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Issue: The Avengers #185
Publication Date: July 1979
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Issues: #185 of 402 Issues (913 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 04/17/1979
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0714860245807
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Direct Edition was printed with a barcode that was slashed out with a black slash from the printer/publisher. Direct Edition also distinguishable by the diamond price box on the upper left corner of the cover.
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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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reprinted 4 times as/in other Issues.
reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 3 other Issues:
FlagAvengers / Doctor Strange: Rise of the Darkhold #[nn] published January 2018
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Avengers #18 [unnamed variant] published January 2018
FlagDarkhold: The Saga of the Book of Sins #[nn] published January 2024
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Yesterday Quest!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Los Vengadores: Noches de Wundagore #[nn] published January 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Yesterday Quest!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): NYPD [Officer Rossi; Officer Sanchez]
First Line: Even at the best of times, New York Harbor is rarely considered to be one of the world capitals of tidiness, and this, quite obviously--
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAvengers: The Yesterday Quest #[nn] published January 1994
In Issue: FlagAvengers: Nights of Wundagore #[nn] published January 2009
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Los Vengadores: Noches de Wundagore #[nn] published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] #380 published December 1981
as The Yesterday Quest [Story on Interior Page(s)]Black & white.
In Content Item: FlagBackpack Marvels: Avengers #1 published January 2001
as The Yesterday Quest! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: LG429
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Batting Practice

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, sports
Feature(s): Pete Rose Batting Practice toy
Character(s): Bobby; Pete Rose
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic strip ad for the Pete Rose Batting Practice toy from Turco Manufacturing Company.
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The Adventures of Gritboy

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Chris
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Comic strip ad for the Grit newspaper from Grit Publishing Co..
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The Thing and the Ultimate Weapon!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Torgo
First Line: The automatic hydraulo-press has the power to push through a planet.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic strip ad for Hostess Fruit Pies from ITT Continental Baking Company.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment on Avengers #181 from Randy Stiles, Jim Ireland, Scott Norris, Greg Gildersleeve, Jon Green, Mike Christiansen, Sheldon Weiber, Bob Banner, Robert Harris, Weldon J. Roberson, David Morrison, and Hugh B. Farnham.

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