The Avengers #98 [Regular Edition]
(April 1972)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-01-11 ?
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 calculated from on-sale dates of preceding and succeeding issues.
This issue has variants:

The Coming of War-Hawk! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; War-Hawk [Ares]
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Indexer Notes

Original indexer credited Marie Severin as cover co-penciler.

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

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

Let Slip the Dogs of War! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
Inks
Sal Buscema (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Job Number
828Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The order of the evening, gentlemen, is...
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Rick Jones; Les Bancroft; Ralph Willard; Wo Tong; War-Hawk [Ares]
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Indexer Notes

Vs. Ares in a new serial which ends in #100. Clint Barton drops his Goliath identity to become Hawkeye in a new costume

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Colors
? (panel background and logo only)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Roy: In the past two or three years...
Genre
superhero
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Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Stephen R. Donaldson; Michael P. Higgins; and Mark Stephens.

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

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

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

Wayne School / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Coming of War-Hawk!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Remote U-control life size ghost special $1"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. 2. Let Slip the Dogs of War!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["8 mm motion picture projector"]
    Honor House Products
  5. 4. ["We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin Co. Catalog
  6. 5. ["Any 14 of these hit records for only $2.86"]
    Columbia Record Club
  7. 6. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  8. 7. Shop by Mail
  9. 8. Shop by Mail
  10. 9. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  11. 10. Shop by Mail
  12. 11. ["More messages, memos, and memoranda from your mixed-up Marvel minions!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["Dear Stan and Roy: In the past two or three years..."]
    Avengers Assemble!
  14. 13. ["I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks..."]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  15. 14. ["Never finished high school?"]
    Wayne School
  16. 15. ["Do you need extra money?"]
    Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery
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