The Avengers #3 [Regular Edition]
(January 1964)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1963-12-04
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

On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Hulk and Sub-Mariner vs. the Avengers! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Paul Reinman
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Hulk [Bruce Banner]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
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 [Thor [Don Blake]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; The Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]]; Rick Jones; The Teen Brigade; Jane Foster
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.
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Indexer Notes

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

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

Magic Art Reproducer; Norton Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Grayson Products’ Giant Kite / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Reward $11,750.00 (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Record Riot (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Hit Records / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Hulk and Sub-Mariner vs. the Avengers!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["You've heard about it!"]
    Niresk Industries, Inc.
  3. 2. The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["Draw any person in one minute!"]
    Magic Art Reproducer; Norton Products
  5. 4. ["You’ll have fun & thrills as this 7 foot giant zooms 500 ft. in 3 minutes!"]
    Grayson Products’ Giant Kite
  6. 5. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  7. 6. Hypno-Coin
    Hypnotic Aids Supply Co.
  8. 7. Reward $11,750.00
  9. 8. Record Riot
    Hit Records
  10. 9. ["Come on, fella grab this chance to make $1 to $5 weekly and win dandy prizes, too"]
    Grit Newspaper
  11. 10. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  12. 11. ["A lifetime of fun, money, and friends - from amateur magic!"]
  13. 12. ["Boys! Men!"]
    Mike Marvel System
  14. 13. ["Learn radio-television electronics by practicing at home in your spare time"]
    National Radio Institute
  15. 14. ["Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!"]
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