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Issue: The Avengers #1

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Publication Date: September 1963

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Issues: #1 of 401 Issues (872 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
10 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Stan Lee

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; later standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #200)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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The Avengers #1 [U.S. Cover Price]

The Avengers #1 [UK Cover Price]

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Avengers [Thor [Thor Odinson; Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Loki [Loki Laufeyson]

First Line: Loki! Prepare for battle!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook page, used with permission.

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Feature(s): Mike Marvel System

Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)

First Line: Boys! Men!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a muscle building system.

The Coming of the Avengers!

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Avengers [Thor [Thor Odinson; Donald Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner; Mechano]] (introduction, origin); circus ringmaster; lion tamer; trapeze artists; Bobby; Bobby's mother; Charlie; Captain; Jane Foster; Asgardians [Odin]; Teen Brigade [Rick Jones; William "Willie" Bishop]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Loki [Loki Laufeyson]; Silent Ones

First Line: The place: Asgard, home of the Norse gods!

Synopsis: Iron Man, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, and Thor join forces to defeat Loki.

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Pages: 22

Job Number: X-337

Notes: Job number from reprinting in Sons of Origins of Marvel Comics. Info per Will Murray.

Loki mentions that the "Old Man of the Sea" was based on legends of the Silent Ones, trolls from Asgard.

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Genres: war

First Line: First, the Fantastic Four!

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Pages: 1

Notes: House ad for Sgt. Fury #1.

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Genres: superhero

First Line: On sale now!

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Pages: 1

Notes: House ad for Strange Tales Annual #2.

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Genres: superhero

First Line: On sale in early July!

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Pages: 1

Notes: House ad for Fantastic Four Annual #1.

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Feature(s): Palmer-Jones Publishers

First Line: Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!

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Notes: Ad for hypnotism lessons.

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Feature(s): Commercial Trades Institute

First Line: Amazing new home training plan in auto repairing

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Notes: Ad for a home study course teaching auto mechanics.

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Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers

First Line: 100 toy soldiers

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Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for toy soldiers, vehicles, vessels and planes.

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Feature(s): Wallace Brown, Inc.

First Line: Boys, girls, men, women

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Wallace Brown line of Christmas cards.