The Avengers #23 [Regular Edition]

(December 1965)

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The Avengers [superhero] / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

John Romita (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto (credited as Sherigail)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Feeling he has failed as leader, Captain America, last issue, walked out on the Avengers!

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Kang the Conqueror; Princess Ravonna (Kang's beloved, introduction)

Synopsis

Kang takes note that Steve Rogers is no longer an Avenger and easily defeats and captures the remaining three members. Cap comes to the rescue but is beaten too. Kang seems invincible!

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #50 (22 de abril de 1967)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #39 (6 January 1968) [part 1], #40 (13 January 1968) [part 2]
• in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #9 ([Mayo] 1970)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #33 (4 Luglio 1972)
• in Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #17 (March 1974)
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #22 ([Oktober 1975])
• in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #17 (1er trimestre 1976) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #23 (6 de agosto de 1981)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #27 ([February] 1994)
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([November] 1999) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 ([February] 2004)
• in Avengers : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2006 series) #1965 (janvier 2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 ([March 23] 2011)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 ([February] 2012)

Keywords

boxing; recreater; time travel

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Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Don Heck (illustration)

Inks

Wally Wood (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Don, Upon completion of Avengers #20 I could not hold back a moment longer.

Characters

Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]

Reprints

• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 ([February] 2012)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Derek Moore, Victor Bonita, Gary Nowell, Jim Allan, Curtis Martens, Marie Russell, Mike Gable, Paul Nungester, John Furek, Mike Delong. Includes image from an earlier issue.

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