The Avengers #24 [Regular Edition]
(January 1966)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1965-11-11
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)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

From the Ashes of Defeat! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Inks
Dick Ayers (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]
Kang's Legion [unnamed one]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Captain America's Shield; Hawkeye's Trick Arrows

Exclusive Fun Products By Mail (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Ellbarr Novelties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

From the Ashes of Defeat--! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You had your chance, Princess Ravonna!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]
Baltag (Other Earth - Earth-6311) (villain) (introduction); King Carelius (Other Earth - Earth-6311); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (villain) (only shadow); Kang the Conqueror [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311) (villain); Princess Ravonna (Other Earth - Earth-6311); Kang's Legion
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Avengers ally themselves with Princess Ravonna to stave off the invasion of Kang the Conquerer. Although Kang is victorious, his troops rebel against him and he finds he must partner with those he has just defeated - the Avengers and Princess Ravonna.
Reprints
Keywords
Captain America's Shield; Castle Doom; delta-ray launcher; Doomstadt; Hawkeye's Trick Arrows; Kang Armor; Latveria; plasto-defense shield; revolt; time travel

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

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

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

Monster Size Monsters / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Hypno-Coin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Wayne School Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Stamps (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Hair Trimmer / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

Now...Fear No Man! Don't Be Bullied! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Amazing Illusory "X-Ray" Vision Instantly! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

"X-Ray" Specs [Glasses] / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Merry Marvel Marching Society; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Marvel Comics Group Official Swingin' Stationery; Marvel Comics Thor T-Shirt; Marvel Comics Spider-Man Poster / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Don Heck (illustrations)
Inks
Wally Wood (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Don, I had to comment on a fan's letter in Avengers #20.
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]
Iron Man [Tony Stark] (as an illusion); Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Eddie Holderman, Frank P. Eisgruber Jr., Gary Hood, Sally Craig, Stephen Guida, George Tsakiris, Laurence Moyer, Mike Olivella, Richard Walls, and Jim Nuffer. Includes illustrations from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #20.

204 pc Revolutionary War Soldiers Set (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. From the Ashes of Defeat!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Exclusive Fun Products By Mail
    Ellbarr Novelties
  3. 2. From the Ashes of Defeat--!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["More triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Fantastic Four; Spider-Man
  5. 4. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  6. 5. ["Monster S-I-Z-E monsters"]
    Monster Size Monsters
  7. 6. Hypno-Coin
    Hypno-Coin
  8. 7. ["Sorry, we only hire high school graduates."]
    Wayne School Courses
  9. 8. Stamps
  10. 9. ["Get both spending money and prizes sell Grit"]
    Grit Newspaper
  11. 10. ["New hair trimmer makes your hair neat and trim!"]
    Hair Trimmer
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
  13. 12. Now...Fear No Man! Don't Be Bullied!
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  14. 13. Amazing Illusory "X-Ray" Vision Instantly!
    "X-Ray" Specs [Glasses]
  15. 14. ["Another mighty Marvel hot-line report featuring earth-shaking items of monumental inconsequence!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Merry Marvel Marching Society; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  16. 15. ["Marvel strikes again! Get your goodies while they last!"]
    Marvel Comics Group Official Swingin' Stationery; Marvel Comics Thor T-Shirt; Marvel Comics Spider-Man Poster
  17. 16. ["Dear Stan and Don, I had to comment on a fan's letter in Avengers #20."]
    Avengers Assemble!
  18. 17. 204 pc Revolutionary War Soldiers Set
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  19. 18. ["He’s looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  20. 19. Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Björn Eklöf
  • Del Gruber
  • Adam Knights
  • James Ludwig
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore