in the vicinity.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #40 (May 1967)
-
- Keywords
- Atlantis; Avengers Mansion; Caribbean; Cosmic Cube
The Avengers #37 Unused Cover Art
The Avengers / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ultroids; Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]
[Avengers Cover Photostats]
The Avengers / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Photostats of the original art to the covers of Avengers #31, 35, 39 and 40, demonstrating how the art was altered for publication.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
1.
[Title Page and Credits]
-
2.
Contents
-
3.
Introduction
-
4.
Never Bug a Giant!
The Avengers -
5.
Never Bug a Giant!
The Avengers -
6.
The Sign of the Serpent!
The Avengers -
7.
The Sign of the Serpent!
The Avengers -
8.
To Smash a Serpent!
The Avengers -
9.
To Smash a Serpent
The Avengers -
10.
The Living Laser!
The Avengers -
11.
The Living Laser!
The Avengers -
12.
The Light That Failed
The Avengers -
13.
The Light That Failed!
The Avengers -
14.
The Ultroids Attack!
The Avengers -
15.
The Ultroids Attack!
The Avengers -
16.
To Conquer a Colossus!
The Avengers -
17.
To Conquer a Colossus!
The Avengers -
18.
In Our Midst... An Immortal!
The Avengers -
19.
In Our Midst... An Immortal!
The Avengers -
20.
The Torment and the Triumph!
The Avengers -
21.
The Torment... and the Triumph!
The Avengers -
22.
Suddenly... The Sub-Mariner!
The Avengers -
23.
Suddenly... the Sub-Mariner!
The Avengers -
24.
The Avengers #37 Unused Cover Art
The Avengers -
25.
[Avengers Cover Photostats]
The Avengers -
26.
Biographies
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- Steve Dasinger
- Gregory Fischer
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