Avengers Epic Collection
#5 - This Beachhead Earth
(2020)
Marvel,
2013 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 39.99 USD; 52.00 CAD
- Pages
- 508
- On-sale Date
- 2020-07-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- T
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Worldwide, Inc.
- Brand
- Marvel Epic Collection; Marvel [white on red]; Epic
- ISBN
-
978-1-302-92197-2
- Barcode
- 9781302921972 53999
- Printer
- LSC Communications Inc., Kendallville, IN, USA
- Editing
- Cory Sedlmeier (credited) (collection editor); Stan Lee (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
Collects The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #77-97 and The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #140.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]
- Reprints
-
from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #87 [Regular Edition] (April 1971)
-
This Beachhead Earth
The Avengers / credits, title page / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Panther [T'Challa]
Indexer Notes
Title page.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / credits, title page / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Credits page.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / table of contents / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Contents page.
For Hire: The Avengers!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Cornelius Van Lunt
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #77 [Regular Edition] (June 1970)
-
Heroes for Hire!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A murky Monday morning in the city of New York...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Edwin Jarvis; Cornelius Van Lunt; Kronus [Wilkins] (introduction); Split-Second Squad [Captain Skragg; Joe; Onionhead; Pecos; Pinstripe; Sweet William] (introduction)
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #77 (June 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Two Avengers Down -- and Four to Go! This is the Day of the Man-Ape!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Man-Ape [M'Baku]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #78 [Regular Edition] (July 1970)
-
The Man-Ape Always Strikes Twice!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- Job Number
- 112Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The city is quite tonight-- and peaceful!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Monica Lynne; Lethal Legion [Grim Reaper [Eric Williams]; Man-Ape [M'Baku]; Living Laser [Arthur Parks]; Power Man [Erik Josten]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]] (introduction); N'Gamo
- Synopsis
- Vs. the first Lethal Legion.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #78 (July 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Continued next issue.
Lo! The Lethal Legion!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Lethal Legion [Grim Reaper [Eric Williams]; Man-Ape [M'Baku]; Living Laser [Arthur Parks]; Power Man [Erik Josten]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #79 [Regular Edition] (August 1970)
-
Lo! The Lethal Legion!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- Job Number
- 333-Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hail, Avengers! Wherefore have Thor and Iron Man been summoned into thy midst?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Monica Lynne; Lethal Legion [Grim Reaper [Eric Williams]; Man-Ape [M'Baku]; Living Laser [Arthur Parks]; Power Man [Erik Josten]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]]
- Synopsis
- The Avengers invade the lair of the Lethal Legion to rescue the Black Panther.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #79 (August 1970)
-
The Coming of Red Wolf!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Red Wolf [William Talltrees]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #80 [Regular Edition] (September 1970)
-
The Coming of Red Wolf!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rich man... Poor man... Beggar man... Thief!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Red Wolf [William Talltrees] (introduction, origin); Lobo (introduction); Owayodata (introduction); Jason Birch; Thomas Talltrees (flashback, dies); Cornelius Van Lunt (flashback)
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #80 (September 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Continued next issue.
When a Legend Dies!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #81 [Regular Edition] (October 1970)
-
- Keywords
- machine guns
When Dies a Legend!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dusk and dawn have both the same grey cast on smog-bound Manhattan...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Red Wolf [William Talltrees]; Lobo; Jason Birch; Cornelius Van Lunt
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #81 (October 1970)
-
Avengers Assemble!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- John Buscema; Marie Severin (layout)
- Inks
- Tom Palmer
- Colors
- Tom Palmer ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It'll be the greatest battle of all!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #82 [Regular Edition] (November 1970)
-
Hostage!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- Job Number
- 412-Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And now, before our psychedelic symbolic spash-panel zaps you out of your gourd...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Peter Parker [Spider-Man]; May Parker; Zodiac [Aries [Marcus Lassiter]]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #82 (November 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Story inspired by the novel "Siege"
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- John Buscema; Marie Severin (layout)
- Inks
- Tom Palmer
- Colors
- Tom Palmer ?
