(October 1972)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
8 times a year
On-sale Date
1972-07-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Stan Lee (original)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #86 June 1972.

This Hostage Earth! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor]; the Mole Man; the Red Ghost
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo, Feb 2011. Previous indexer listed Sal Buscema. Kuramoto credit per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Irving Watanabe.

Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #6
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This Hostage Earth! (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
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; the Wasp]; the Fantastic Four [the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic] (in flashback); the Mole Man; Monk; the Red Ghost; Rick Jones; the Subterraneans
Synopsis
The Mole Man wants to destroy all life by increasing the Earth's rotational speed, then captures an investigating Giant-Man. The Avengers save their teammate and foil the Mole Man's deadly plan.
Reprints

The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac" (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 0.67 page (report information)

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

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby; John Buscema (illustrations)
Inks
Chic Stone; Tom Palmer (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; Morrie Kuramoto
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor]; the Mole Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes an image of Captain America taken from an issue of the Avengers.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. This Hostage Earth!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. This Hostage Earth!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Avengers
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  • Max Capp
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike Verhart
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