The Avengers
#183
[Direct]
(May 1979)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979-02-13
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roger Stern (credited) (editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Absorbing Man Lives!
The Avengers / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Pérez (signed as
PEREZ) - Inks
- Terry Austin (signed as
austin) - Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Vision
Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; Sandy Herkowitz - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Kostajat erikoisjulkaisu (Semic, 1989 series) #1/1991 -
in Les Vengeurs (Editions Héritage, 1974 series) #114/115 -
in De Vergelders (Juniorpress, 1979 series) #8 (1979) -
in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #40 (May 1980?) [Appears to be a painted version of the original Pérez & Austin cover with very minor changes.] -
in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #378 (October 1981) which is reprinted -
in Captain Britain by Alan Moore & Alan Davis Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) ([July] 2009) - in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021) [1/4 page size]
- in Los Vengadores (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #10 (Noviembre 1983)
- in Avengers: Nights of Wundagore (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
- in Marvel Gold: Los Vengadores: Noches de Wundagore (Panini España, 2011 series) (Enero 2011)
- in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #[1] (2016)
- in True Believers: Captain Marvel - Avenger (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (April 2019), #1 (April 2019)
- in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #10 - The Yesterday Quest (2023)
-
- Keywords
- Absorbing Man's Ball and Chain; Iron Man Armor Model 4
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The Redoubtable Return of Crusher Creel!
The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- John Byrne (credited)
- Inks
- Klaus Janson (credited)
- Colors
- Bob Sharen (credited as Sharen)
- Letters
- Jim Novak (credited as Novak)
- Job Number
- LG373
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think you’d be wise, Mr. Gyrich, to have your overzealous agent here remove his clammy hand from my wrist!
- Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers] (joins team); Vision; Wasp [Janet Pym]
Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Henry Peter Gyrich; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Sandy Herkowitz; Django Maximoff; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Redwing; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Henry Peter Gyrich's assistants [Carter; Jenkins]; sanitation workers [Bernie Tibbs; Carlos; Tom Chaffey] - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Avengers battle the Absorbing Man.
- Reprints
- in De Vergelders (Juniorpress, 1979 series) #8 (1979)
- in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #40 (May 1980?)
- in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #378 (October 1981)
-
in Les Vengeurs (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #7 - Le retour de l'Homme-Absorbant (juin 1982) [Moins [Minus] 1 page] - in Los Vengadores (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #10 (Noviembre 1983)
- in Backpack Marvels: Avengers (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (January 2001)
- in Avengers: Nights of Wundagore (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
- in Marvel Gold: Los Vengadores: Noches de Wundagore (Panini España, 2011 series) (Enero 2011)
- in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #8 ([April] 2012) [black and white]
- in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #[1] (2016)
- in True Believers: Captain Marvel - Avenger (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (April 2019)
- in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #10 - The Yesterday Quest (2023)
-
Brains Over Brawn!
Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Reprints
- from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #36 (May 1979 - June 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Comic strip ad for Hostess Fruit Pies from ITT Continental Baking Company.
[no title indexed]
Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Roger Stern
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letter by Kurt Busiek on wanting more thoughtful letters printed in Marvel Comics letters pages with reply by Stern and letter on The Avengers #179. Letter from Jon Halcovage.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Absorbing Man Lives!
The Avengers -
1.
The Redoubtable Return of Crusher Creel!
The Avengers -
2.
Brains Over Brawn!
Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man -
3.
[no title indexed]
Avengers Assemble!
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