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Issue: The Avengers #57
Publication Date: October 1968
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Issues: #57 of 402 Issues (913 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/08/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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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Behold...The Vision!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Avengers [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Goliath [Hank Pym]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Vision]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Avengers Log #1 [Direct Edition] published February 1994
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold. Los Vengadores: ¡Unidos en Combate! #[nn] published March 2012
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #69 published December 1973
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Avengers #84 published April 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Avengers #82 published April 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super Action #18 [Direct] published April 1980
as Behold... The Vision! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #57 published April 1982
as Al llegar... ¡La Visión! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Avengers #350 [Direct Edition] published August 1992
as Avengers Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAvengers: Ultron Unleashed #1 published August 1999
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Avengers #3 published January 2001
as Behold...The Vision! [Avengers #57] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Avengers #6 [Regular Edition] published December 2006
as The Avengers #57 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus #[nn] published January 2014
as The Avengers #57 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Tired of being 'skinny'?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
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Behold... the Vision!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Avengers [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Vision (introduction)]; Ultron-5
Synopsis: The Vision arrives at Avengers mansion to kill our heroes but ends up bucking his programming and leading the team to his former master where he helps defeat him.
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In Issue: FlagIl Mitico Thor #69 published December 1973
In Issue: FlagMarvel Super Action #18 [Direct] published April 1980
In Issue: FlagVision: Yesterday and Tomorrow #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2005
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold. Los Vengadores: ¡Unidos en Combate! #[nn] published March 2012
In Issue: FlagAvengers Epic Collection #4 published January 2015
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #7 [Regular Edition] published January 1975
as Behold...the Vision! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #57 published April 1982
as Llega... ¡La Visión! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics Illustrated Version of The Avengers #02822 published June 1982
as Behold ... The Vision! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAvengers: Ultron Unleashed #1 published August 1999
as Behold, the Vision [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Avengers #3 published January 2001
as Behold... the Vision! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Avengers #6 [Regular Edition] published December 2006
as Behold...The Vision! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus #[nn] published January 2014
as Behold... the Vision! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Look, fellows!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Recruitment ad for sales people for Grit newspaper, between story pages 3 and 4.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
Character(s): Spider-Man; Thor; The Thing; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Hulk
First Line: It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022.
Located between story pages 6 and 7.
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Free! Giant Stallion Mural Full Color Masterpiece Free!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Colonial Studios art prints
First Line: Superb, original oil painting reproduction – yours free when you purchase these 4 magnificent thoroughbreds
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for oil painting reproductions of majestic horses. Located between story pages 6 and 7.
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Most Powerful Airplane

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Cheerios Kid
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for Cheerios breakfast cereal, featuring the XB-70A Valkyrie delta-winged experimental bomber. Incorporated into the drawing is the Cheerios Kid flying in a space suit. Located between story pages 9 and 10.
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hobby Coin Co. Surprise Coin Packet
Character(s): Boy; girl
First Line: Collect coins... the hobby road to riches
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, from Hobby Coin Co. located between story pages 15 and 16, on top half of page.
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Have your poems set to music
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sixteen small ads located between story pages 15 and 16, on lower half of page.
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Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Free! The secrets of muscle power!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Small ads for a range of products, including back-issue comics. Located between story pages 18 and 19.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Stop the presses! Here's some scoops and scuttlebutt to knock you outta your teepee!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Here is a treasure chest of fun
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Nine small ads, with order coupon, for novelties from Honor House Prod. Corp. on top half of page.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Precise Publications book and dummy
Character(s): Thug; Wallace K. Reumann
First Line: I’ll make you a master of karate
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for karate books and paraphernalia from Precise Publications, located on lower half of page.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Dear Stan, Roy, and John, What's this?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment (with no editorial replies this issue) from Tony Isabella; Kenwood Bennard; Luis Padillo; Steve Pollard; Steven Mauren; Norris Hopkins; Jerry Meredith; N.L. Jordan; Richard Lawhead; and Shirley Gorman, as well as a panel reproduction from a previous issue. Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Not Brand Echh!; Spectacular Spider-Man
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Annihilus; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; May Parker; Ben Parker; Mary Jane Watson; Gwen Stacy; Harry Osborn; Flash Thompson; Captain George Stacy; John Jameson; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Betty Brant; Frederick Foswell; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Badoon; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]
First Line: Now on sale!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #6, Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #5, Not Brand Echh (Marvel, 1967 series) #7, Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #2, and The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1968 Series) #2, with covers depicted and advertised as “now on sale.”
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Creative Card Company Christmas cards
First Line: Good news for you who want to make extra money easily!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside rear cover. Ad for the Creative Card Company.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Famous Artists Schools
Character(s): Norman Rockwell
First Line: We're looking for people who like to draw
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists Schools.

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