The Avengers #1 1/2

(December 1999)

The Insult That Made a Corpse Out of "Mac" (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Russ Maheras

Pencils

Marie Severin ?

Inks

Marie Severin ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

Mac is upset by a man shooting a bazooka into his face on the beach. Sending away for Charlie World's muscle-building kit, Mac returns to the beach as a hulking brute and murders his opponent.

Reprints

• from Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #9 (February 1975)
• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in Avengers by Busiek and Perez Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 (2015)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.
Parody of Charles Atlas comic book ads.

The Death-Trap of Doctor Doom! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern

Pencils

Bruce Timm

Inks

Bruce Timm

Colors

Bruce Timm

Letters

Comicraft

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Thor [Don Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Grim]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Edwin Jarvis

Synopsis

The newly-formed Avengers are sent to secure the flying fortress which Doctor Doom recently used against the Fantastic Four but the team discovers the vehicle is full of traps set by Doom. Fortunately, there's one matter Doom hadn't counted on: Ant-Man has a new identity as Giant-Man!

Reprints

• in Wiz (Marvel Italia, 1995 series) #54 (Aprile 2000)
• in Marvel Méga (Panini France, 1997 series) #14 - Avengers (juillet 2000)
• in Avengers (Panini France, 2004 series) #[nn] - Vengeur Toujours (2006)
• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores (Panini España, 2012 series) #1 (Febrero 2015)
• in Avengers by Busiek and Perez Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 (2015)

Keywords

Avengers Mansion; Flying Fortress

Night of the Red Wolf! (Table of Contents: 3)

Kid Colt / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Paul Smith (signed)

Inks

Paul Smith (signed)

Colors

Marie Javins

Letters

John Roshell

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Kid Colt; Red Wolf; Lobo

Reprints

• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in Avengers by Busiek and Perez Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 (2015)

Indexer Notes

Mock ad for Kid Colt, Outlaw #112 1/2.

Watch for the Greatest Symbols in Comics! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Sol Brodsky; Steve Ditko

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four; Thor; Spider-Man; Iron man; Ant-Man; Human Torch

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #14 (May 1963)
• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the Marvel hero strips.

Fast Lane Part 1 of 4: Media Blitz! (Table of Contents: 5)

Spider-Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Glenn Herdling

Pencils

Gregg Schigiel

Inks

Richard Case

Colors

Paul Mounts

Letters

Chris Dickey

Editing

Michael Stewart; Steve Behling

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mysterio; J. Jonah Jameson; Sam Exmore (introduction); Toni Harris (introduction); Zane Whelan (introduction)

Synopsis

Peter is working with two new interns - one of them, Sam Exmore, a pot user - when Mysterio attacks their news van.

Keywords

Daily Bugle

Indexer Notes

anti-drug insert story

The Battle of Utah Beach! (Table of Contents: 6)

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dick Ayers (signed)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors

Marie Javins

Letters

John Roshell

Genre

war

Characters

Howling Commandos [Nick Fury; Jonathan "Junior" Juniper; Gabe Jones; Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan; Dino Manelli; Isadore "Izzy" Cohen; Robert "Reb" Ralston]

Reprints

• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in Avengers by Busiek and Perez Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 (2015)

Indexer Notes

Mock ad for Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #3 1/2.

A Marvel Masterworks Pin-up (Table of Contents: 7)

The Avengers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

B. T. (signed)

Inks

B. T. (signed)

Colors

Bruce Timm

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Wasp; Giant Man [Hank Pym]]

Reprints

• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in Avengers by Busiek and Perez Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 (2015)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

All About the Avengers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (illlustrations)

Inks

Dick Ayers (illustrations)

Colors

Stan Goldberg (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in Avengers by Busiek and Perez Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 (2015)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek [also as Burt Kusiek], Ty Templeton.

Amazing New Home Training Plan in Auto Repairing (Table of Contents: 9)

Car Teaching Institute / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gregg Schigiel

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

An advertisement promises to teach people how to obtain valuable knowledge from their automobile, promising that cars are actually smarter than people.

Reprints

• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in Avengers by Busiek and Perez Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 (2015)

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.
Script credit from Gregg Schigiel's website http://hatterentertainment.com/portfolio/writing/scti-ad/

Sea-Baboons (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Christopher Priest

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

Carl Gafford ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

Parody of the "sea monkey" ads that often appeared in comic books.

Reprints

• from Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #66 (September 1980)
• in Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in Avengers by Busiek and Perez Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 (2015)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.