- Letters
- Morrie Kuramoto
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All Right, Girls -- That Finishes Off These Male Chauvinist Pigs!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]]; Medusa; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Valkyrie
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #83 [Regular Edition] (December 1970)
-
Come on in... the Revolution's Fine!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lady Liberators [Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Medusa; Enchantress [Amora, posing as the Valkyrie]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]]; Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Vision]; Masters of Evil [Klaw [Ulysses Klaw]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Radioactive Man [Chen Lu]; Whirlwind [David Cannon]]; Doctor T. W. Erwin; Tom Fagan; Roy Thomas; Jean Thomas; Executioner (flashback); Yellow Jacket (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Valkyrie shows up at Avengers HQ and convinces Wasp and the Scarlet Witch to join her team of Lady Liberators. With the male members of the Avengers attending Tom Fagan's Halloween parade, the Masters of Evil attack and pummel our heroes. The Lady Liberators show up to save the day and do what their male chauvinist pig counterparts failed to do as they make quick work of the villains. Valkyrie is revealed to be the Enchantress, however, and the lady heroes are forced to defeat their former leader. The gender war rages on.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #83 (December 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've Destroyed Your Fellow Avengers, Thor -- And You're Next!
- Genre
- superhero; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Avengers [Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Arkon; Enchantress [Amora]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #84 [Regular Edition] (January 1971)
-
The Sword and the Sorceress!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Faster, Aragorn! Faster, my valiant steed!
- Genre
- superhero; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Black Knight [Sir Percy]; Arkon; Enchantress [Amora]
- Synopsis
- The Avengers vs. Arkon.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #84 (January 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Whole Earth Is Melting -- Dissolving Into Molten Lava!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #85 (February 1971)
-
The World Is Not for Burning!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Seven Avengers! Seven bright-clad champions, poised amid this plain in a far-flung cosmos...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Squadron Supreme [American Eagle [James Dore]; Hyperion; Lady Lark [Linda Lewis]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hawkeye [Wyatt McDonald]; Doctor Spectrum [Joseph Ledger]; Tom Thumb [Thomas Thompson]; Whizzer [Stanley Stewart]] (introduction)
- Synopsis
- The Avengers battle Brain-Child. The Squadron Supreme, a good version of the Squadron Sinister, help them out.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #85 (February 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Continued next issue.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen; Morrie Kuramoto (some re-lettering)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You Costumed Cretins Won't Stop Brain-Child From Blowing Up The World!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Brain-Child [Arnold Sutton]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #86 [Regular Edition] (March 1971)
-
Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came...!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tiny hands, tuning a color TV set: it happens millions of times a day, every day.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Squadron Supreme [American Eagle [James Dore]; Hyperion; Lady Lark [Linda Lewis]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hawkeye [Wyatt McDonald]; Doctor Spectrum [Joseph Ledger]; Tom Thumb [Thomas Thompson]; Whizzer [Stanley Stewart]]; Brain-Child [Arnold Sutton]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #86 (March 1971)
-
Look Homeward, Avenger!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #87 [Regular Edition] (April 1971)
-
Look Homeward, Avenger!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We are home-- back from the parallel Earth of the Squadron Supreme...
- Genre
- jungle; superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa] (origin); Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Edwin Jarvis; T'Chaka (flashback, death); N'Baza (flashback, death); B'Tumba (flashback, death); Ulysses Klaw (flashback); A.I.M. (flashback)
- Synopsis
- T'Challa tells the Avengers his origin story.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #87 (April 1971)
-
The Summons of Psyklop!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Psyklop
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #88 [Regular Edition] (May 1971)
-
The Summons of Psyklop
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas; Harlan Ellison (plot)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Shelly Leferman
- Job Number
- 564-Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You have a mouth-- and you must scream!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Psyklop (introduction)
- Synopsis
- The finest minds on Earth have devised a way to contain the Hulk, BUT a member of an ancient alien race kidnaps him to use his power to awaken the dark gods he serves. Oh, and there is a little voo-doo too.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #88 (May 1971)
-
- Keywords
- voodoo
Indexer Notes
Story continued in Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #140. The middle part of this story is inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu".
