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  • First print: 1/11/98
  • Second print: 1/11/98
  • Third print: 1/11/98 *new cover design

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  •  Marvel Essentials: Avengers Vol. 1

    Reprints: Avengers (Vol. 1) #1-24

    ISBN: 0-7851-1682-6 • Original Release Date: 1/11/98
    List Price: $16.99 (US) • $27.25 (Canada)
    528 Pages

    Scripted by Stan Lee

    Pencilled by Jack Kirby, Don Heck

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    Oddities:

    Issue #6 contains a partial reprint of Marvel Team-Up #3


    AVENGERS #1-24

    Avengers #1: "The Coming of the Avengers!"
    22 pages + cover • September 1963

    Script: Stan Lee • Letters: Sam Rosen
    Pencils: Jack Kirby • Inks: Dick Ayers

    Origin/First Appearance: The Avengers (Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp)

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Loki, Rick Jones, Teen Brigade

    * * *

    Avengers #2: "The Avengers Battle the Space Phantom"
    22 pages + cover • Novemeber 1963

    Script: Stan Lee • Letters: Artie Simek
    Pencils: Jack Kirby • Inks: Paul Reinman

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Ant-Man changes to Giant-Man, The Space Phantom, Rick Jones

    * * *

    Avengers #3: "The Avengers Meet...Sub-Mariner!"
    25 pages + cover • January 1964

    Script: Stan Lee • Letters: Sam Rosen
    Pencils: Jack Kirby • Inks: Paul Reinman

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Sub-Mariner, Hulk, Rick Jones, The Teen Brigade, Jane Foster

    * * *

    Avengers #4: "Captain America Joins the Avengers"
    22 pages + cover • March 1964

    Script: Stan LeeLetters: Artie Simek
    Pencils:
    Jack KirbyInks: George Roussos (uncredited)

    Origin/First Appearance: Silver Age Captain America

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Avengers (Captain America, Thor, Giant-Man, Wasp, Iron Man) vs. the Sub-Mariner; GA: Rick Jones, Teen Brigade, Cameo: Bucky (flashback)

    * * *

    Avengers #5: "The Invasion of the Lava Men!"
    23 pages + cover • May 1964

    Script: Stan LeeLetters: Sam Rosen
    Pencils:
    Jack KirbyInks: Paul Reinman

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Avengers (Captain America, Thor, Giant-Man, Wasp, Iron Man); V: Lava Men, Witch Doctor; GA: Rick Jones, Teen Brigade, Betty Ross, General Thunderbolt Ross, Hulk/Bruce Banner, Molto the Lava Man

    * * *

    Avengers #6: "The Mighty Avengers Meet the Masters of Evil"
    23 pages + cover • July 1964

    Script: Stan LeeLetters: Sam Rosen
    Pencils:
    Jack KirbyInks: Chic Stone

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Avengers (Captain America, Thor, Giant-Man, Wasp, Iron Man); GA: Rick Jones, Teen Brigade; V: Masters of Evil: Baron Zemo, Black Knight, Melter, Radioactive Man; Cameo: Paste Pot Pete

    * * *

    Avengers #7: "Their Darkest Hour!"
    22 pages + cover • August 1964

    Script: Stan LeeLetters: Artie Simek
    Pencils:
    Jack KirbyInks: Chic Stone

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Avengers (Captain America, Thor, Giant-Man, Wasp, Iron Man); GA: Rick Jones as Bucky; V: Masters of Evil: Baron Zemo, Executioner/Hans Grubervelt, Enchantress; Cameo: Odin, Loki

    * * *

    Avengers #8: "Kang, the Conqueror!"
    21 pages + cover • September 1964

    Script: Stan LeeLetters: Sam Rosen
    Pencils:
    Jack KirbyInks: Dick Ayers

    Origin/First Appearance: Kang (as Kang, first appeared as Rama-Tut in FF #19)

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Avengers (Captain America, Thor, Giant-Man, Wasp, Iron Man); V: Kang; GA: Rick Jones, Teen Brigade

    * * *

    Avengers #9: "The Coming of the...Wonder Man!"
    21 pages + cover • October 1964

    Script: Stan LeeLetters: Artie Simek
    Pencils:
    Don HeckInks: Dick Ayers

    Origin/First Appearance: Simon Williams/Wonder Man

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Avengers (Captain America, Thor, Giant-Man, Wasp, Iron Man); GA: Simon Williams/Wonder Man; V: Masters of Evil: Baron Zemo, Enchantress, Executioner; Cameo: Happy Hogan, Pepper Potts, Teen Brigade, Bucky (flashback)

