(November 1964)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly with the exception of December, February, April and June
On-sale Date
1964-09-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury 20, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (sourced) (editor); Martin Goodman (credited) (publisher)

The Avengers Break Up! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Inks
Chic Stone (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Immortus [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Captain America's Shield; Iron Man Armor Model 2; Mjolnir

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

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Avengers Break Up! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Samuel R. Delaney (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number
X-812
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Confound it!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers (Earth-64110): Captain America [Steven Rogers] (Earth-64110) (featured) (introduction); Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (Earth-64110) (featured) (introduction); Iron Man [Anthony Stark] (Earth-64110) (featured) (introduction); Thor [Donald Blake] (Earth-64110) (featured) (introduction); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (Earth-64110) (featured) (introduction)
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (featured); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (featured); Thor [Donald Blake] (featured); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (featured)
Masters of Evil: Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo] (villain); Enchantress [Amora] (villain); The Executioner [Skurge] (villain)
Masters of Evil (Earth-64110): Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo] (Earth-64110); Enchantress [Amora] (Earth-64110); The Executioner [Skurge] (Earth-64110)
Teen Brigade (Earth-64110) (with additional unnamed members): Bill Bishop (Earth-64110)
Immortus [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311) (villain) (introduction); Rick Jones (supporting); Rick Jones (Earth-64110); Space Phantom (disguised as Paul Bunyan; Attila the Hun; Goliath (biblical); Merlin; Hercules (Roman))
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Immortus appears before the Masters of Evil and demands to join them against the Avengers, using his control of the realm of Limbo to summon other powerful people from past ages to help them.
Reprints
Keywords
Amazon Jungle; Avengers Mansion; Baron Zemo's Headquarters; Baron Zemo's jet flyer; Captain America's Shield; Earth-64110; England; Immortus' throne; Iron Man Armor Model 2; Limbo; London; Manhattan; Mjolnir; New York City; South America; time travel; Tower of London

Indexer Notes

Some changes to character notes per Error Report 2054 from Ted Watson, December 2009.

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

Fantastic Four; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; Spider-Man; X-Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Captain America; Doctor Strange; Giant-Man and the Wasp; Human Torch; Iron Man; The Thing; Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Live Sea Horses / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Famous Military Medals (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Famous Military Medals / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The One and Only "Cap" (Table of Contents: 11)

Captain America / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Inks
Sol Brodsky (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (sourced); Artie Simek (sourced) (logo design)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A Marvel masterwork pin-up
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 17 and 18.
Credits per Nick Caputo, April 2014.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

All About the Avengers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
All About the Avengers [All About on left]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: John Fong, Jimmy Meschwitz, Ronald Mittelhammer, Robert Estevez, Leonard J. Tirado, Kim Wright, Wayne Cauley Jr., Paul Plosila, Richard Macaraeg, Joseph Augustyn, and Gene Day. Includes special announcements section with the Mighty Marvel Check List.

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Mason Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Avengers Break Up!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Brother, can you spare a dime 10¢?"]
    American Body Building Club
  3. 2. The Avengers Break Up!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["4 more Marvel masterpieces!"]
    Fantastic Four; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; Spider-Man; X-Men
  5. 4. ["Amazing new home training plan in auto repairing"]
    Commercial Trades Institute Courses
  6. 5. ["4 more Marvel masterpieces!"]
    Captain America; Doctor Strange; Giant-Man and the Wasp; Human Torch; Iron Man; The Thing; Thor
  7. 6. ["Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method"]
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  8. 7. ["Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!"]
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  9. 8. ["Live seahorses $1 each"]
    Live Sea Horses
  10. 9. Famous Military Medals
    Famous Military Medals
  11. 10. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  12. 11. The One and Only "Cap"
    Captain America
  13. 12. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    All About the Avengers
  15. 14. ["Will you work Saturday mornings for $5.00 to $20.00 extra?"]
    Mason Shoes
  16. 15. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  17. 16. ["Make $3 to $5 an hour starting soon"]
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  18. 17. ["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Jochen G.
  • Del Gruber
  • Adam Knights
  • Dan Kocher
  • James Ludwig
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore