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Issue: The Avengers #1 1/2
Publication Date: December 1999
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 09/29/1999
Volume: 1
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 75960604789501511
Price: $3.75 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Tom Brevoort; Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bruce Timm
Bruce Timm
Bruce Timm
Comicraft
Subject Matter
superhero
Avengers
Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Wasp; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]]; Dr. Doom
Reprinting
FlagWiz #54 published April 2000
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagAvengers Assemble #3 published January 2006
as [Avengers #1 1/2 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Insult That Made A Corpse Out Of "Mac"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Russ Maheras
Marie Severin ?
Marie Severin ?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mac is upset by a man shooting a bazooka into his face on the beach. Sending away for Charlie World's muscle-building kit, Mac returns to the beach as a hulking brute and murders his opponent.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Parody of Charles Atlas comic book ads.
The Death-Trap of Doctor Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Roger Stern
Bruce Timm
Bruce Timm
Bruce Timm
Comicraft
Subject Matter
superhero
Avengers
Avengers [Thor [Don Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Grim]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Edwin Jarvis
The newly-formed Avengers are sent to secure the flying fortress which Doctor Doom recently used against the Fantastic Four but the team discovers the vehicle is full of traps set by Doom. Fortunately, there's one matter Doom hadn't counted on: Ant-Man has a new identity as Giant-Man!
Reprinting
FlagWiz #54 published April 2000
as La trappola mortale del Dottor Destino! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAvengers #[nn] published January 2006
as Le Piège du Docteur Fatalis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAvengers Assemble #3 published January 2006
as "The Death-Trap of Doctor Doom!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
Night of the Red Wolf!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Smith (signed)
Paul Smith (signed)
Marie Javins
John Roshell
Subject Matter
western
Kid Colt
Kid Colt; Red Wolf; Lobo
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Mock ad for Kid Colt, Outlaw #112 1/2.
Watch For The Greatest Symbols in Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Sol Brodsky; Steve Ditko
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four; Thor; Spider-Man; Iron man; Ant-Man; Human Torch
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Advertisement for the Marvel hero strips.
Fast Lane Part 1 of 4: Media Blitz!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Glenn Herdling
Gregg Schigiel
Richard Case
Paul Mounts
Chris Dickey
Michael Stewart; Steve Behling
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mysterio; J. Jonah Jameson; Sam Exmore (introduction); Toni Harris (introduction); Zane Whelan (introduction)
Peter is working with two new interns - one of them, Sam Exmore, a pot user - when Mysterio attacks their news van.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
anti-drug insert story
The Battle of Utah Beach!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Ayers (signed)
Dick Ayers (signed)
Marie Javins
John Roshell
Subject Matter
war
Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos
Howling Commandos [Nick Fury; Jonathan "Junior" Juniper; Gabe Jones; Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan; Dino Manelli; Isadore "Izzy" Cohen; Robert "Reb" Ralston]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Mock ad for Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #3 1/2.
A Marvel Masterworks Pin-up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bruce Timm [as B. T.] (signed)
Bruce Timm [as B. T.] (signed)
Bruce Timm
Subject Matter
superhero
Avengers
Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Wasp; Giant Man [Hank Pym]]
Reprinting
FlagAvengers Assemble #3 published January 2006
as "The Death-Trap of Doctor Doom!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Kirby (illlustrations)
Dick Ayers (illustrations)
Stan Goldberg (illustrations)
typeset
Subject Matter
All About the Avengers
Reprinting
FlagAvengers Assemble #3 published January 2006
as "The Death-Trap of Doctor Doom!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Letters from: Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek [also as Burt Kusiek], Ty Templeton.
Amazing New Home Training Plan in Auto Repairing

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gregg Schigiel
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Car Teaching Institute
An advertisement promises to teach people how to obtain valuable knowledge from their automobile, promising that cars are actually smarter than people.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On inside back cover.
Script credit from Gregg Schigiel's website http://hatterentertainment.com/portfolio/writing/scti-ad/
Sea-Baboons

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Christopher Priest [as Jim Owsley]
Al Milgrom
Al Milgrom
Carl Gafford ?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Parody of the "sea monkey" ads that often appeared in comic books.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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