(May 1969)

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
1969-03-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

...Like a Death Ray from the Sky! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Pym]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

New Avengers corner box art by Gene Colan; possibly inked by Bill Everett. Info per Nick Caputo, March 2020.

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

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

Like a Death Ray from the Sky! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
George Klein (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Twinkle twinkle little star...
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Pym]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]
Barney Barton (introduction, death, also in flashback); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Egghead [Elihas Starr] (also in flashback); Edwin Jarvis
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bits of Clint Barton's (Hawkeye - Goliath) background are shown. Most notably his civilian name.

Barney Barton later becomes the second Trickshot (The first Trick Shot was Buck Chisholm.)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Doctor Doom; Spider-Man; Marvel Super-Heroes; Marvel Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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

Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / advertisement / 0.6 page (report information)

The Race to Danger (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Lee Jeans [Lee Leens] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

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

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

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

Precise Publications / 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 (illustration)
Inks
Mike Esposito (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Roy, and John, In a recent letters column...
Characters
Goliath [Henry Pym]; Ringmaster [Maynard Tiboldt]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Eddie Bobb, Robert Kowalski, Brian Morgan, Laurie Lew, Bill Cantey Jr., Mary Lundstram, Charles Santino, and Bill Palmateer; includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ...Like a Death Ray from the Sky!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash... from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. Like a Death Ray from the Sky!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  5. 4. ["Two more triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Doctor Doom; Spider-Man; Marvel Super-Heroes; Marvel Tales
  6. 5. ["It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"]
    Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  7. 6. The Race to Danger
    Lee Jeans [Lee Leens]
  8. 7. ["Now you can finish high school at home"]
    Academy for Home Study
  9. 8. ["Hand control stunt flying plane"]
  10. 9. ["‘Check the kind of body you want ...and I’ll show you how easily you can have it.’ - Charles Atlas"]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  11. 10. Shop by Mail
  12. 11. ["Awe-inspiring announcements for you to yawn with!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["We’ll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin Co. Catalog
  14. 13. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications
  15. 14. ["Dear Stan, Roy, and John, In a recent letters column..."]
    Avengers Assemble!
  16. 15. ["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  17. 16. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists School
  18. 17. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Darrel McCann
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore
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