The Brute That Shouted Love at the Heart of the Atom!
Hulk / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (signed)
- Inks
- Herb Trimpe (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Jarella
- Reprints
- from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #140 (June 1971)
-
The Brute... That Shouted Love... at the Heart of the Atom!
Hulk / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Harlan Ellison (story); Roy Thomas (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Sam Grainger; Herb Trimpe (layouts)
- Inks
- Sam Grainger
- Colors
- Mimi Gold ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And thus it goes, this dangerous vision which began in Avengers #88.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Jarella (introduction); Torla (introduction); Holi (introduction); Moli (introduction); Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man; Thor [Donald Blake]]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Visis (introduction); Psyklop
- Synopsis
- Hulk is shrunk down to infinitesimal size and enters Jarella's world where he regains Bruce Banner's mind, becomes a hero and is betrothed to the queen; that is, until Psyklop shows up to ruin things.
- Reprints
- from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #140 (June 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
story Continues from the Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #88.
Billy Batson and "Shazam" mentioned.
Story inspired by a 1922 Ray Cummings story.
The Only Good Alien... Is A Dead Alien!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (signed)
- Inks
- Sal Buscema (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #89 [Regular Edition] (June 1971)
-
The Only Good Alien...
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- Job Number
- 597-Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They write songs about the moon over Miami...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Mordecai P. Boggs; Dr. Donaldson; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback); Annihilus; Kree Intelligence Supreme [Kree Supreme Intelligence]; Ronan the Accuser; Sentry #459
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #89 (June 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Kree-Skrull War part 1. With Rick Jones and Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell). With Ronan the Accuser and the Sentry. This story is briefly summarized in Kree-Skrull War Starring the Avengers, The (Marvel, 1983 series) #1. Per Roy Thomas in the letters page of X-Men # 61, Sam Grainger colored many of his Avengers inked stories.
Judgment Day!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (signed)
- Inks
- Sal Buscema (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket (as a prehistoric man)]; Rick Jones
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #90 [Regular Edition] (July 1971)
-
Judgment Day
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kill the man called Mar-Vell-- and all who stand beside him!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Edwin Jarvis; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell] (origin retold); Rick Jones; Doctor Donaldson; Carol Danvers; Ronan; Sentry 459; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Brimm]] (flashback); Super-Skrull [Kl'rt] (flashback); Intelligence Supreme [Supreme Intelligence] (flashback); Medic Una (flashback); Inhumans (flashback); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Thor (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo)
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #90 (July 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Kree-Skrull War part 2, origin of Captain Marvel retold. This story is briefly summarized in The Kree-Skrull War Starring the Avengers #1. Severin colors confirmed from stat.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (signed)
- Inks
- Sal Buscema (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Sentry is programmed to destroy you...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Ronan; Sentry 459
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #91 [Regular Edition] (August 1971)
-
Take One Giant Step-- Backward!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- Job Number
- 652Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Captain Marvel-- gaze deeply at that screen...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Ronan; Sentry 459
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #91 (August 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Kree-Skrull War part 3, Yellowjacket and Wasp resign as Avengers, this story is briefly summarized in Kree-Skrull War Starring the Avengers, The (Marvel, 1983 series) #1.
All Things Must End!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Thor (Skrull imposter); Captain America (Skrull imposter); Iron Man (Skrull imposter)
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #92 [Regular Edition] (September 1971)
-
All Things Must End!
