The Avengers #19 [British]

(August 1965)

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

The Coming of... the Swordsman! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No one questions a man with an Avengers' I.D. card!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (origin) (featured) (also in flashback); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (featured); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured)
Blackie Barker (villain); Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne] (origin) (villain) (introduction, also in flashback); Hydra [unnamed members] (villain)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Introduction of the Swordsman. His origin and Hawkeye's are both told.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #31 (3 de diciembre de 1966)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #28 (21 October 1967), #29 (28 October 1967), #30 (4 November 1967)
• in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #8 ([Abril] 1970)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #28 (24 Aprile 1972)
• in Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #13 (September 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) #18 ([Juni 1975])
• in The Avengers (Newton Comics, 1974 series) #15 (March 1976)
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #19 (9 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)
• in True Believers: Empyre - Swordsman (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (May 2020)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Old Order Changeth (2022)

Keywords

Avengers Mansion; Capitol Building; Captain America's Shield; Carson Carnival; Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows; Manhattan; New York City; Swordsman's Sword; Washington D.C.

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Daredevil; Doctor Strange; Fantastic Four; Nick Fury; 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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Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / 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) /

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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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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All About the Avengers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

All About the Avengers [All About on top]

Reprints

• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 (2012)
• in Avengers (Marvel, 2017 series) #2.1 (February 2017)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jeff Morden, Rosalind L. Rogoff, Mark Kernes, Cary Burkett, Brad Reddersen, William Boles, John Baggerman, Richard Whitehead, and N. W. Rapparlie; includes 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)