The Avengers #90 [British]
(July 1971)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1/- [0-1-0 GBP]
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except January, semi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, with replaced cover price.
This issue is a variant of The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #90 [Regular Edition].

Judgment Day! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Sal Buscema (signed as Sal Buscema)
Inks
Sal Buscema (signed as Sal Buscema)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket (as a prehistoric man)]; Rick Jones
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The end of the skinny body
Synopsis
Ad for 'Crash Weight Formula' weight-gaining program.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Judgment Day (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Sal Buscema (credited)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Mike Stevens (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kill the man called Mar-Vell-- and all who stand beside him!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Edwin Jarvis; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell] (origin retold); Rick Jones; Doctor Donaldson; Carol Danvers; Ronan; Sentry 459; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Brimm]] (flashback); Super-Skrull [Kl'rt] (flashback); Intelligence Supreme [Supreme Intelligence] (flashback); Medic Una (flashback); Inhumans (flashback); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Thor (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kree-Skrull War part 2, origin of Captain Marvel retold. This story is briefly summarized in The Kree-Skrull War Starring the Avengers (Marvel, 1983 series) #1. Severin colors confirmed from stat.

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

Estes Rockets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
? (coupon border only)
Letters
?; typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Step into the real world of space with Vern Estes.
Characters
Vern Estes
Keywords
mail order marketing; model rocketry

Indexer Notes

Ad for model rocketry kits. Between pages 3 and 4 of story on top half of page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
?; ? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $6 weekly
Synopsis
Ad for sales people to sell Grit newspapers.

Indexer Notes

Between pages 3 and 4 of story, on lower half of page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
? (promo copy)
Colors
? (panel backgrounds only)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 6 and 7 on top portion of page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Marvelmania / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
? (promo copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Original unpublished art portfolios
Characters
Daredevil; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kraven; Mr. Fear; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Sub-Mariner

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for unpublished art portfolios featuring Spider-Man and Daredevil, including a reprint of Spider-Man #1 and Daredevil #1 with information about both characters and checklists, with a subscription to Marvelmania also included. Appears between story pages 6 and 7 on lower portion of page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for high paying jobs in the drafting field, between story pages 6 and 7.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Ed Sale Secret System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Play Guitar in 7 Days
Characters
Guitarist; pretty girl
Keywords
Guitar

Indexer Notes

Thumbnail advertisements between story pages 9 and 10.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny

Indexer Notes

Ad for U.S. coin catalog.
Occupies lower half of page beneath story half-page numbered 12.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Colors
? (background and lettering only)
Letters
?; typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now revealed — the “2 Hour” method to super speed karate
Characters
Thug; Wallace K. Reumann
Keywords
Coupon; karate

Indexer Notes

Ad, with order coupon, for karate books and paraphernalia from Precise Publications, located on lower half of page beneath story half-page numbered 13.

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 11)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don’t be Fat

Indexer Notes

Various thumbnail advertisements for various products including stamps, novelties and comic books, located between story pages 15 and 16.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Columbia Record Club / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (background and lettering only)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now...save almost 50% on the hit records you want!

Indexer Notes

Ad for Columbia Record Club. Some text is in yellow.
Appears between story pages numbered 18 and 19.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan); ? (promo copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Everything you've always wanted to know about the Bullpen, but were afraid to ask!
Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]
Characters
Iron Man; Captain America

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox gives credit to the artists for working from a synopsis and delivering the finished art on deadline. The current issue of the Hulk is based on Tom Wolfe's "Radical Chic" and Wolfe appears in the story. Reed Crandall and Al Williamson are planning to illustrate stories. The Bullpen says they're swamped with requests for help for term papers, etc., from college students and don't have time to help with any of them, so stop asking. John Severin and his family (wife and six children) are moving to Colorado. Gene Colan is teaching a part-time course on comics in his home town in New Jersey. Lynn Wolley, news-reporter at KNOW radio in Houston and Mike Turner at WABC-FM in New York have been promoting Marvel comics. Doug Kenny, editor of the National Lampoon, visited the Bullpen and had a long talk with Stan. Also "Make Mine Marvel" flanked by headshots of Iron Man and Captain America.

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 14)

Comic Sales Comics; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Passaic Book Center Comics; Robert Bell Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
? (panel backgrounds only)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Market place

Indexer Notes

Miscellaneous ads from various dealers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Roy, and John, Ya'a'teh. The Avengers are simply..."
Characters
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Marlene Jablonski, Rick Keefe, Jim Bolella, and Dan Patri. Includes "Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you like to draw for fun, we can help you draw for money.

Indexer Notes

Ad for the Famous Artists School.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
3 complete fishing outfits

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma

Indexer Notes

Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home.
On back cover

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Judgment Day!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["The end of the skinny body"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. Judgment Day
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["Step into the real world of space with Vern Estes."]
    Estes Rockets
  5. 4. ["Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $6 weekly"]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  7. 6. ["Original unpublished art portfolios"]
    Marvelmania
  8. 7. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  9. 8. ["Play Guitar in 7 Days"]
    Ed Sale Secret System
  10. 9. ["We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  11. 10. ["Now revealed — the “2 Hour” method to super speed karate"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  12. 11. [Shop by Mail]
  13. 12. ["Now...save almost 50% on the hit records you want!"]
    Columbia Record Club
  14. 13. ["Everything you've always wanted to know about the Bullpen, but were afraid to ask!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  15. 14. [Shop by Mail]
    Comic Sales Comics; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Passaic Book Center Comics; Robert Bell Comics
  16. 15. ["Dear Stan, Roy, and John, Ya'a'teh. The Avengers are simply...""]
    Avengers Assemble!
  17. 16. ["If you like to draw for fun, we can help you draw for money."]
    Famous Artists Schools
  18. 17. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  19. 18. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
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