The Avengers #43 [Regular Edition]
(August 1967)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except September, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1967-06-08
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 The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury 20, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor); Martin Goodman (credited) (publisher)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Red Guardian! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema (sourced)
Inks
George Roussos (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (head shot); Goliath [Hank Pym] (head shot); Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (head shot); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (head shot); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (head shot)
Hercules; Red Guardian [Alexi Shostakov]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Color Him... the Red Guardian! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
George Roussos (credited as George Bell)
Colors
?
Letters
Jerry Feldmann (credited as Jerry Mann)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heads up, my fellow Avengers!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Goliath [Hank Pym] (featured); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (featured); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (featured); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (featured)
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (supporting); General Brushov (villain) (introduction); Hercules (guest); The Hydra (hallucination); Colonel Ling (villain); Red Guardian [Alexi Shostakov] (villain) (introduction); Ebeneezer Wallaby; Bruiser Bates
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Introduction of the Red Guardian, the Black Widow's husband.

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

Not Brand Echh / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Liftee Height Increase Pads / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

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

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

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

Awe-Inspiring Announcements for You to Yawn With! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Super Heroes Club Posters / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
John Buscema (illustrations)
Inks
George Roussos (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Characters
The Avengers: Goliath [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]
Hercules
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Alvin Grinage Jr., William P. Sturdevant, Scott Ruhe, Nils Osmar, Pat Breene, and Steve Bowell; includes M.M.M.S. membership form, and illustrations from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #42, page 2, 1st panel (Hawkeye and Hercules), page 10, 2nd panel (Hercules), page 13, 4th panel (Hawkeye and Goliath), page 14, 3rd panel (Avengers), 4th panel (Quicksilver).

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

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

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

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Red Guardian!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. Color Him... the Red Guardian!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["Another Marvel masterpiece"]
    Not Brand Echh
  5. 4. ["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  6. 5. ["Now you can be taller instantly!"]
    Liftee Height Increase Pads
  7. 6. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time for cash profits and free prizes"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["Famous name prizes or cash…from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  9. 8. [Shop by Mail]
  10. 9. ["Amazing Illusory "X-ray" vision instantly!"]
    "X-Ray" Specs [Glasses]
  11. 10. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  12. 11. Awe-Inspiring Announcements for You to Yawn With!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["Marvel super-hero T-shirts"]
  14. 13. ["Hang loose, frantic ones…"]
    Super Heroes Club Posters
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  16. 15. ["204pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set"]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  17. 16. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  18. 17. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
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