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Issue: The Avengers #196
Publication Date: June 1980
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Issues: #196 of 402 Issues (913 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
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: 0714860245806
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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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 from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Anything the Avengers can do, I can do better!
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The Terrible Toll of the Taskmaster

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Solomon Institute [Rasputin; Maurice; Trainee Blitz Team Seven; Cyber-Squad X]
Synopsis: The Avengers rescue Yellowjacket, Ant-Man and Wasp from the Taskmaster.
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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 (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Larcenous Lil
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.
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[untitled]

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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

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Genres: celebrity, sports
Character(s): O. J. Simpson
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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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