Avengers #1 [Yellow Logo Direct Edition]

(February 1998)

Recap (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / recap / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Brevoort

Pencils

George Pérez; various

Inks

George Pérez; various

Colors

Tom Smith; various

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited); Jason Medley (credited); John Marasigan (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest heroes found themselves united against a common threat!

Feature Logo

Earth's Mightiest Heroes The Avengers [1998 volume]

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers [Thor [Thor Odinson]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Beast; Binary [Carol Danvers]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Crystal; Darkhawk; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Firebird; Hercules; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Living Lightning; Machine Man; Moondragon; Photon [Monica Rambeau]; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Rage; Sandman; Sersi; She-Hulk; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Starfox; Swordsman [Philip Javert]; Stingray; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Tigra; USAgent; Vision; D-Man; Rick Jones; Magdalene]; Edwin Jarvis

Reprints

• in Marvel Collectible Classics: Avengers (Marvel, 1998 series) ([November] 1998)
• in Iron Man (Panini France, 1999 series) #1 (mars 1999)

Indexer Notes

Recap and roster call, with various Avengers with illustrations for each one.

Once an Avenger... (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script

Kurt Busiek (credited)

Pencils

George Pérez (credited)

Inks

Al Vey (credited)

Colors

Tom Smith (credited)

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited); Kolja Fuchs (credited as KF)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In Cafe Transia, a Slavic restaurant nestled into a sidestreet in one of Manhattan's Eastern Europian communities...

Feature Logo

Earth's Mightiest Heroes The Avengers [1998 volume]

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers [Thor [Thor Odinson]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Beast; Binary [Carol Danvers]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Crystal; Darkhawk; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Firebird; Hercules; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Living Lightning; Machine Man; Moondragon; Photon [Monica Rambeau]; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Rage; Sandman; Sersi; She-Hulk; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Starfox; Swordsman [Philip Javert]; Stingray; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Tigra; USAgent; Vision; D-Man; Rick Jones; Magdalene]; Edwin Jarvis; Firestar; Justice [Vance Astrovik]; Mister Fantastic; Thing; Invisible Woman; Flying Trolls of Thryhem; Nidhogg; Mutaurus; Carnivorous Plants of Skornheim; Ulfrin the Dragon; Gullin; Vanna; Demon Riders; Silent Ones; Dwarves; Rock Trolls; Morgan le Fay; Mordred; Midgard Serpent; Frost Giants; Ice Giants; Fomor; Luna Maximoff; Megan McLaren; Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom] (flashback); Aragorn

Reprints

• in Grandes Heróis Marvel (Editora Abril, 2000 series) #1
• in Avengers Rough Cut (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998) [in pencil form]
which is reprinted
• in Iron Man (Panini France, 1999 series) #1 (mars 1999) [8 premières pages [8 first pages]]
• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([Septamber] 2004)
• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 ([April] 2012)
• in Marvel Collectible Classics: Avengers (Marvel, 1998 series) ([November] 1998)
• in Iron Man (Panini France, 1999 series) #1 (mars 1999)
• in The Avengers: The Morgan Conquest (Marvel, 2000 series) (January 2000)
• in Mega-Marvel (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2000 series) #2000 ([november] 2000)
• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([Septamber] 2004)
• in Avengers: I Am an Avenger (Marvel, 2010 series) #2 ([May] 2010)
• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([February] 2011)
• in Marvel Edição Especial Limitada: Vingadores (Salvat, 2017 series) #1 - Avante, Vingadores! ([Novembro] 2017)

Keywords

Albuquerque; Arctic; Asgard; Avengers Mansion; Bronx; Cafe Transia; Central America; Central Park; Chicago; Cincinnati; Cornwall; Denver; East River; Equatorial Africa; Hebrides; Iron Man Model 16; Las Vegas; Mjolnir; Norn Stones; Quantum Bands; Queens; Quinjet; Rainbow Bridge; San Francisco; Shield of Night; South Pacific; Sword of Light; Tintagel Head; Twilight Swords; UCLA Campus; Wakanda; World Trade Center

Indexer Notes

Story split in chapters: Prologue (7 pages); Chapter 1: And There Came a Day... (6 pages); Chapter 2: "Avengers Assemble!" (5 pages); Chapter 3: A Common Threat... (8 pages); Chapter 4: ...To Fight the Foes... (13 pages).

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 8 pages (report information)

Subscribe Today! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

The Avengers; Captain America; Fantastic Four; Iron Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Marvel Zone (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Secrets of Avengers #1 (Table of Contents: 6)

The Avengers / text article / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

George Pérez

Inks

Al Vey; George Pérez

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We know you're in the middle of the story and you want to get to the next page, but we just wanted to stop a moment and take you ...behind the scenes...to learn some of the...

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in Marvel Collectible Classics: Avengers (Marvel, 1998 series) ([November] 1998)
• in Iron Man (Panini France, 1999 series) #1 (mars 1999)
• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([February] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Feature on late changes to the issue due to continuity concerns.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Armida Fuentes (credited) (marketing coordinator)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Filing Date: October 1, 1997. Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 209,391. Single issue nearest to filing date: 183,400.