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Issue: The Avengers #73
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Is Variant Variant: UK Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
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Volume: 1
Pages: 36
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: 12.0 pence GBQ 0-1-0
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
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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
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The Sons of the Serpent Strike!

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superhero
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Monica Lynne
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Arnold Schwarzenegger (photo); Joe Weider (photo)
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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Inside front cover. Ad for the "Weider System" of body building.
The Sting of the Serpent

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Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Monica Lynne (introduction); Dan Dunn; Montague Hale; Supreme Serpent; Bill Foster (flashback)
We who wear the Serpent's robes are the destined masters of America!
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Spotlighting the Black Panther vs. the Sons of the Serpent. Continued next issue. The Black Panther gets more emphasis in the next few issues, including a romantic interest (Monica Lynne) and an American alter ego, Luke Charles. Per Roy Thomas in the letters page of X-Men #61, Sam Grainger colored many of his Avengers inked stories. The letters page of Avengers #77 reveals that Herb Trimpe penciled page 4.
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Conversation piece...collector’s item...puzzle the amazing penny in-a bottle
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Ad for a penny in a miniature bottle. Between story pages 3 and 4.
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Marvelmania
Exciting new club Marvelmania International
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Ad for Marvelmania International membership kit, on lower half of page, between story pages 6 and 7.
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Official NFL Helmets
50th anniversary special bonus offer official NFL helmets 4 for only $1
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Ad for miniature NFL helmets.
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Build a whole “Matchbox” car city in your room.
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Ad for display units for Matchbox toy cars, on top half of page, between story pages 9 and 10.
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Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 weekly in your spare time
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Advertisement to sell Grit magazine from Grit Publishing Co, located between story pages 9 and 10 on lower half of page.
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These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!
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Advertisement for high paying jobs in the drafting field. Located between story pages 15 and 16, on top half of page.
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We buy & sell comic books
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Thumbnail ads for stamps, back-issue comic books, and novelty items, located between story pages 15 and 16 on lower half of page.
Shop by Mail

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$100,000 reward!
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Thumbnail ads for stamps, back-issue comic books, and novelty items, located between story pages 18 and 19.
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Ugly broken nails!
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Thumbnail ads for stamps, back-issue comic books, and novelty items, located between story pages 18 and 19.
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Incredible items and inconceivable info of inestimable importance!
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Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; Sgt. Fury (Marvel, 1963 series) #75 house ad.
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Theodore Audel & Co.
Audel skill-building practical guides
Various guides and instruction manuals available by mail-order.
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Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Vision; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Invaders [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]
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Letters from Jeffrey Morgen, Eric Harrison, David Hench, Jonathan Hazell, Esau Simmons, and Kimberly Bartholomew. Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”
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204pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set
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Ad for plastic toy soldiers.
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Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Inside back cover. Ad for the Academy for Home Study.
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Do you have art talent worth developing?
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Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

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