- Script
- Stan Lee (credited) (plot, script); Jack Kirby (sourced) (plot)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (credited as P. Reinman)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Job Number
- X-525
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (featured); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (featured); Thor [Don Blake] (featured); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (featured)
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (guest); Invisible Girl [Susan Storm] (guest); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (guest); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (guest)
Teen Brigade (unnamed members): Rick Jones (supporting)
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Jane Foster (guest); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (antagonist); Odin (guest); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (guest); Sub-Mariner [Namor] (antagonist); unnamed Asgardians
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Avengers feel responsible for the danger the Hulk may cause after he left the team in the previous issue. When they find the green Goliath a battle ensues. The Sub-Mariner learns of the Hulk's presence and after initially fighting each other Namor convinces the Hulk to join forces with him against the Avengers.
- Reprints
- in El Sorprendente Hombre Araña (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1963 series) #44
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #54 (1965)
- in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #2 (1969)
- in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #21 (July 1969)
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #8 (20 Luglio 1971)
- in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #18 (mars 1972) [N&B [B&W]]
- in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #48 (September 1, 1973) [page 4, panels 3-5 deleted; page 6, panels 2 and 6 deleted; page 10, panels 3-6 deleted; page 11, panels 1-3 and 6 deleted; page 20, panels 6 and 7 deleted; and page 21, panels 1-6 deleted]
- in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #3 ([März 1974])
- in The Incredible Hulk (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
- in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
- in De Vergelders (Oberon, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
- in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #3 (19 de marzo de 1981)
- in Les Vengeurs Color (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #1 (mai 1982) [-1 page]
- in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #12 (November 1986) [excerpt]
which is reprinted- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #4 ([September] 1988)
- in Strange Spécial Origines (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #244 hors série (avril 1990)
- in Avengers Masterworks (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 (October 1993)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
- in Biblioteca Marvel: Los Vengadores (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #1 (Enero 1999)
- in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([November] 1999) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (May 2002)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers - Barnes & Noble Edition (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] (2003)
- in Avengers: Assemble (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
- in Avengers : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2006 series) #1963-1964 (janvier 2006)
- in Avengers Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 (October 2007)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (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 Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - Man or Monster? (2016)
- in True Believers: Kirby 100th - Thor vs. Hulk (Marvel, 2017 series) (October 2017) [pages 11-14 and 19-24 only.]
- in Marvel Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #5 (April 2018)
- in Namor, the Sub-Mariner Epic Collection (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - Enter the Sub-Mariner (2021)
- in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #4 - Vingadores 1 (abril 2021)
- in The Avengers (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2023 series) (2023)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Fourth Edition] (2023)
- in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #10 - Avengers 1 (1963) ([Dezember] 2023)
- Keywords
- ants; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantis; Avengers Mansion; bathyscaph; Baxter Building; Donald Blake's Medical Practice; Gamma Ray Projector; Gibraltar; Hulk's Cave; Image Projector; Iron Man Armor MK II; Mediterranean Sea; Mjolnir; Namor's Command Ship; New Mexico; Pym Laboratories; Pym Particles; Salem Center; Spider-Man's Web-Shooters; Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.