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Issue: The Avengers #86
Publication Date: March 1971
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Issues: #86 of 402 Issues (913 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/12/1971
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 22 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Brain-Child [Arnold Sutton]
First Line: You Costumed Cretins Won't Stop Brain-Child From Blowing Up The World!
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold. Los Vengadores: La Batalla por La Tierra #[nn] published February 2013
In Issue: FlagAvengers : L'intégrale #1971 published April 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Avengers #136 published April 1976
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSupreme Power #1 - Special Edition published October 2003
as Avengers #86 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Avengers #4 [unnamed variant] published January 2004
as Avengers #86 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Avengers #9 [Regular Edition] published May 2009
as [untitled] [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)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dave Deal (photo)
First Line: Introducing Deal's Wheels, the most far-out model series yet.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for Deal's Wheels from Revell.
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Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Squadron Supreme [American Eagle [James Dore]; Hyperion; Lady Lark [Linda Lewis]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hawkeye [Wyatt McDonald]; Doctor Spectrum [Joseph Ledger]; Tom Thumb [Thomas Thompson]; Whizzer [Stanley Stewart]]; Brain-Child [Arnold Sutton]
First Line: Tiny hands, tuning a color TV set: it happens millions of times a day, every day.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold. Los Vengadores: La Batalla por La Tierra #[nn] published February 2013
In Content Item: FlagSupreme Power #1 - Special Edition published October 2003
as Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Avengers #4 [unnamed variant] published January 2004
as Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came [Avengers #86] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Avengers #4 [unnamed variant] published January 2004
as Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came [Avengers #87] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Avengers #9 [Regular Edition] published May 2009
as Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAvengers : L'intégrale #1971 published April 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Look over 400 crazy labels
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 3 and 4.
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The Mighty Marvel Checklist

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Comics
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Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Marvel comics now on sale. Top half of page between pages 6 and 7.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fear
Character(s): Nick Fury; Fixer; Mentallo
First Line: 2 more triumphs from Marvel
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Bottom half of page after page six of the story. Promos for Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (Marvel, 1968 series) #18, with covers depicted.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ? (ad agency)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monster Fan Club
Character(s): Moon Monster
First Line: Join now! America's only monster fan club
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail order ad from the Monster Fan Club, Dept. M17, 7214 Bergenline Avenue, North Bergen, New Jersey 07047. Appears between story pages 6 and 7.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (coupon border only)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Estes Industries, Inc.
First Line: Step into the real world of space with Vern Estes.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for model rocketry kits. Between pages 9 and 10 of story. 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): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Spending money and prizes get both sell Grit 'America’s greatest family newspaper'
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad inviting boys, 12 or older, to sell Grit family newspapers for prizes and cash. Between pages 9 and 10 of story. Lower half of page.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Centre Coin Co.
First Line: We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny
Synopsis: Ad for U.S. coin catalog.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Beneath half-page 12 of story
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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): ? (speech balloon and coupon backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mike Marvel System
Character(s): Mike Marvel (photograph)
First Line: Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method can give you powerfully toned muscles and put full strength in your muscles...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for Mike Marvel System. Beneath story half-page number 13.
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Shop by Mail; Stamps

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Miscellaneous ads from various dealers. Includes comics ad from Howard M. Rogofsky.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages numbered 15 and 16.
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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): ? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Don’t be fat
Synopsis: Miscellaneous ads from various dealers. Includes comics ads from Comic Sales Co., Richard Alf, F.L. Suza, Passaic Book Center & Robert Bell.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Between story pages numbered 18 and 19.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Thor; Daredevil; Iron Man; Captain America; Iceman; Spider-Man; Nick Fury; Thing; Namor; Hulk; Human Torch
First Line: Wondrous words of wit and wisdom with which to waste some time!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sam Rosen has been ill. Promo for Conan the Barbarian. Nancy Murphy is in charge of subscriptions. Visit by Vic Ghidalia of ABC-TV. John Buscema has drawn a cover for PRO, the magazine of the National Football League. Bob Raleigh Jr., disc jockey on WPGC radio, Washington, D.C. has been plugging Marvel comics. Marvel received fan letters from French film director Alain Resnais and Italian film director Federico Fellini, the latter in Italian. In Stan's Soapbox, Stan complains that all the letters for Captain America deal with social issues and nobody comments on the stories or art.
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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
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): North American School of Drafting
First Line: These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!
Synopsis: Ad for free "Drafting Career Kit".
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Top half of page.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mail Sack Inc.
First Line: $1000.00 paid for this 6c stamp
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: A half-page of small, single panel advertisements for stamp collection, bodybuilding, and a drawing course on lower half of page.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Goliath [Clint Barton]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.42
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mike W. Barr, Shirley Gorman, Stephan Joyce, and Max Robinson.
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Annihilus -- the Living Death Who Walks --
Synopsis: House ad for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #109
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Bottom one third of the second page of the letters column
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Tired of being 'skinny'?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a weight gain product.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Academy for Home Study
First Line: Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the Academy for Home Study.
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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 School
First Line: Do you have art talent worth developing?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

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