The Avengers #88 [Regular Edition]

(May 1971)

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The Summons of Psyklop (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited) (dialogue); Harlan Ellison (credited) (plot)

Pencils

Sal Buscema (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Shelly Leferman (credited)

Job Number

564-Z

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You have a mouth-- and you must scream!

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Black Panther [T'Challa] (flashback, leaves the team); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (also in flashback); Goliath [Clint Barton] (also in flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (also in flashback); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (flashback); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (flashback); Thor [Doctor Donald Blake] (also in flashback); Vision (flashback)
Falcon [Sam Wilson] (also in flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Psyklop (introduction); Redwing (also in flashback); Thunderbolt Ross; Major Glenn Talbot; Ralph (flashback)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The finest minds on Earth have devised a way to contain the Hulk, But a member of an ancient alien race kidnaps him to use his power to awaken the dark gods he serves. Oh, and there is a little voo-doo too.

Reprints

• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #123 (February 8, 1975) [pages 1-9], #124 (February 15. 1975) [pages 10-20; page 15 deleted; pages 12 and 13 of the original are each numbered half-pages that are combined to form page 3 of the reprinted story]
• in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #8 (avril 1978) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #87 ([Mai 1978])
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #90 (August 1980)
• in Hulk el Hombre Increíble (Editorial Novaro, 1980 series) #31 (29 de junio de 1981) [first 9 pages only], #32 (13 de julio de 1981) [last 10 pages only]
• in The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1982 series) #02832 (January 1982)
• in Hulk (Interpresse, 1984 series) #10/1984 ([oktober] 1984) [Pages 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13 and 17 (panel 4, 5 and 6)]
• in Hulk (Semic, 1984 series) #10/1984 (uke 43 1984) [pages 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13 and 17 (panel 4, 5 and 6)]
• in The Avengers #88 [JC Penney Marvel Vintage Pack] (Marvel, 1994 series) ([1994])
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #4 (2004) [black and white]
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #3 (April 2005) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #9 ([May] 2009)
• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: La Batalla por La Tierra (Panini España, 2013 series) (Febrero 2013)
• in Avengers : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2006 series) #1971 (avril 2013)
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #3 ([May] 2018)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #5 - Who Will Judge the Hulk? (2020)
• in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #5 - This Beachhead Earth (2020)

Keywords

voodoo

Indexer Notes

Story continued in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #140. The middle part of this story is inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu".

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Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Special Note: By now, most of Marveldom...

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Tom Fagan, James G. Shell, Jonathan Guss, W. P. Mills, and Gail Abraham. Includes "Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom."

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