(September 1972)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Published 8 times a year
On-sale Date
1972-06-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #85 May 1972.

The Avengers Break Up! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]]; Immortus; Masters of Evil [Baron Heinrich Zemo; Enchantress; Executioner]; Merlin
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Sal Buscema pencils and inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited John Buscema on pencils and Frank Giacoia on inks.

The Avengers Break Up! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Job Number
X-812
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Wasp]; Rick Jones; Masters of Evil [Baron Heinrich Zemo; The Executioner; Enchantress]; Immortus; Paul Bunyan; Attila the Hun; Goliath (Biblical); Hercules (Roman); Merlin; Teen Brigade (cameo)
Synopsis
Immortus appears before the Masters of Evil and demands to join them against the Avengers, using his control of the realm of Limbo to summon other powerful people from past ages to help them.
Reprints
Keywords
Limbo; time travel; Tower of London

Indexer Notes

New copy is added to the splash page pointing out the time paradoxes created by Immortus.

Super-Special Announcement! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed); ?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Stan Lee announces the promotion of Roy Thomas to Editor and Frank Giacoia to Assistant Art Director.

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

The One and Only "Cap" (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain America / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Sol Brodsky
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A Marvel Masterworks Pin-up

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Avengers Break Up!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. The Avengers Break Up!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. Super-Special Announcement!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. The One and Only "Cap"
    Captain America
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore