The Avengers #73

(February 1970)

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

The Sting of the Serpent (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Frank Giacoia (credited); Herb Trimpe (see notes)

Inks

Sam Grainger (credited)

Colors

Sam Grainger ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We who wear the Serpent's robes are the destined masters of America!

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Monica Lynne (introduction); Dan Dunn; Montague Hale; Supreme Serpent; Bill Foster (flashback)

Reprints

• in Jungle Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #13 (January 1975) [1 p. only]
• in The Avengers (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #111 (November 1, 1975)
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #72 ([Oktober 1977])
• in Les Vengeurs (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #4 - La clé du zodiaque (2ème trimestre 1981)
• in Marvel Super Action (Marvel, 1977 series) #34 (August 1981)
• in Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #73 (22 de julio de 1982)
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #4 (2004)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #8 ([December] 2008)
• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: La Batalla por La Tierra (Panini España, 2013 series) (Febrero 2013)
• in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #4 - Behold… The Vision (2015)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #3 ([May] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Spotlighting the Black Panther vs. the Sons of the Serpent. Continued next issue. The Black Panther gets more emphasis in the next few issues, including a romantic interest (Monica Lynne) and an American alter ego, Luke Charles. Per Roy Thomas in the letters page of X-Men #61, Sam Grainger colored many of his Avengers inked stories. The letters page of Avengers #77 reveals that Herb Trimpe penciled page 4.

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Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

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Marvelmania / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

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Official NFL Helmets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Matchbox Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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Theodore Audel & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Sal Buscema

Inks

Sam Grainger

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Vision; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Invaders [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]

Reprints

• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #3 ([May] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jeffrey Morgen, Eric Harrison, David Hench, Jonathan Hazell, Esau Simmons, and Kimberly Bartholomew. Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

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

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