The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages
- Job Number
- 689Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If ever a work-crew deserved a rest, it's our awesome assemblers!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Edwin Jarvis; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; H. Warren Craddock (Skrull imposter); Super-Skrull [as Carol Danvers]; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Thor (Skrull imposter); Captain America (Skrull imposter); Iron Man (Skrull imposter); Ronan the Accuser (cameo); Sentry #459 (cameo); Human Torch [Jim Hammond] [Golden Age] (flashback) (cameo); Captain America [Golden Age] (flashback) (cameo); Namor the Sub-Mariner [Golden Age] (flashback) (cameo); Catman [Golden Age] (flashback) (from Holyoke Comics) (cameo); the Heap [Golden Age] (flashback) (from Hillman Comics) (cameo); Green Lama [Golden Age] (flashback) (from Prize Comics) (cameo); Fighting Yank [Golden Age] (flashback) (from Better Comics) (cameo); Fantoman [Golden Age] (flashback) (from Centaur Comics) (cameo)
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #92 (September 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Kree-Skrull War part 4, this story is briefly summarized in Kree-Skrull War Starring the Avengers, The (Marvel, 1983 series) #1. With several Skrulls, including one who last appeared in Fantastic Four #2. Cameo of many Golden Age characters.
This Beach-Head Earth!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Marie Severin (see notes); Neal Adams (signed as NA)
- Inks
- Marie Severin (see notes); Tom Palmer (signed as TP)
- Colors
- Tom Palmer ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Mr. Fantastic (Skrull imposter); Human Torch (Skrull imposter); Thing (Skrull imposter)
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #93 [Regular Edition] (November 1971)
-
This Beachhead Earth [Part One]
The Avengers / comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- 714-Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sounds: We live in a cosmos of cacophony and cadence.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Ultron-1 (cameo); Goliath [Henry Pym] (cameo)
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #93 (November 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Kree-Skrull War part 5 begins, Henry Pym guest-stars as Ant-Man.
[This Beachhead Earth] Part Two: A Journey to the Center of the Android!
The Avengers / comic story / 18 pages
- Job Number
- 714-Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Straight from the--?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Crosby (death); Stills; Nash; H. Warren Craddock (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Thor (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Captain America (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Iron Man (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Mr. Fantastic (Skrull imposter); Human Torch (Skrull imposter); Thing (Skrull imposter)
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #93 (November 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Kree-Skrull War part 5 continued, Henry Pym guest-stars as Ant-Man.
[This Beachhead Earth] Part Three: War of the Weirds!
The Avengers / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- 714-Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You! I should have known it from the start.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Super Skrull [Kl'rt]; Mr. Fantastic (Skrull imposter); Human Torch (Skrull imposter); Thing (Skrull imposter); Carol Danvers (Super-Skrull in disguise)
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #93 (November 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Kree-Skrull War part 5 concluded.
Behold the Mandroids!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams; John Romita (see notes)
- Inks
- Tom Palmer; John Romita (see notes)
- Colors
- Tom Palmer ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Mandroids
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #94 [Regular Edition] (December 1971)
-
More Than Inhuman! [Part One]
The Avengers / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- 740-Z
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Super-Skrull [Kl'rt]; Mr. Fantastic (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Human Torch (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Thing (Skrull imposter) (flashback)
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #94 (December 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Kree-Skrull War part 6 begins.
[More Than Inhuman!] Part Two: 1971: A Space Odyssey
The Avengers / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- 740Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The seas of space are silent... untainted.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Super-Skrull [Kl'rt]; Emperor Dorrek VII; Princess Anelle
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #94 (December 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Kree-Skrull War part 6 continues.
[More Than Inhuman!] Part Three: Behold the Mandroids!
The Avengers / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 740Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You! You are one of the Kree-- the alien man-monsters...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Rick Jones; Nick Fury; Triton; H. Warren Craddock (Skrull imposter); Mandroids
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #94 (December 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Kree-Skrull War part 6 concludes.
Avenger vs. Inhuman!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Vision]; Maximus
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #95 [Regular Edition] (January 1972)
-
Something Inhuman This Way Comes..!
The Avengers / comic story / 21 pages
- Job Number
- 767-Z
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver]; Rick Jones; Nick Fury; Joey; Triton; Black Bolt; H. Warren Craddock (Skrull imposter); Maximus; Kree Intelligence Supreme [Kree Supreme Intelligence]; (cameo); Ronan the Accuser (cameo); Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell] (cameo)
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #95 (January 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Plot crossover with Inhumans stories in Amazing Adventures #5-10, origins of Black Bolt and Maximus (details), Kree-Skrull War part 7.
