The Avengers #76 [Regular Edition]
(May 1970)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly (semi-monthly, September)
On-sale Date
1970-03-17
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 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Day The Earth Exploded! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
Tom Palmer ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Arkon
Reprints

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

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

The Blaze of Battle... the Flames of Love! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited)
Colors
Tom Palmer ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number
200Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I think I have it this time, Cap!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]; Arkon; Greybeard
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Avengers cross the dimensional barrier to Akron's world to rescue the Scarlet Witch and the kidnapped scientists, and to stop Akron from destroying the world.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues from previous issue.

The Race to Danger (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail; Stamps (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Sal Buscema; John Buscema
Inks
Sam Grainger; Tom Palmer
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Nick Fury
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mike Hartt, Bruce Burke, Alan Kupperberg, Peter Sanderson, Richard Garson, Harvey Sobel, and Mike Francis. Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

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

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Day The Earth Exploded!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash... from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. The Blaze of Battle... the Flames of Love!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. The Race to Danger
    Lee Jeans [Lee Leens]
  5. 4. ["Marvel-ous mags on sale right now!"]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. ["Exciting new club Marvelmania International"]
    Marvelmania
  7. 6. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  8. 7. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  9. 8. Shop by Mail; Stamps
  10. 9. ["Collect coins.. the hobby road to riches"]
    Centre Coin Co.
  11. 10. Shop by Mail
  12. 11. ["I’m 11 years old... and I sell $75.00 to $100.00 a week"]
  13. 12. Shop by Mail
  14. 13. ["Mini-bulletins to skim, scan, and savor!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  15. 14. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  17. 16. ["Either that bulge goes, or I do!"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  18. 17. ["Audel skill-building practical guides"]
    Theodore Audel & Co.
  19. 18. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
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  • Katie
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Merlin Haas
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gregg Whitmore