The Avengers #20 [British]

(September 1965)

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

Vengeance Is Ours! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The fool! Why did he do it!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (featured); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (featured); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured); Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne] (antagonist) (joins and leaves team)
Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo) (illusion); Mandarin [Gene Kahn] (villain)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Our heroes battle Mandarin and Swordsman.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #36 (14 de enero de 1967)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #31 (11 November 1967), #32 (18 November 1967), #33 (25 November 1967)
• in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #8 ([Abril] 1970)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #29 (9 Maggio 1972)
• in Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #14 (October 1973)
• in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #15 (3ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #19 ([Juli 1975])
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #20 (16 de julio de 1981)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #9 ([September] 1989)
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([November] 1999) [black and white]
• in Avengers : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2006 series) #1965 (janvier 2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2009)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 (2012)
• in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2014)
• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores (Panini España, 2012 series) #1 (Febrero 2015)

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Captain America; Fantastic Four; Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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"X-Ray" Specs [Glasses] / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Fantastic Four; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; Spider-Man; Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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The Merry Marvel Bullpen Page / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

And so we take our leave of the Swordsman for the present!

Reprints

• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 (2012)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Dave Fenimore, David Phillips, Ted Agrew, Steve Clark, Paul E. Akers, John McNeeney, John McAllister, and Jack Holman; includes M.M.M.S. membership form and The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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Hit Records / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Surplus Bargains / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)