The Avengers #27 [Regular Edition]
(April 1966)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1966-02-10
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 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Four Against the Flood-Tide! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover ink credit from Nick Caputo (November 30, 2003). Credit confirmed by art identifiers Bob Ford & Steve Whitaker. Ink credit originally given to: Frank Giacoia.

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

Ellbarr Dist. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Four Against the Floodtide! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited as Frankie Ray)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Avengers are off on a mission, and I can't follow them until I remember what number to dial on our secret new visi-projector!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Beetle [Abner Jenkins]; Attuma; Chet Brinkley
Synopsis
Attuma has captured three Avengers and Hawkeye must rescue them, after he defeats the Beetle, who has broken into Avengers Mansion.
Reprints
Keywords
Atlanteans; flood-tide machine; underwater

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

Fantastic Four; Spider-Man; Marvel Collectors’ Item Classics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

U.S. Gov't Surplus (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Surplus Bargains / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Polaris Nuclear Sub (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Accordion Corp. of America / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Christy Trades School, Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Precise Publications / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Hypno-Coin (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Don, Here is the explanation to anybody that asks why Power Man didn't die after a week like Wonder Man did.
Characters
Captain America
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Paul Schind, Bill Kaghan, John Weigle, Richard Kenney, Vicky Randall, David Bladsoe, Barry Cunningham, Bruce Zwicker, Laura Kirby, Dean Crawford, and Gary Merrill; includes next issue blurb.

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

H. H. Ward & Co., Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Four Against the Flood-Tide!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Exclusive fun products by mail"]
    Ellbarr Dist.
  3. 2. Four Against the Floodtide!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["More triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Fantastic Four; Spider-Man; Marvel Collectors’ Item Classics
  5. 4. U.S. Gov't Surplus
    Surplus Bargains
  6. 5. Polaris Nuclear Sub
    Honor House Products
  7. 6. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["Save 1/2 on “new sound” electronic accordions"]
    Accordion Corp. of America
  9. 8. ["Start your own business!"]
    Christy Trades School, Inc.
  10. 9. ["Now…fear no man! Don’t be bullied!"]
    Precise Publications
  11. 10. Hypno-Coin
    Hypnotic Aids Supply Co.
  12. 11. [Shop by Mail]
  13. 12. [Shop by Mail]
  14. 13. ["Naturally nifty, newsy, nondescript nonsense about our nutty non-entities!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  15. 14. ["Face front! Our super special sweat shirt has flooded us with such a mountain of mail orders that we're repeating it again this month!"]
  16. 15. ["Dear Stan and Don, Here is the explanation to anybody that asks why Power Man didn't die after a week like Wonder Man did."]
    Avengers Assemble!
  17. 16. ["Is you hair growing or going?"]
    H. H. Ward & Co., Inc.
  18. 17. ["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  19. 18. ["Another two-pointer for Jerry West!"]
    Aurora Products
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Kevin C
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • James Ludwig
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore