The Avengers #5 [Regular Edition]

(May 1964)

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The Invasion of the Lava Men! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot, script); Jack Kirby (credited) (plot)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Job Number

X-652

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers [shadowed]

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (featured); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (featured); Thor [Don Blake] (featured); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (featured)
Lava Men
Teen Brigade (unnamed members): Rick Jones (supporting)
Basallo (antagonist) (unnamed); Jane Foster (guest); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (guest); Jinku the Witchdoctor (antagonist) (introduction); Molto the Lava Man (guest); Betty Ross (guest); Thunderbolt Ross (guest); Teen Brigade [unnamed members] (supporting); Lava Men [unnamed ones] (antagonists)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Avengers take on their 'hottest' foes yet to save the world.

Reprints

• in The Avengers (Newton Comics, 1974 series) #4
• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #56 (1965) [Splash page used as cover.], #56 (1965)
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #3 (15 de octubre de 1965)
• in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #3 ([Septiembre] 1969)
• in The Avengers Annual (Marvel, 1967 series) #4 (January 1971)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #12 (14 Settembre 1971)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #25 (décembre 1972) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in The Avengers (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #2 (September 29, 1973)
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #5 ([Mai 1974])
• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in De Vergelders (Oberon, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #5 (2 de abril de 1981)
• in Les Vengeurs Color (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #2 (novembre 1982)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #13 (December 1986) [excerpt]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #4 ([September] 1988)
• 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 : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2006 series) #1963-1964 (janvier 2006)
• in Avengers Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 (December 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 Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #4 - Vingadores 1 (abril 2021)
• 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

Avengers Mansion; Avengers' helicopter; Living Rock; Long Island; Los Diablos Missile Base; Stark Industries

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Character appearances and synopsis from Jason Aydelotte on 11 August 2004.

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All about the.... Avengers (Table of Contents: 11)

All About the Avengers / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

All About the ---- Avengers

Reprints

• in Avengers Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 (December 2007)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 (2012)
• in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #10 - Avengers 1 (1963) ([Dezember] 2023)

Indexer Notes

Letters by Morton Hugues, Roger Gilman, and Alan Weiss.

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