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Issue: The Avengers #1
Publication Date: September 1963
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Issues: #1 of 402 Issues (913 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: UK Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
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)
20 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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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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Genres: superhero
First Line: Loki! Prepare for battle!
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Disclose Notes: The Official Marvel Index to the Avengers (Marvel, 1994 series) #1 listed Sam Rosen as logo designer and Todd Klein lists Sol Brodsky.
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Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)
First Line: Boys! Men!
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a muscle building system.
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Indicia

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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Coming of the Avengers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): circus ringmaster; lion tamer; trapeze artists; Bobby; Bobby's mother; unnamed pilot and co-pilot of Flight 738; Silent Ones [unnamed members]; unnamed Asgardians; unnamed trolls
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
Disclose Notes: Introduction and origin for the team.

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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Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #3

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Genres: war
First Line: First, the Fantastic Four!
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Sgt. Fury (Marvel, 1963 series) #1.
Between story pages 5 and 6.
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First Line: Free with any purchase
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Centre Coin Company's Lincoln Penny Album.

On top half of page between story pages 5 & 6.
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First Line: Record your voice at home
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Honor House Products Corporation's recording equipment on lower half of page between story pages 5 and 6.
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First Line: Curious coins! Odd paper money!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Littleton Coin Company's packet of coins and money on top half of page between story pages 10 and 11.
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First Line: Instant live sea animals
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Bargain Company's exotic Saskatchewan Brine Shrimp (Sea-Monkeys) on lower half of page between story pages 10 and 11.
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10 King-Size Latex Toys for $1.00

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Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Jiminy Cricket; Dopey; Cinderella; Donald Duck; Sleeping Beauty; Peter Pan; Davy Crockett; Pinocchio: Zorrro
First Line: America's most lovable characters from ...Walt Disney's wonderful world
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Mother Hubbard's king-size latex toys on top half of page between story pages 13 and 14.
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First Line: Reward $11, 750.00 for this coin!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Best Values Company's 1963 catalog on lower half of page between story pages 13 and 14.
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Strange Tales Annual #2

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Genres: superhero
First Line: On sale now!
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #2, located between story pages 13 and 14.
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First Line: Grog grows own tail
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Western World Products product on top half of page between story pages 17 and 18.
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First Line: Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 weekly in your spare time
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for GRIT Publishing Company's bundle of papers, selling help and prize offers.

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Fantastic Four Annual #1

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Genres: superhero
First Line: On sale in early July!
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #1, located between story pages 17 and 18.
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

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First Line: Stamp collecting outfit
Synopsis: Multiple small ads for stamps and other products.
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First Line: Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!
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First Line: Amazing new home training plan in auto repairing
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for toy soldiers, vehicles, vessels and planes.
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First Line: Boys, girls, men, women If you know just 20 people...
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Wallace Brown line of Christmas cards.

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