Giant-Size Avengers #2

(November 1974)

A Blast from the Past! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 29 pages (report information)

Script:

Steve Englehart

Pencils:

Dave Cockrum

Inks:

Dave Cockrum

Colors:

Bill Mantlo

Letters:

Tom Orzechowski

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Avengers [Hawkeye; Vision; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Swordsman (death); Thor [Dr. Donald Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch]; Rama-Tut; Kang the Conqueror; Edwin Jarvis; Mantis; Agatha Harkness

Synopsis:

Swordsman dies. Hawkeye returns.

Reprints:

• in Thor e i Vendicatori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #137 (13 Luglio 1976) [part 1], #138 (27 Luglio 1976) [part 2]
• in Marvel-Comic-Sonderheft (Condor, 1980 series) #12 (1982)
• in Avengers: Celestial Madonna (Marvel, 2002 series) (February 2002)
• in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #6 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of Celestial Madonna Saga; story continues from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #129 and continues in The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #130.

This Is the One Everybody Wants (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Marvel Collectors Medallion-Coins / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Bullpen Bonus Page: Hey, Hero! Do We Have a Bonus Page to Pick With You! [November 1974] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bonus Page / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: Sumptuous Scoops About Summer, Spidey - and Softball! [November 1974]; Stan Lee's Soapbox (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Stan Lee's Soapbox / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Prisoners of the Pharoah! (Table of Contents: 5)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Editing:

Stan Lee (original Editor)

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Pharaoh Rama-Tut (introduction); Alicia Masters; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (cameo)

Synopsis:

The Fantastic Four return to Ancient Egypt to try to find a cure for Alicia's blindness and are met by Rama-Tut, a time traveler from the year 3000.

Reprints:

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #19 (October 1963)

Indexer Notes

Rama-Tut will later be shown to be the same villain as Kang the Conqueror by dint of a time-paradox. "Pharaoh" is mis-spelled in the title.