The Avengers #68 [Regular Edition]
(September 1969)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, except September, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1969-07-15
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 with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sam Grainger
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Only the Vision could tell us how to save the Earth...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]
Reprints

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

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

...And We Battle for the Earth! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Sam Grainger (credited)
Colors
Sam Grainger ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cringe, you pitiful human worms!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Taku (introduction); Doctor Myron MacLain; Ultron
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Per Roy Thomas in the letters page of X-Men # 61, Sam Grainger colored many of his Avengers inked stories.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Matchbox Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

Captain Marvel; Tower of Shadows / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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

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

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Precise Publications Book & Dummy / 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
Gene Colan (illustrations)
Inks
George Klein; Sam Grainger (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Michael R. Carlson, Carlton J. Shelton, Wendell Adams, Brian Olewnick, Steve Shipley, and Richard Block; includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

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

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

American Basic Science Club, Inc. / 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. ["Only the Vision could tell us how to save the Earth..."]
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Pocket spy telescope"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. 2. ...And We Battle for the Earth!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  5. 4. ["The latest and greatest goodies from maniacal Marvel!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. ["Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  7. 6. ["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  8. 7. ["Build a whole “Matchbox” car city in your room."]
    Matchbox Models
  9. 8. ["Weak-broken nails?"]
  10. 9. Shop by Mail
  11. 10. ["Two more triumphs for Marvel.!"]
    Captain Marvel; Tower of Shadows
  12. 11. ["It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"]
    Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  13. 12. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  14. 13. ["I'll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Book & Dummy
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  16. 15. ["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
    Famous Artists School
  17. 16. ["America's greatest values in science labs and courses!"]
    American Basic Science Club, Inc.
  18. 17. ["If you need extra money & you know just 10 people..."]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
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