Avengers Masterworks #1

(October 1993)

[Blank pages] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover are blank.

Avengers Masterworks Volume 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Colors

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Letters

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Indexer Notes

Title page with logo and no art.

Credits (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Giant-Man; The Wasp; Iron Man; Thor

Indexer Notes

Credits and part of splash panel from The Avengers #4.

Contents (Table of Contents: 4)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Ant-Man; The Wasp

Indexer Notes

Table of contents with small illustration of Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Introduction (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Hulk; Ant-Man; The Wasp; Iron Man

Synopsis

Stan writes about the creation of the Avengers.

Reprints

• from Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #4 ([September] 1988)

Endpapers (Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Repeated Avengers "A" logo, against red spatter ink on a yellow background. Comes at front and end of reprints.

[Cover - The Avengers #1] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg (original)

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Thor; Wasp; Ant-Man; Iron Man; Hulk]; Loki

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 [Regular] (September 1963)

The Coming of the Avengers! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Thor [Don Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]] (introduction, origin); Loki; a Troll; Rick Jones; The Teen Brigade; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]

Synopsis

Iron Man, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, and Thor join forces to defeat Loki.

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

[Cover - The Avengers #2] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Sol Brodsky

Colors

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Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Giant-Man; Iron Man; Thor; The Wasp; The Space Phantom

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 [Regular Edition] (November 1963)

Indexer Notes

Disputed inker credit:
1. Sol Brodsky per Steve Whitaker, Nick Caputo, and Bob Ford;
2. Frank Giacoia per Carl Gafford.

The Avengers Battle the Space Phantom (Table of Contents: 10)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-435

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thor [Don Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Ant-Man/Giant-Man [Henry Pym]]; The Space Phantom (villain, introduction); Rick Jones; The Teen Brigade

Synopsis

The Space Phantom comes to Earth to defeat the Avengers. If he can, then nothing can stop his race from invading Earth.

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 (November 1963)

[Cover - The Avengers #3] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Iron Man, Thor, Giant-Man]; Sub-Mariner; Hulk

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 [Regular Edition] (January 1964)

The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner! (Table of Contents: 12)

The Avengers / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited as P. Reinman)

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Job Number

X-525

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers [Thor [Don Blake]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; The Sub-Mariner; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; The Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]]; Rick Jones, The Teen Brigade, Jane Foster

Synopsis

After he left them, the Avengers feel responsible for the damages that the Hulk may cause. They start a search for him and find him. When they start to battle, the Sub-Mariner joins the Hulk.

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (January 1964)

[Cover - The Avengers #4] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 [Regular Edition] (March 1964)

Captain America Joins... The Avengers! (Table of Contents: 14)

The Avengers / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (uncredited)

Colors

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Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-587

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Rick Jones; Teen Brigade; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Atlanteans; D'Bari alien; Bucky Barnes (cameo flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

Namor attacks a group of eskimos and throws their idol into the sea. When the ice melts, the figure trapped within turns out to be Captain America, in suspended animation since the end of World War II. The Avengers rescue Cap and return to New York. An alien figure turns our heroes to stone. When Cap and Rick Jones track him down, the alien agrees to restore the Avengers if they agree to help him recover his broken space ship in return. When doing so, the Avengers are attacked by Namor and his people. The restored spaceship ultimately drives off Namor and his men.

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (March 1964)

[Cover - The Avengers #5] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Sol Brodsky ?; Frank Giacoia ?

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers [Iron Man; Giant Man; Thor; Captain America; The Wasp; Rick Jones]; Hulk; The Lava Men

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 [Regular Edition] (May 1964)

Indexer Notes

Disputed inker credit: Frank Giacoia per Carl Gafford; Sol Brodsky per John Hedegor, Nick Caputo, and Steve Whitaker.

The Invasion of the Lava Men! (Table of Contents: 16)

The Avengers / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Job Number

X-652

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man; Giant-man; Wasp; Rick Jones; Captain America; Thor; The Hulk; Bruce Banner; Betty Ross; General Ross; Lava Men

Synopsis

The Avengers take on their 'hottest' foes yet to save the world.

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964)

Special Bonus (Table of Contents: 17)

The Avengers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner; Giant-Man; Thor; Iron Man

Indexer Notes

Jack Kirby's original unused pencils to page 22 of Avengers #3.

[Avengers Assemble!] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

The Avengers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)