The Andromeda Swarm!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Neal Adams ?; Tom Palmer ?
- Colors
- Tom Palmer ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen; Gaspar Saladino (logo design)
- Job Number
- 815Z
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #96 [Regular Edition] (February 1972)
-
The Andromeda Swarm!
The Avengers / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Tom Palmer; Neal Adams; Alan Weiss
- Colors
- Tom Palmer ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- 815Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 1347 miles above our tousled heads, it circles the earth...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Nick Fury; Emperor Dorrek VII; Kalxor; Intelligence Supreme [Supreme Intelligence]; Ronan; Annihilus; H. Warren Craddock (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Super-Skrull (flashback)
- Synopsis
- The Avengers battle the Skrulls in space, while Rick Jones discovers that the Kree Supreme Intelligence has been behind many of the events that have lead to the Kree-Skrull War.
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #96 (February 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Kree-Skrull War part 8.
Godhood's End!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Rick Jones; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Vision [Aarkus]; Blazing Skull [Mark Todd]; Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Fin [Peter Noble]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #97 [Regular Edition] (March 1972)
-
Godhood's End!
The Avengers / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas; Neal Adams (Co-plotter)
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- Tom Palmer
- Colors
- Tom Palmer ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- 818Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've been hurled back.... back into the Negative Zone!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Rick Jones; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Nick Fury; Annihilus; Intelligence Supreme [Supreme Intelligence]; Ronan; Emperor Dorrek VII; Princess Anelle; H. Warren Craddock (Skrull imposter, death); Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Vision [Aarkus]; Blazing Skull [Mark Todd]; Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Fin [Peter Noble]; Angel [Thomas Halloway]; H. Warren Craddock
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #97 (March 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Conclusion of the Kree-Skrull War epic. Captain Marvel merges with Rick Jones. Cameos of many Golden Age Timely characters.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp]; Masters of Evil [Radioactive Man; Baron Helmut Zemo; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]; Melter]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers Annual (Marvel, 1967 series) #4 (January 1971)
-
Along Came a Spider-Man!
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko ? (alterations)
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Avengers [Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Thor; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers Annual (Marvel, 1967 series) #5 (January 1972) which is reprinted
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #11 (December 1964)
-
[no title indexed]
John Buscema / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Silver Surfer; Mephisto
Indexer Notes
Self portrait illustration by John Buscema.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Man-Ape; Captain America; Black Panther
Indexer Notes
Original cover art to Avengers #78.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / illustration / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Pencil art for Avengers #93, pages 1, 2, 4-10.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Original art from Avengers #93, page 14.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / illustration / 3 pages
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Pencil art for Avengers #93, pages 15-17.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / illustration / 4 pages
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Original art from Avengers #93 page 18, #95 page 10, #96 pages 8 and 21.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Palmer (signed)
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Super-Skrull; Emporer Dorrek VII; Mandroids; Mr. Fantastic (Skrull imposter); Human Torch (Skrull imposter); Thing (Skrull imposter)
- Reprints
- from The Kree-Skrull War Starring the Avengers (Marvel, 1983 series) #1 (September 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Gatefold cover.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Bob Budiansky (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Palmer (signed)
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Scarlet Witch]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Gorgon; Karnak; Triton]; Rick Jones; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Patriot; Vision [Aarkus]; Blazing Skull; Fin
- Reprints
- from The Kree-Skrull War Starring the Avengers (Marvel, 1983 series) #2 (October 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
Prologue
The Avengers / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Wasp]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Ronan the Accuser; Kree Supreme Intelligence; Sentry #459; Carol Danvers (Skrull imposter); H. Warren Craddock (Skrull imposter); Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Thor (Skrull imposter); Captain America (Skrull imposter); Iron Man (Skrull imposter)
- Reprints
- from The Kree-Skrull War Starring the Avengers (Marvel, 1983 series) #1 (September 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Summarizes Avengers #89-92.
