The Avengers #53

(June 1968)

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Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

In Battle Joined! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

George Tuska (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Goliath [Hank Pym]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]]; X-Men [Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Cyclops; Beast; Iceman]; Magneto (villain); Toad (villain); Quicksilver (villain); Scarlet Witch (villain)

Synopsis

Magneto lures the Avengers to his island base to fight off the invading X-Men. Even after mind controlling the X-Men into hating the Avengers, the two teams outwit Magneto and team up to defeat him.

Reprints

• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #88 (19 October 1968), #89 (26 October 1968)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #46 (5 octobre 1973)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #65 (9 Ottobre 1973)
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #52 ([Januar 1977])
• in Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #46 (February 1979) [minus two original pages]
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #53 (4 de marzo de 1982)
• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #62 (10 mars 1985)
• in The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #350 (Early August 1992)
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #15 (Dicembre 1998)
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #3 (2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 ([August] 2005)
• in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #6 ([December] 2006)
• in Avengers : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2006 series) #1968 (juin 2010)
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: ¡Unidos en Combate! (Panini España, 2012 series) (Marzo 2012)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 ([March] 2015)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #45.

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Don Bolander Career Institute Booklet / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Missile Firing Tank (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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Centre Coin Co. Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Precise Publications / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail; Stamps (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

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American Circle Corp. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Grit / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Script

Roy Thomas

Colors

? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 ([March] 2015)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Paul Sanford, Ralph Duby, Jr., Peter Levy, Thomas Miller, Blair Benham, Sharon Burke, Tony Isabella (future comics writer), and Kendall Sutton.

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Spectacular Spider-Man-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Niresk Industries, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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