The Avengers
#166
[Regular Edition]
(December 1977)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-09-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860245812
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin (credited as Goodwin) (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Nefaria Supreme!
The Avengers / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Pérez (signed as GP)
- Inks
- Ernie Chan (signed as EC)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Danny Crespi
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The most powerful Avengers are helpless before me--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Vision
Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria] - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #360 [re-coloured] -
in Thor e i Vendicatori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #218 -
in Les Vengeurs (Editions Héritage, 1974 series) #96/97 -
in Los Vengadores (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #2 (Marzo 1983) -
in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #13 (décembre 1986) - in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: Grandes Amenazas (Panini España, 2011 series) (Julio 2011)
-
in Avengers: The Bride of Ultron (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012) - in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #9 - The Final Threat (December 2013)
- in Avengers: The Vibranium Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #[1] (2016)
-
- Keywords
- Mjolnir
![Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #166 [Regular Edition]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/19/w200/19164.jpg?2623894964712533341)
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Day of the Godslayer!
The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Jim Shooter (credited as Shooter)
- Pencils
- John Byrne (credited as Byrne)
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos (credited as Marcos)
- Colors
- Phil Rachelson (credited as Rache)
- Letters
- Denise Wohl (credited as Wohl)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Moments ago, the God of Thunder had been light-years away, involved in his own godlike affairs.
- Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy] (featured); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (featured); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (cameo) (only in a portrait); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured); Thor [Doctor Donald Blake] (featured); Vision (featured); Wasp [Janet Pym] (featured); Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (featured); Yellowjacket [Hank Pym] (featured)
Lethal Legion: Living Laser [Arthur Parks] (flashback); Power Man [Erik Josten] (flashback); Whirlwind [Dave Cannon] (flashback)
Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria]; Henry Peter Gyrich; Edwin Jarvis; Django Maximoff (introduction, unnamed); Hellen Rachelson (flashback); Archibald Stancheck (flashback); Kenneth Sturdy (flashback); Withers (flashback); Ralph - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Avengers battle Count Nefaria. Part 3 of 3.
- Reprints
-
in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #6 - in Los Vengadores (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #2 (Marzo 1983)
- in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #13 (décembre 1986) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
in Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #389 (Νοέμβριος 1988) - in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: Grandes Amenazas (Panini España, 2011 series) (Julio 2011)
- in Avengers: The Bride of Ultron (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012)
- in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #8 ([April] 2012)
- in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #9 - The Final Threat (December 2013)
- in Avengers: The Vibranium Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #[1] (2016)
-
- Keywords
- Avengers Mansion; Bio-Synthetic Wings; Captain America's Shield; Iron Man Armor Model 4; Manhattan; Mjolnir; Nefaria's Townhouse; New York City; Rolls Royce; Russia; Siberia; Vermont; Vladivostok; Yellowjacket's Suit
[no title indexed]
Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters on The Avengers #162. Letters from Scott Hardin, Ed Via, Ann Nichols, Robert J. Roberts
"Legal Eagle"
Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Spidey, it's Ralph G. Fake.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (Hostess Ads - Earth-51914); Mary Jane Watson; Legal Eagle [Ralph G. Fake]
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man prevents Legal Eagle from stealing the Bill of Rights from the U.S. Capitol.
- Reprints
- from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #20 (November 1977 - December 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Comics ad for Hostess Cup Cakes from ITT Continental Baking Company.
Street Ball
Spalding Sports Equipment / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Dr. J; Rick Barry
Indexer Notes
back cover
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Nefaria Supreme!
The Avengers -
1.
Day of the Godslayer!
The Avengers -
2.
[no title indexed]
Avengers Assemble! -
3.
"Legal Eagle"
Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man -
4.
Street Ball
Spalding Sports Equipment
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