The Kree/Skrull War
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Vision; Thor; Captain America; Iron Man
- Reprints
- from Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War (Marvel, 2000 series) (July 2000)
-
Kree/Skrull War
The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Intelligence Supreme; Dorrek; Iron Man; Thor; Goliath [Barton]; Captain America; Vision
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Cover sans trade dress.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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The Avengers -
1.
This Beachhead Earth
The Avengers -
2.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
3.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
4.
For Hire: The Avengers!
The Avengers -
5.
Heroes for Hire!
The Avengers -
6.
["Two Avengers Down -- and Four to Go! This is the Day of the Man-Ape!"]
The Avengers -
7.
The Man-Ape Always Strikes Twice!
The Avengers -
8.
Lo! The Lethal Legion!
The Avengers -
9.
Lo! The Lethal Legion!
The Avengers -
10.
The Coming of Red Wolf!
The Avengers -
11.
The Coming of Red Wolf!
The Avengers -
12.
When a Legend Dies!
The Avengers -
13.
When Dies a Legend!
The Avengers -
14.
Avengers Assemble!
The Avengers -
15.
Hostage!
The Avengers -
16.
["All Right, Girls -- That Finishes Off These Male Chauvinist Pigs!"]
The Avengers -
17.
Come on in... the Revolution's Fine!
The Avengers -
18.
["I've Destroyed Your Fellow Avengers, Thor -- And You're Next!"]
The Avengers -
19.
The Sword and the Sorceress!
The Avengers -
20.
["The Whole Earth Is Melting -- Dissolving Into Molten Lava!"]
The Avengers -
21.
The World Is Not for Burning!
The Avengers -
22.
["You Costumed Cretins Won't Stop Brain-Child From Blowing Up The World!"]
The Avengers -
23.
Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came...!
The Avengers -
24.
Look Homeward, Avenger!
The Avengers -
25.
Look Homeward, Avenger!
The Avengers -
26.
The Summons of Psyklop!
The Avengers -
27.
The Summons of Psyklop
The Avengers -
28.
The Brute That Shouted Love at the Heart of the Atom!
Hulk -
29.
The Brute... That Shouted Love... at the Heart of the Atom!
Hulk -
30.
The Only Good Alien... Is A Dead Alien!
The Avengers -
31.
The Only Good Alien...
The Avengers -
32.
Judgment Day!
The Avengers -
33.
Judgment Day
The Avengers -
34.
["The Sentry is programmed to destroy you..."]
The Avengers -
35.
Take One Giant Step-- Backward!
The Avengers -
36.
All Things Must End!
The Avengers -
37.
All Things Must End!
The Avengers -
38.
This Beach-Head Earth!
The Avengers -
39.
This Beachhead Earth [Part One]
The Avengers -
40.
[This Beachhead Earth] Part Two: A Journey to the Center of the Android!
The Avengers -
41.
[This Beachhead Earth] Part Three: War of the Weirds!
The Avengers -
42.
Behold the Mandroids!
The Avengers -
43.
More Than Inhuman! [Part One]
The Avengers -
44.
[More Than Inhuman!] Part Two: 1971: A Space Odyssey
The Avengers -
45.
[More Than Inhuman!] Part Three: Behold the Mandroids!
The Avengers -
46.
Avenger vs. Inhuman!
The Avengers -
47.
Something Inhuman This Way Comes..!
The Avengers -
48.
The Andromeda Swarm!
The Avengers -
49.
The Andromeda Swarm!
The Avengers -
50.
Godhood's End!
The Avengers -
51.
Godhood's End!
The Avengers -
52.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
53.
Along Came a Spider-Man!
The Avengers -
54.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
55.
[no title indexed]
John Buscema -
56.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
57.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
58.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
59.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
60.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
61.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
62.
[no title indexed]
The Avengers -
63.
Prologue
The Avengers -
64.
The Kree/Skrull War
The Avengers -
65.
Kree/Skrull War
The Avengers
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