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Issue: The Avengers #196
Publication Date: June 1980
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Issues: #196 of 401 Issues (872 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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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Introducing the Treacherous Taskmaster!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): the Taskmaster
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLes Vengeurs #126/127 published ?
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 Visionaries #[nn] published May 1999
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAvengers No. 196 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #[nn] published June 2005
as Introducing the Treacherous Taskmaster! [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagAvengers: Heart of Stone #[nn] published January 2013
as Introducing the Treacherous Taskmaster! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Terrible Toll of the Taskmaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ant-Man [Scott Lang]; the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; the Vision; the Wasp; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]; Wonder Man]; Selbe; Dr. Pernell Solomon; Iron Fist (flashback); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (flashback); the Taskmaster
Synopsis: The Avengers rescue Yellowjacket, Ant-Man and Wasp from the Taskmaster.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAvengers Visionaries #[nn] published May 1999
as The Terrible Toll of the Taskmaster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAvengers Legends #3 published January 2003
as The Terrible Toll of the Taskmaster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAvengers No. 196 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #[nn] published June 2005
as The Terrible Toll of the Taskmaster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAvengers: Heart of Stone #[nn] published January 2013
as The Terrible Toll of the Taskmaster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Scott Lang, the Ant-Man, is mistakenly referred to, in page 3 panel 4, as Scott Harris.
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"The Trap"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Larcenous Lil; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: David Michelinie on how Marvel is now having writers conduct their own letters pages and letters on The Avengers #192. Letters from readers: Kurt Busiek, Kyle Turner, John Riley
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The Dingo Kids Meet O.J. Simpson

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, sports
Feature(s): The Dingo Kids and O.J. Simpson; Dingo boots
Character(s): O.J. Simpson
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Comic strip ad for Dingo boots from Acme Boot Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Northwest Industries, Inc.

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