The Avengers #2 [Regular Edition]
(November 1963)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1963-09-03
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 (editor)

Issue Notes

The indicia incorrectly has publication listed as monthly when the title is in fact bi-monthly.

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Sol Brodsky
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Giant-Man! Thor! Look out!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Don Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Space Phantom
Reprints
Keywords
Mjolnir

Indexer Notes

Brodsky inks per Steve Whitaker, Nick Caputo and Bob Ford. Carl Gafford credited Frank Giacoia and original indexer credited Dick Ayers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

American Bodybuilding Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Avengers! Battle... the Space Phantom (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Paul Reinman (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-435
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where is Ant-Man??
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Don Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Teen Brigade [Rick Jones]; Space Phantom (antagonist) (introduction)
Synopsis
The Space Phantom comes to Earth to defeat the Avengers. If he can, then nothing can stop his race from invading Earth.
Reprints
Keywords
Limbo; Mjolnir; shape-change

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Hulk quits the Avengers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Padell Books / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Amazing Spider-Man #7] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Mr. Victor Mason / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hypno-Coin (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

New Accordions — Save up to 1/2 (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Accordion Corp. of America / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #4] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Live Sea Horses! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Living Pets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Look! Boys Wanted to Sell Grit (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Next Issue... (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

The Avengers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Guide to Hypnotism / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

NRI Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Giant-Man! Thor! Look out!"]
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["The world's greatest molder of handsome he-men and champs out of weaklings says..."]
    American Bodybuilding Club
  3. 2. The Avengers! Battle... the Space Phantom
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["You can have the secret weapon!"]
    Padell Books
  5. 4. [The Amazing Spider-Man #7]
    Spider-Man
  6. 5. ["Will you work Saturday mornings for $5.00 to $20.00 extra?"]
    Mr. Victor Mason
  7. 6. Hypno-Coin
    Hypnotic Aids Supply Co.
  8. 7. New Accordions — Save up to 1/2
    Accordion Corp. of America
  9. 8. [Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #4]
    Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos
  10. 9. Live Sea Horses!
    Living Pets
  11. 10. Look! Boys Wanted to Sell Grit
    Grit Newspaper
  12. 11. Next Issue...
    The Avengers
  13. 12. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  14. 13. ["Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!"]
    Guide to Hypnotism
  15. 14. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  16. 15. ["Make $3 to $5 an hour starting soon"]
    NRI Training
  17. 16. ["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Jay Flash
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthew Head
  • James Ludwig
  • R. S. Martin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore