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Issue: The Avengers #81
Publication Date: October 1970
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Issues: #81 of 402 Issues (913 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/11/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In9
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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When a Legend Dies!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Avengers [Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold. Los Vengadores: La Batalla por La Tierra #[nn] published February 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Avengers #126 published February 1976
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #81 published September 1982
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Avengers #4 [unnamed variant] published January 2004
as When a Legend Dies! [Avengers #81] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Avengers #9 [Regular Edition] published May 2009
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: It's another chiller from Monogram
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a scale model of the Ford Model "T" ice truck by Monogram.
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When Dies a Legend!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Red Wolf [William Talltrees]; Lobo; Jason Birch; Cornelius Van Lunt
First Line: Dusk and dawn have both the same grey cast on smog-bound Manhattan...
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold. Los Vengadores: La Batalla por La Tierra #[nn] published February 2013
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #81 published September 1982
as Cuando Muere una Leyenda [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Avengers #4 [unnamed variant] published January 2004
as When Dies a Legend [Avengers #81] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Avengers #9 [Regular Edition] published May 2009
as When Dies a Legend! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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Danger on the Field

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim Driscoll
Synopsis: Jim saves Big Joe's little sister when she wanders onto the field during the high school football game.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Lee Leens jeans. H. D. Lee Company, Inc., Fashion Division, PO Box 440, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66201 between story pages 3 and 4.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 6 & 7 on upper portion of page.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvelmania
Character(s): Spider-Man; Hulk; Captain America
First Line: Be a Marvel expert
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 6 and 7 on lower half of page. Ad for Marvelmania magazine.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Arnold Schwarzenegger (photo); Joe Weider (photo)
First Line: I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the "Weider System" of body building between story pages 6 and 7.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Look, fellows!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Recruitment ad for sales people for Grit newspaper, between story pages 9 and 10.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Now revealed — the “2 Hour” method to super speed karate
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.
Beneath story half-page numbered 12.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Boy; girl
First Line: Collect coins.. the hobby road to riches
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, from Hobby Coin Co., located beneath story half-page numbered 13.
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Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Free booklet tells how you can train at home for big earnings as a computer programmer
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Thumbnail ads, including ads for back-issue comics, between story pages numbered 15 and 16.
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Shop by Mail; Stamps

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Learn to fly model rockets
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Thumbnail ads, including ads for back-issue comics, between story pages numbered 18 and 19.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: An item a day keeps us groovin' away!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes: Items; Stan's Soapbox.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Frankenstein monster
First Line: Monster S-I-Z-E monsters
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for 7-foot tall glow-in-the-dark monster posters, from Honor House Products.
Located on top half of page.
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Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Namor, the Sub-Mariner
First Line: These 3 big drafting kits given to you!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Thumbnail ads, including ads for back-issue comics, located on lower half of page.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.6
Disclose Notes: Letters from Patricia Kennedy, Kenneth Haines, Steven Carlberg, Terry Close, and William Sweeney. Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Magneto; Lady Dorma
First Line: This is the picture worth a thousand words!!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: House ad for Fantastic Four #104 (November 1970) with only the top half of the cover depicted. Advertised as "Now On Sale!" Located under the second page of the letters column.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Join J.S.C.A. - the club that gives you more of what you're lookin' for!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Norman Rockwell
First Line: We're looking for people who like to draw
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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