Comic Book: Avengers (1963 series)
What This Book is About:
Earth's mightiest heroes--Thor, Iron Man, Wasp, Giant Man, and the newly-revived Captain America--came together as the Avengers to battle threats that no one of them could handle alone. Soon joined by Hawkeye, the Scarlet Witch, the Vision, She-Hulk, the Beast and many, many, many others, the name of the Avengers would pass into legend as the greatest hero team ever (at least for Marvel).
Data Sheet:
Sep 1963 to Oct 1996
1963
N/A
Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Comics Index
Page: 2 of 13
Total Indexed Comics:
308
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
March 1966"The Voice of the Wasp"
Script: Stan LeeThe usual opening scene of the Avengers arguing this time focuses on rivalry between Hawkeye and Quicksilver.Next we see the aftermath of events in the Sub-Mariner strip in Tales to Astonish #77-78. [...]
April 1966"Four Against the Floodtide"
Script: Stan LeeLast issue three Avengers answered a call from the Wasp to stop Attuma from flooding the Earth. Hawkeye missed the call because he was out with a broken communicator. [...]
May 1966"Among Us Walks...a Goliath"
Script: Stan LeeIn #26 the Avengers responded to a call from the Wasp to stop subsea villain Attuma flooding the surface world. In #27 they foiled his plan, but couldn't find Wasp. [...]
June 1966"This Power Unleashed"
Script: Stan LeeLast issue the Avengers helped Henry Pym rescue Janet van Dyne from the Collector. In the process Hank resumed his super-hero role as Giant-Man, albeit with a new costume and a new name Goliath. But his size-changing ability had grown limited and medically dangerous over time. [...]
July 1966"Frenzy in a Far-Off Land"
Script: Stan LeeQuicksilver and Scarlet Witch noticed that their powers were fading last issue. They wonder if they aren't really mutants, but derive their abilities from their native land. They take a leave of absence to return to their homeland. [...]
August 1966"Never Bug a Giant "
Script: Stan LeeCaptain America and Wasp are preparing to fly to South America to find Goliath. They are joined by Hawkeye, returned from his fight with Black Widow, Power Man and Swordsman. Despite his new resolution to get along better with his teammates, especially Cap, Hawkeye is still prickly. [...]
September 1966"The Sign of the Serpent"
Script: Stan LeeThe active Avengers return from their mission in South America. Captain America tries to resign as leader in favour of the recently-returned (since about #28) Goliath, who has seniority. Hank declines, partly because he is still depressed about being stuck at 10 feet tall (#28 again). [...]
October 1966"To Smash a Serpent "
Script: Stan LeeLast issue Captain America was captured by the hate-group Sons of the Serpent. The Supreme Serpent told the Avengers to do whatever he says, or Cap would die. Goliath persuaded the other Avengers to publicly pretend to acquiesce. [...]
November 1966"The Living Laser"
Script: Stan LeeThe Living Laser tries out his supervillain equipment by robbing a bank and then leaving the money. In his civilian identity as inventor Arthur Parks he watches as the Avengers examine the result of his lasers. Wasp runs across an old friend Lucy Barton. [...]
December 1966"The Light That Failed "
Script: Roy ThomasCaptain America and Hawkeye have been trapped in a gradually closing cage of laser beams by the Living Laser, who has left the room with the unconscious Wasp, who is the object of his deluded affections. Now read on. [...]
January 1967"The Ultroids Attack "
Script: Roy ThomasCaptain America is disturbed by the sudden arrival of (someone who claims to be) Scarlet Witch. She explains how a flying saucer appeared in her Balkan village. She and her brother Quicksilver went to investigate. Pietro became trapped inside, and Wanda's hex couldn't affect the ship. [...]
February 1967"To Conquer a Colossus"
Script: Roy ThomasThe Avengers and Black Widow have travelled to Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch's homeland Transia to rescue them. They have been captured by Ixar, a sentient computer from Sirius, in its flying saucer. [...]
March 1967"In Our Midst ... an Immortal"
Script: Roy ThomasThe Avengers are back up to full strength since they rescued Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch from the alien Ixar last issue. Pietro and Captain America break up a squabble between Hawkeye and Goliath. [...]
April 1967"The torment ... and the triumph"
Script: Roy ThomasLast issue Captain America left on a personal errand and Natasha Romanov told her boyfriend Hawkeye and the other Avengers that she doesn't want to be on the team and is returning to China. And Hercules joined them as a guest after falling out of favour with his dad Zeus. [...]
May 1967"Suddenly ... the Sub-Mariner "
Script: Roy ThomasThe 5 Avengers (excluding the absent Captain America) and their guest Hercules are clearing up the damage caused last issue when the Mad Thinker and his minions tried to steal Avengers' equipment. Scarlet Witch's hex was overloaded in the battle, and she now collapses in delayed reaction. [...]
June 1967"Let sleeping dragons lie"
Script: Roy Thomas3 of the Avengers and their guest Hercules are honing their skills in the Avengers gym:- Hawkeye fires arrows while dangling from a trapeze, Herc juggles a very large barbell, Quicksilver just runs around, Scarlet Witch improves her acrobatics. [...]
July 1967"The Plan ... and the Power"
Script: Roy ThomasLast issue Goliath was studying the android Dragon Man when Diablo came to claim him (Diablo didn't create the android, but did bring it to life in Fantastic Four #35). [...]
August 1967"Color Him ... the Red Guardian"
Script: Roy ThomasIt's a few days since last issue and the Avengers have been trying to find out where Black Widow is being held in China. But before we get to that ...Quicksilver shows the others that he has learnt how to use his speed to fly for short distances. [...]
September 1967"The Valiant Also Die"
Script: Roy ThomasHawkeye and Black Widow are imprisoned in a secret Chinese base where Natasha had been sent by SHIELD to destroy a new weapon called the Psychotron. Inside the Psychotron Hercules thinks he is fighting the Hydra. The other Avengers are on their way from America. [...]
October 1967"Blitzkrieg in Central Park"
Script: Roy Thomas
The Avengers are attending a ceremony in New York's Central Park to honour their defeat of the Mandarin's plan to take over the world in Annual #1. This day has been declared Avenger Day. [...]
November 1967"The Agony and the Anthill"
Script: Roy Thomas
Captain America, Goliath, Hercules, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are relaxing in Avengers Mansion, although Cap is still brooding about giving up his costumed identity (which he will do briefly in Tales of Suspense #95-96), and about his new love for SHIELD Agent Thirteen. [...]
December 1967"Magneto Walks the Earth"
Script: Roy Thomas
Magneto and Toad are prisoners on the Stranger's asteroid, after he took them as specimens in X-Men #11 (and recaptured Magneto in X-Men #18). Magneto can detect a message beamed by magnetic rays. [...]
January 1968"The Black Knight lives again"
Script: Roy ThomasLast issue Magneto (and Toad) escaped the Stranger's planet and lured Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch into a trap. Now he wants them to rejoin his Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants. But of course since he was last around (X-Men #11) they've switched sides and joined the Avengers. [...]
February 1968"Mine is the power"
Script: Roy ThomasHercules continues to explore the Olympus he found deserted in the last 2 issues. Returning to the vital Promethean Flame which has been doused and wrecked he is attacked by Typhon, 1 of the ancient Greek Titans. Typhon complains how Zeus banished him long ago, and he recently returned for revenge. [...]
March 1968"To tame a Titan"
Script: Roy ThomasThe Avengers have been reduced to 3 members. Captain America quit (#47) and Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were tricked into rejoining Magneto's Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants (last issue). [...]
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