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Issue: Giant-Size Avengers #2
Publication Date: November 1974
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Issues: #2 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 08/27/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #109, August 1974.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as/ in another Issue.
reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 4 other Issues:
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Avengers #14 [unnamed variant] published January 2014
FlagAvengers: The Complete Celestial Madonna Saga #[nn] published January 2017
FlagAvengers: Earth's Mightiest [Heroes] #4 published January 2018
FlagThe Avengers Omnibus #5 [unnamed variant] published January 2023
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Death of an Avenger!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Avengers [Vision; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Swordsman; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch]; Rama-Tut; Kang the Conqueror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThor e i Vendicatori #138 published July 1976
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The original version of the cover to this issue is printed in FOOM #8.
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A Blast from the Past!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Avengers [Hawkeye; Vision; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Swordsman (death); Thor [Dr. Donald Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch]; Rama-Tut; Kang the Conqueror; Edwin Jarvis; Mantis; Agatha Harkness
Synopsis: Swordsman dies. Hawkeye returns.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAvengers: Celestial Madonna #[nn] published February 2002
In Content Item: FlagThor e i Vendicatori #138 published July 1976
as Un colpo dal passato [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
In Content Item: FlagThor e i Vendicatori #137 published July 1976
as Un colpo dal passato [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 29
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of Celestial Madonna Saga; story continues from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #129 and continues in The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #130.
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This Is the One Everybody Wants

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (advertisement copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Collectors Medallion-Coins
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Conan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An advertisement for Spider-Man, Hulk and Conan Medallion Coins, with a picture of the front of each coin.
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Bullpen Bonus Page: Hey, Hero! Do We Have a Bonus Page to Pick With You! [November 1974]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Shang-Chi; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo page hyping Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Special #1 and Iron Fist #1, as well as Marvel Value Stamps and FOOM.

Bullpen Bonus Page
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Sumptuous Scoops About Summer, Spidey - and Softball! [November 1974]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Luke Cage
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan talks about Spidey Super Stories, Marvel Superhero Calendar, Nostalgia Illustrated, Treasury of Spider-Man #1, Origin of Marvel Comics and the upcoming Hitler magazine and items about the summer activities of the bullpen.
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Prisoners of the Pharoah!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Pharaoh Rama-Tut (introduction); Alicia Masters; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (cameo)
Synopsis: The Fantastic Four return to Ancient Egypt to try to find a cure for Alicia's blindness and are met by Rama-Tut, a time traveler from the year 3000.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #19 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1963
was Prisoners of the Pharoah! [sic] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Rama-Tut will later be shown to be the same villain as Kang the Conqueror by dint of a time-paradox. "Pharaoh" is mis-spelled in the title.

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