The Avengers #171 [Regular Edition]
(May 1978)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1978-02-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245805
Editing
Jim Shooter (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Shards of Crystal Doom! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed as PÉREZ)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Beast [Hank McCoy]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]]; Jocasta; Ultron; Sister Eucalypta
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Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #171 [Regular Edition] Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #171 [British] Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #171 [Whitman]
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"...Where Angels Fear to Tread" (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (credited)
Pencils
George Pérez (credited)
Inks
Pablo Marcos (credited)
Colors
Phil Rachelson (credited)
Letters
Denise Wohl (credited)
Job Number
C-733
First Line of Dialogue or Text
She went that way! Hurry!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Beast [Hank McCoy] (featured); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (featured); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (featured); Thor (featured); Vision (featured); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (featured); Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (featured); Yellowjacket [Hank Pym] (featured)]; The Collector (behind the scenes); Jocasta; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers] (guest); Ultron (villain); Sister Eucalypta (robot, villain); Blanche; Mrs. Pike
Synopsis
The Avengers follow Jocasta back to Ultron's lair and battle the powerful robot. Ultron tries to make Jocasta his bride but she rejects him and helps the Avengers take him down.
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Keywords
Captain America's Shield; Earth Orbit; Iron Man Armor Model 4; Madison Avenue; Manhattan; Midtown; Mjolnir; Molecular Rearranger; New York City; Riverside Drive; Stark Shuttle; Upper West Side; Yellowjacket's Suit

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mitchel Kalmus, Kevin Dooley, Wally Hopkins, Dean LeCrone, Chuck LaChance

"Leave Me Alone" (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Shards of Crystal Doom!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. "...Where Angels Fear to Tread"
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  4. 3. "Leave Me Alone"
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
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