The Avengers #185 [Newsstand]

(July 1979)

The Yesterday Quest! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Mark Gruenwald (credited) (plot); Steven Grant (credited) (plot); David Michelinie (credited) (writer)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

Dan Green (credited)

Colors

Roger Slifer (credited as Slifer)

Letters

John Costanza (credited as Costanza)

Job Number

LG429

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Even at the best of times, New York Harbor is rarely considered to be one of the world capitals of tidiness, and this, quite obviously--

Feature Logo

The Mighty Avengers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (also in flashback); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (also in flashback); Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Bova (flashback) (also in flashback); Bob Frank (flashback); Edwin Jarvis; Madeline Joyce-Frank (flashback); Django Maximoff (also in flashback); Marya Maximoff (flashback); Modred the Mystic; Sir Porga (flashback); Redwing; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee] (flashback); NYPD [Officer Rossi; Officer Sanchez]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in De Vergelders (Juniorpress, 1979 series) #9 (1980)
• in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #380 (December 1981) [Black & white.]
• in Les Vengeurs (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #8 - Le mystère de Wundagore (octobre 1982)
• in Los Vengadores (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #11 (Diciembre 1983)
• in Avengers: The Yesterday Quest (Marvel, 1994 series) (1994)
• 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) #9 ([September] 2013) [black and white]
• in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2015 series) #1 (avril 2015)
• in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #[1] (2016)
• in Marvel Horror Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #10 - The Yesterday Quest (2023)

Keywords

Absorbing Man's Ball and Chain; Airjet-Cycle; Avengers Mansion; Captain America's Shield; Citadel of Science; Darkhold Book; Falcon's Wings; Hawkeye's Bow; Iron Man Armor Model 4; Manhattan; Midtown; New York City; New York Harbor; Transia; Wundagore Mountain

Batting Practice (Table of Contents: 2)

Pete Rose Batting Practice toy / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

?

Genre

children; sports

Characters

Bobby; Pete Rose

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Pete Rose Batting Practice toy from Turco Manufacturing Company.

The Adventures of Gritboy (Table of Contents: 3)

Grit Newspaper / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

N. Rosati (signed)

Inks

N. Rosati (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Chris

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Grit newspaper from Grit Publishing Co..

The Thing and the Ultimate Weapon! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Sal Buscema

Inks

Joe Rubinstein

Colors

?

Letters

Irv Watanabe

Editing

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Thing (Hostess Ads - Earth-51914); Torgo

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for Hostess Fruit Pies from ITT Continental Baking Company.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment on Avengers #181 from Randy Stiles, Jim Ireland, Scott Norris, Greg Gildersleeve, Jon Green, Mike Christiansen, Sheldon Weiber, Bob Banner, Robert Harris, Weldon J. Roberson, David Morrison, and Hugh B. Farnham.