The Avengers #96 [Regular Edition]
(February 1972)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1971-11-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
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 1971 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 Andromeda Swarm! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams ?; Tom Palmer ?
Colors
Tom Palmer ?
Letters
Sam Rosen; Gaspar Saladino (logo design)
Job Number
815Z
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possible Tom Palmer cover inker per Nick Caputo.

Logo design credit from Dan Greenfield (via 13th Dimension.com website, http://13thdimension.com/13-logos-a-gaspar-saladino-salute/ , retrieved 7 August 2016).

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

Wayne School Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Never finished high school?

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for a program to finish high school at home.

The Andromeda Swarm! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Neal Adams (credited)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited); Neal Adams (credited); Alan Weiss (credited)
Colors
Tom Palmer ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Job Number
815Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
1347 miles above our tousled heads, it circles the earth...
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Nick Fury; Emperor Dorrek VII; Kalxor; Intelligence Supreme [Supreme Intelligence]; Ronan; Annihilus; H. Warren Craddock (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Super-Skrull (flashback)
Synopsis
The Avengers battle the Skrulls in space, while Rick Jones discovers that the Kree Supreme Intelligence has been behind many of the events that have lead to the Kree-Skrull War.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kree-Skrull War part 8.

Adventures of the Lee Family (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Characters
Mike Lee; Tom Lee; Danny Lee; Ranger
Synopsis
The Lee Family help put out a forest fire using Lee Rider jackets.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Lee Rider jackets and jeans between story pages 3 and 4.

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

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for high paying jobs in the drafting field.

Between story pages 5 and 6.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, fellows!

Indexer Notes

Recruitment ad for sales people for Grit newspaper, located between story pages 7 and 8.

[Be Taller!] (Table of Contents: 6)

New Height / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (background and lettering only)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Grow man grow! (Ladies too!)
Synopsis
Send $7.98 for a booklet with instructions on how to become taller!

Indexer Notes

Between pages 9 and 10 of previous story sequence.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Scary, Life size monster ghost obeys your commands!
Synopsis
Thumbnail ads for stamps, novelty items, and comic books.

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 15 and 16.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Editing
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Market Place
Synopsis
Miscellaneous ads from various dealers. Includes comics ads and novelty items.

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 17 and 18.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Editing
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! Ever flown a rocket?
Synopsis
Miscellaneous ads from various dealers. Includes comics ads and novelty items.

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 19and 20.

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

Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
? (background and lettering only)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We’ll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny
Synopsis
Ad for U.S. coin catalog.

Indexer Notes

On top half of page.

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

American Circle Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Magic world of surprises & mystery

Indexer Notes

Ad for a range of novelty items, located on lower half of page between story pages 20 and 21.

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan); ? (promo copy)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sensuous Bullpen (or, everything you always wanted to know about — no, we did that one already, didn’t we?)

Indexer Notes

Includes: Items; Marvelous Mini-Items; Stan Lee’s Soapbox; Mighty Marvel Checklist; house ad for the Warlock series in Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series)

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Sal Buscema (illustration)
Inks
Jim Mooney (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Roy, and Sal, You fellas don't...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Goliath [Clint Batton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from John Albaugh; Michael Smith; Steve Byas; and W.F.S. Includes a panel reproduced from a previous issue and “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

Raleigh Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Raleigh's got it either way you go

Indexer Notes

Ad for Raleigh bicycles.

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

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (background and lettering only)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Free! Muscle course that can add 3 inches to your arms fast!
Characters
Joe Weider (photo); Larry Scott (photo); Freddy Ortiz (photo); Ricky Wayne (photo); Chuck Sipes (photo)

Indexer Notes

Ad for free muscle-building information, located inside back cover.

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

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fat track

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for Sizzlers Fat Track by Mattel.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Andromeda Swarm!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Never finished high school?"]
    Wayne School Courses
  3. 2. The Andromeda Swarm!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. Adventures of the Lee Family
    Lee Jeans [Lee Leens]
  5. 4. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  6. 5. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  7. 6. [Be Taller!]
    New Height
  8. 7. ["Scary, Life size monster ghost obeys your commands!"]
  9. 8. ["Market Place"]
  10. 9. ["Hey! Ever flown a rocket?"]
  11. 10. ["We’ll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  12. 11. ["Magic world of surprises & mystery"]
    American Circle Products
  13. 12. ["The sensuous Bullpen (or, everything you always wanted to know about — no, we did that one already, didn’t we?)"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  14. 13. ["Dear Stan, Roy, and Sal, You fellas don't..."]
    Avengers Assemble!
  15. 14. ["Raleigh's got it either way you go"]
    Raleigh Bicycles
  16. 15. ["Free! Muscle course that can add 3 inches to your arms fast!"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  17. 16. ["Fat track"]
    Mattel Toys
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