Marvel Super Action #17 [Direct]
(March 1980)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief); Danny Fingeroth (reprint editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Heck; Werner Roth
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Avengers Must Die!
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Wasp; Hawkeye; Black Panther]; Scarlet Centurion; alternate Avengers [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Iron Man; Giant-Man; Wasp; Thor [Don Blake]]
Universe
Marvel : Earth-689
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover is taken from page 25 of the original story.

Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Super Action (Marvel, 1977 series) #17 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Super Action (1977 series) #17 [Newsstand]
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The Avengers Must Die! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited); Danny Fingeroth ? (see notes)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited); Werner Roth (credited); ? (see notes)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited); ? (see notes)
Colors
Andy Yanchus (sourced)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited); Irv Watanabe
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers (mainstream): Black Panther [T'Challa] (mainstream); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (mainstream); Goliath [Hank Pym] (mainstream); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (mainstream); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (mainstream)
Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo] (mainstream) (flashback); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (mainstream) (flashback); Rama-Tut [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311) (flashback); Scarlet Centurion [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311); The Watcher [Uatu] (mainstream); alternate Avengers [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Iron Man; Giant-Man; Wasp; Thor [Don Blake]]
Universe
Marvel : Earth-689
Reprints

Indexer Notes

reprints second part of Avengers Annual # 2 with two pages edited. A new splash page is included by unknown artists.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Conan

Mr. Fantastic in "A Passion for Gold" (Table of Contents: 3)

Hostess; Mister Fantastic [Mr. Fantastic] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Goldigger! A nefarious villain with a taste for gold and power to make himself intangible face to face with...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Fantastic; Goldigger
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The Avengers Must Die!"]
    The Avengers
  2. 1. The Avengers Must Die!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Mr. Fantastic in "A Passion for Gold"
    Hostess; Mister Fantastic [Mr. Fantastic]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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