    * * *

    Avengers #10: "The Avengers Break Up!"
    20 pages + cover • November 1964

    Script: Stan Lee • Letters: Sam Rosen
    Pencils: Don Heck • Inks: Dick Ayers

    First Appearance: Immortus

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Avengers (Captain America, Thor, Giant-Man, Wasp, Iron Man); V: Immortus; V: Masters of Evil: Baron Zemo, Enchantress, Executioner; V: the mythical Goliath, Merlin, Attila the Hun and Hercules; GA: Rick Jones, Paul Bunyan; Cameo: Teen Brigade

    * * *

    Avengers #11: "The Mighty Avengers Meet Spider-Man!"
    20 pages + cover • December 1964

    Script: Stan Lee • Letters: Sam Rosen
    Pencils: Don Heck • Inks: Chic Stone

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Avengers (Captain America, Thor, Giant-Man, Wasp, Iron Man); V: Kang, Spider-Man robot; GA: Rick Jones, Spider-Man; Cameo: Wonder Man, Executioner, Baron Zemo, Radioactive Man, Mysterio, Magneto, Dr. Doom, Crimson Dynamo, Kraven (all in flashback)

    * * *

    Avengers #12: "Brother Power, Sister Sun!"
    22 pages + cover • November 1977

    SCRIPT: Archie Goodwin, Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Brother Power, Sister Sun, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Avengers #13: "...The Coming of Razorback! "
    22 pages + cover • December 1977

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Razorback, Bobby Sue Hollis, Sister Sun, Man-Beast (as Hate-Monger), Brother Power

    * * *

    Avengers #14: "Killing Me Softly... ...With His Hate!"
    22 pages + cover • January 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito, John Tartaglione

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Razorback, Sister Sun, Man-Beast (as Hate-Monger), Brother Power, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Avengers #15: "The Final Rage! "
    22 pages + cover • February 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Ernie Chan

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Razorback, Sister Sun, Man-Beast, Brother Power, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Avengers #16: "The Beetle and the Badge!"
    22 pages + cover • March 1978

    SCRIPT: Elliot S! Maggin • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: The Beetle, Robbie Robertson

    * * *

    Avengers #17: "Whatever Happened To the Iceman?"
    22 pages + cover • April 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Dave Hunt

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Champions: Angel, Iceman, Hercules, Black Widow, Ghost Rider, Darkstar; Stuart Clarke

    * * *

    Avengers #18: "My Friend, My Foe!"
    22 pages + cover • May 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Dave Hunt

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Iceman, Angel, Sha Shan, Hector Ayala/White Tiger, Holly Gillis, Rampage, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Avengers #19: "Again, the Enforcers! "
    22 pages + cover • June 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Hector Ayala, The Enforcers: Ox II (I), Montana, Fancy Dan; Lightmaster, J. Jonah Jameson, Glory Grant, Robbie Robertson, Flash Thompson, Sha Shan, Holly Gillis, Razorback

    * * *

    Avengers #20: "Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?"
    22 pages + cover • July 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: White Tiger, Sha Shan, Enforcers: Ox, Fancy Dan, Montana, Lightmaster; Flash Thompson, Sha Shan, Mrs. Muggins, Holly Gillis

    * * *

    Avengers #21: "Still Crazy After All These Years"
    22 pages + cover • August 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Jim Mooney, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Hector Ayala, Scorpion, Mary Jane Watson, Holly Gillis, Flash Thompson, Sha Shan, J. Jonah Jameson, Robbie Robertson

    * * *

    Avengers #22: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon Knight! "
    22 pages + cover • September 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Mike Zeck

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: White Tiger, Moon Knight, Sha Shan, Frenchy, Gena, Crawley, Cyclone, Maggia, Betty Brant, Mrs. Muggins, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Avengers #23: "Guess Who's Buried In Grant's Tomb! "
    22 pages + cover • October 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Jim Mooney

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Moon Knight, Hector Ayala, Cyclone, Maggia, Awilda Ayala, Holly Gillis, Mary Jane Watson, Betty Brant, Marlene Alraune

    * * *

    Avengers #24: "Spider-Man Night Fever"
    22 pages + cover • November 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Frank Springer

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Sha Shan, The Hypno-Hustler and the Mercy Killers, Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson, Liz Allen, Sha Shan, Betty Brant, Holly Gillis, Mary Jane Watson


     

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