The Avengers #118

(December 1973)

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Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Avengers / Defenders War, Chapter 11] To the Death! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Steve Englehart (credited)

Pencils

Bob Brown (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited as M. Esposito); Frank Giacoia (credited as F. Giacoia)

Colors

George Roussos (credited as Geo. Roussos)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hold the creatures back, but don't injure them!

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Thor [Don Blake]; Vision
Defenders: Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara Norriss]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo); Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon] (cameo); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
The Inhumans: Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon] (cameo); Gorgon; Karnak
Countess Valentina Allegra de Fontaine; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Dormammu; Dracula; Dum Dum Dugan (cameo); Colonel Nick Fury; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Loki; Man-Thing [Ted Sallis] (cameo); Mantis; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Thanos (cameo); Adam Warlock (cameo); The Watcher [Uatu]; Zabu (cameo)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Avengers and the Defenders stop Dormammu's plan to invade their dimension. Vision malfunctions.

Reprints

• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #49 (4ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #4 (Enero 1975)
• in Super Spider-Man (Marvel UK, 1976 series) #234 (3 August 1977) [pages 1-6, black and white], #235 (10 August 1977) [pages 7-13 plus new splash page, black and white, original title "To the Death"], #236 (17 August 1977) [pages 14, panels 1-4; 15, panels 2-3; 16-19 plus new splash page, black and white, original title "To the Death"]
• in Grandes Heróis Marvel (Editora Abril, 1983 series) #8 [Do original, faltam da história, as páginas: 1 a 3.]
• in Avengers / Defenders War (Marvel, 2002 series) ([May] 2002)
• in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005) [black and white]
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #5 (2006) [black and white]
• in Avengers: Defenders War (Marvel, 2007 series) [premiere edition] (2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([December] 2010)
• in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #4 (novembre 2011)
• in Avengers / Defenders War (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011 [February 2012])
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #87 - Война Мстителей С Защитниками
• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #4 ([May] 2019)
• in The Defenders Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (2020 [June 2021])
• in Defenders Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 - The Day of the Defenders (2022 [February 2023])

Indexer Notes

Chapter 11 of Defenders crossover. Continues from The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #10. Continues in The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #11.

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Don't Be Half a Man! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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Introducing Corgi's (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Avengers Assemble!

Reprints

• in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #4 ([May] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Bob Rodi and Ralph Macchio.

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Monumental Memorandums of Mice and Marveldom! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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