The Avengers
#1
[Regular]
(September 1963)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-07-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Silver Age U.S.; later Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #200)
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek (cover lettering and logo design); Sol Brodsky (logo design)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Loki! Prepare for battle!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Thor [Thor Odinson; Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Loki [Loki Laufeyson]
- Reprints
-
in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #54 (1965), #54 (1965) - in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #32 (10 September 1966) [Used as a large panel in story.]
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in The Avengers Annual (Marvel, 1967 series) #4 (January 1971) -
in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #5 (8 Giugno 1971) -
in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #1 ([Januar 1974]) - in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) (1975)
-
in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #1 (5 de marzo de 1981) -
in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #175 (5 juillet 1984) - in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #10 (September 1986)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #4 ([September] 1988) which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #4 ([September] 1988)
- in The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History (Taylor Publishing Company, 1989 series) (1989)
- in The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #350 (Early August 1992)
- in Marvel Milestone Edition: Avengers (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 (September 1993)
- in Avengers Masterworks (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 (October 1993), #1 (October 1993)
- in Avengers Log (Marvel, 1994 series) #1 (February 1994)
- in Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1994 series) (May 1994)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
- in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) (November 1997)
-
in Biblioteca Marvel: Los Vengadores (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #1 (Enero 1999), #1 (Enero 1999) - in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([November] 1999) [black and white]
- in The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 (December 2001)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (May 2002)
- in Avengers: Assemble [Family Dollar Exclusive] (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005) [cover], (2005)
- in Avengers Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (August 2007)
- in Avengers: I Am an Avenger (Marvel, 2010 series) #[1] ([May 2010])
- in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #1 (février 2011)
- in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 ([February] 2012), #1 ([February] 2012) [cover]
- in Avengers 1: The Coming of the Avengers! (Marvel, 2012 series) ([April] 2012)
- in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #1 - Marvel Origins: The 60s (January 2014)
- in Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) ([November] 2014)
- in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - Earth's Mightiest Heroes (December 2014)
- in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: La Llegada de los Vengadores (Panini España, 2015 series) #1 (Febrero 2015)
- in Le meilleur des super-héros Marvel (Hachette, 2016 series) #1 (janvier 2016)
- in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - Man or Monster? ([June] 2016)
- in L'ère des Comics Marvel 1961-1978 (Taschen, 2017 series) (2017)
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in The Avengers (Newton Comics, 1974 series) #1 - in Avengers: Assemble (Marvel, 2005 series)
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Indexer Notes
Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook page, used with permission.
![Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 [Regular]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/19/w200/19000.jpg?-1021523429038745103)
![Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #1 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1067/w100/1067667.jpg?-6388896885901625950)
The Coming of the Avengers!
The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-337
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The place: Asgard, home of the Norse gods!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Thor [Thor Odinson; Donald Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner; Mechano]] (introduction, origin); circus ringmaster; lion tamer; trapeze artists; Bobby; Bobby's mother; Charlie; Captain; Jane Foster; Asgardians [Odin]; Teen Brigade [Rick Jones; William "Willie" Bishop]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Loki [Loki Laufeyson]; Silent Ones
- Synopsis
- Iron Man, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, and Thor join forces to defeat Loki.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #2 (1965)
- in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #31 (3 September 1966) [Pages 1 to 13.5 only.], #32 (10 September 1966) [Pages 13.5 to 22 only.]
- in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #1 (1969)
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #5 (8 Giugno 1971)
- in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #15 (août 1971) [N&B [B&W]]
- in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #46 (August 18, 1973)
- in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #1 ([Januar 1974])
- in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) (1975)
- in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #1 (5 de marzo de 1981)
- in Les Vengeurs Color (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #1 (mai 1982)
- in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #175 (5 juillet 1984)
- in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #10 (September 1986) [excerpt] which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #4 ([September] 1988)
- in Marvel Milestone Edition: Avengers (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 (September 1993)
- in Avengers Masterworks (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 (October 1993)
- in Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1994 series) (May 1994)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
- in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) (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 The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 (December 2001)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (May 2002)
- in Avengers: Assemble [Family Dollar Exclusive] (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
- in Avengers Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (August 2007)
- in Avengers: I Am an Avenger (Marvel, 2010 series) #[1] ([May 2010])
- in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #1 (février 2011)
- in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 ([February] 2012)
- in Avengers 1: The Coming of the Avengers! (Marvel, 2012 series) ([April] 2012)
- in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #1 - Marvel Origins: The 60s (January 2014)
-
in Os Heróis Mais Poderosos da Marvel (Salvat, 2014 series) #1 - Os Vingadores (Outubro 2014) - in Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) ([November] 2014)
- in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - Earth's Mightiest Heroes (December 2014), #1 - Earth's Mightiest Heroes (December 2014)
- in Le meilleur des super-héros Marvel (Hachette, 2016 series) #1 (janvier 2016)
- in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - Man or Monster? ([June] 2016)
-
in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #91 - Классика Marvel: 60-е Годы
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- Keywords
- ants; Asgard; City News (newspaper); elephant; Flight 738; horse; Imperial Palace; Isle of Silence; lions; Old Man of the Sea (mentioned); Rainbow Bridge; Sea of Mist; seal; Tangle Roots; Volcanic Gas Globules; volcano
in Indexer Notes
Job number from reprinting in Sons of Origins of Marvel Comics. Info per Will Murray.
Loki mentions that the "Old Man of the Sea" was based on legends of the Silent Ones, trolls from Asgard.
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Loki! Prepare for battle!"]
The Avengers -
1.
["Boys! Men!"]
-
2.
The Coming of the Avengers!
The Avengers -
3.
["Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!"]
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4.
["Amazing new home training plan in auto repairing"]
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5.
["100 toy soldiers"]
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6.
["Boys, girls, men, women"]
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- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
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- Mike Nielsen
- Merlin Haas
- Jim Van Dore
- Daniel Block
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Del Gruber
- R. S. Martin
- Pierre Freyssonnet
- Peter Croome
- James Ludwig
- Ralf Haring
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- Lou Mougin
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- Ralf Haring
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