The Avengers #89 [British]
(June 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]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #89 [Regular Edition].

The Only Good Alien... Is A Dead Alien! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers [superhero] / cover / 1 page (report information)

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]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones
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Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Only Good Alien... (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers [superhero] / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Sam Grainger (credited)
Colors
Sam Grainger ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Job Number
597-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
They write songs about the moon over Miami...
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Mordecai P. Boggs; Dr. Donaldson; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback); Annihilus; Kree Intelligence Supreme [Kree Supreme Intelligence]; Ronan the Accuser; Sentry #459
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Indexer Notes

Kree-Skrull War part 1. With Rick Jones and Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell). With Ronan the Accuser and the Sentry. This story is briefly summarized in The Kree-Skrull War Starring the Avengers (Marvel, 1983 series) #1. Per Roy Thomas in the letters page of The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #61, Sam Grainger colored many of his Avengers inked stories.

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Estes Industries, Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Grit / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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The Mighty Marvel Checklist / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

[Official Marvel Stationery] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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Hobby Coin Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1.6 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
John Buscema (illustration)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Roy, and John, In the last book of The Lord of the Rings,"
Characters
The Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]
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Indexer Notes

Letters from Monte Aronson, Hoy R. Murphy Jr., Henry Lipput, and Jim Vicko. Includes "Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom."

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Iron Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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Niresk Industries, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Only Good Alien... Is A Dead Alien!
    The Avengers [superhero]
  2. 1. ["Another Joe Weider breakthrough: the end of the skinny body."]
    Joe Weider
  3. 2. The Only Good Alien...
    The Avengers [superhero]
  4. 3. ["Step into the real world of space with Vern Estes."]
    Estes Industries, Inc.
  5. 4. ["Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $6 weekly"]
    Grit
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    The Mighty Marvel Checklist
  7. 6. [Official Marvel Stationery]
  8. 7. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  9. 8. ["Play Guitar in 7 Days"]
  10. 9. ["Collect coins.. the hobby road to riches"]
    Hobby Coin Co.
  11. 10. ["80 dials, switches and gauges from the latest jet aircraft and the Americas Cup racing boats!"]
  12. 11. Shop by Mail
  13. 12. ["Now...save almost 50% on the hit records you want!"]
    Columbia Record Club
  14. 13. ["Funky facts and freaky fables, from the fickle finger of Forbush!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  15. 14. Shop by Mail
  16. 15. ["Dear Stan, Roy, and John, In the last book of The Lord of the Rings,""]
    Avengers Assemble!
  17. 16. ["Betray Tony Stark-- or die!"]
    Iron Man
  18. 17. ["If you like to draw for fun, we can help you draw for money."]
  19. 18. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Industries, Inc.
  20. 19. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
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