The Avengers #80 [Regular Edition]
(September 1970)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except January, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-07-14
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:

The Coming of Red Wolf! (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 [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Red Wolf [William Talltrees]
Reprints

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

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
400 crazy labels

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for various novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.

The Coming of Red Wolf! (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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rich man... Poor man... Beggar man... Thief!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
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]; Red Wolf [William Talltrees] (introduction, origin); Lobo (introduction); Owayodata (introduction); Jason Birch; Thomas Talltrees (flashback, dies); Cornelius Van Lunt (flashback)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

Snoopy Strikes Again! (Table of Contents: 3)

Monogram Models / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?; ? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Snoopy
Synopsis
Ad for model of Snoopy in his Sopwith Camel bi-plane.

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 3 and 4.

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

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

Script
? (promo copy)
Colors
? (panel backgrounds only)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 6 and 7 on top half of page.

Super Poster Offer (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
John Romita; Jack Kirby; Jim Steranko; Herb Trimpe
Inks
John Romita; Mike Royer; Jim Steranko; Herb Trimpe
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Characters
Spider-Man; Hulk; Doctor Doom; Captain America

Indexer Notes

Ad for Spider-Man, Dr. Doom, Captain America and Hulk posters located on lower half of page between story pages 6 and 7.

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

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic
Feature Logo
Olympic Prizes or Cash

Indexer Notes

Ad for Olympic Sales Club, Inc. soliciting salespeople for greeting cards.
Appears between story pages 6 and 7.

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

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Secret muscle-building 'tools’

Indexer Notes

Ad for Joe Weider muscle-building products.
Appears between story pages 9 and 10.

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Colors
? (background only)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Comic books for sale

Indexer Notes

A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including stamps and back-issue comics, on lower portion of page beneath story half-page numbered 12.

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We sell Giant 40 page comic catalog We buy

Indexer Notes

A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics, on lower portion of page beneath story half-page numbered 13.

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

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
Synopsis
Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home.

Indexer Notes

Between story pages numbered 15 and 16.

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

Columbia Record Club / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (some text)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now...save almost 50% on the hit records you want!

Indexer Notes

Ad for Columbia Record Club. Some text is in yellow.
Appears between story pages numbered 18 and 19.

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

advertisement / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (Photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
? (backgrounds only)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Big! Model rocket supply catalog

Indexer Notes

Classified ads.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time

Indexer Notes

Half-page ad for selling newspapers by the Grit Publishing Co.
Located on lower portion of page.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career]); ? (promo copy)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A pandemonious plethora of perplexing pronouncements passionately prepared and philosophically proferred!
Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]

Indexer Notes

On upper portion of page. Includes: Items; Stan's Soapbox.

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

Fantastic Four; Namor the Sub-Mariner / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; ? (promo copy)
Pencils
John Romita; Sal Buscema
Inks
Mike Esposito; John Romita ?; John Verpoorten ?
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now ya gotta believe that mighty Marvel is on the move again!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]

Indexer Notes

Ad for The Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 and Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #30.

["In the preceding issue of The Avengers was printed...] (Table of Contents: 16)

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith; Sal Buscema
Inks
Dan Adkins ?; Tom Palmer
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Roy Thomas replies to a letter from the previous issue by Philip Mallory Jones regarding his story in Avengers #'s 73-74 concerning race issues.

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

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're looking for people who like to draw
Characters
Norman Rockwell

Indexer Notes

Ad for the Famous Artists School.

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

American Basic Science Club, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
America's greatest values in science labs and courses!

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you need extra money & you know just 10 people...

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad to earn money by selling greeting cards.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Coming of Red Wolf!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["400 crazy labels"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. 2. The Coming of Red Wolf!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. Snoopy Strikes Again!
    Monogram Models
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. Super Poster Offer
    Marvelmania
  7. 6. ["Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  8. 7. ["Secret muscle-building 'tools’"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  9. 8. ["Comic books for sale"]
  10. 9. ["We sell Giant 40 page comic catalog We buy"]
  11. 10. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  12. 11. ["Now...save almost 50% on the hit records you want!"]
    Columbia Record Club
  13. 12. ["Big! Model rocket supply catalog"]
  14. 13. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  15. 14. ["A pandemonious plethora of perplexing pronouncements passionately prepared and philosophically proferred!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  16. 15. ["Now ya gotta believe that mighty Marvel is on the move again!"]
    Fantastic Four; Namor the Sub-Mariner
  17. 16. ["In the preceding issue of The Avengers was printed...]
    Avengers Assemble!
  18. 17. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  19. 18. ["America's greatest values in science labs and courses!"]
    American Basic Science Club, Inc.
  20. 19. ["If you need extra money & you know just 10 people..."]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
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  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
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  • Mark Gordon
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