- "We'll never be beaten. For we are... the Avengers!"
- ―Thor
| "The Coming of the Avengers!" | |
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| The Avengers | |
| Title: | "The Coming of the Avengers!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Cover price: | .12 |
| Cover date: | September, 1963 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Stan Lee |
| Writers: | Stan Lee |
| Pencilers: | Jack Kirby |
| Inkers: | Dick Ayers |
| Cover artists: | Jack Kirby |
| Cover inker: | Dick Ayers |
| Cover colorist: | Stan Goldberg |
| Editors: | Stan Lee |
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| Previous: | — |
| Next: | Avengers #2 |
"The Coming of the Avengers!" is the premiere issue of the first volume of the ongoing comic book series The Avengers, published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Jack Kirby with finished art work by Dick Ayers. Kirby and Ayers also composed the cover art illustration with Stan Goldberg on colors. The regular colorist and letterer on the issue is unknown. The book was edited by Stan Lee, who was also the Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics at the time of publication. The issue shipped with a September, 1963 cover date and carried a cover price of 12 cents per copy (US).
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- Bobby
- Charlie
- Willie
Organizations
Races
Locations
- Sea of Mist
- Isle of Silence
Items
Vehicles
Powers
- Armored flight
- Astral projection
- Electromagnetism
- Energy projection
- Flight
- Illusion generation
- Size alteration
- Superhuman durability
- Superhuman strength
- Weather control
Notes & Trivia[]
- Artie Simek did the cover lettering for this issue, but is uncredited.
- First appearance of the Avengers.
- First appearance of the Teen Brigade.
- First appearance of Rock Trolls.
- First appearance of the Sea of Mist and the Isle of Silence.
- Ant-Man appeared last in Tales to Astonish #46. He appears next in Tales to Astonish #47.
- Iron Man appeared last in Tales of Suspense #44.
- The Hulk appeared last in Incredible Hulk #6.
- Thor appeared last in Journey Into Mystery #96.
- The Wasp appeared last in Tales to Astonish #467. She appears next in Tales to Astonish #47.
- The Fantastic Four appear next in Fantastic Four Annual #1.
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