- "No longer am I Frank Hall! Now and evermore I am -- Graviton! And soon the world will fear that name!"
- ―Graviton
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| The Avengers | |
| Title: | "When Avengers Clash!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 158 |
| Cover price: | .30 |
| Cover date: | April, 1977 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Archie Goodwin |
| Writers: | Jim Shooter |
| Pencilers: | Sal Buscema |
| Inkers: | Pablo Marcos |
| Cover artists: | Jack Kirby |
| Cover inker: | Joe Sinnott |
| Cover letterer: | Irv Watanabe |
| Colorists: | Don Warfield |
| Letterers: | Joe Rosen |
| Editors: | Archie Goodwin |
| Navigation | |
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| Next: | Avengers #159 |
"When Avengers Clash!!" is the title to the 158th issue of the first The Avengers ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It was written by Jim Shooter with breakdowns by Sal Buscema and finished art by Pablo Marcos. It was colored by Don Warfield and lettered by Joe Rosen. The cover art illustration was rendered by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott. The story was edited by Archie Goodwin. This issue shipped with an April, 1977 cover date and carries a cover price of .30 cents per copy.
"When Avengers Clash!![]
Featured characters
- Beast, Hank McCoy
- Captain America, Steve Rogers
- Iron Man, Tony Stark
- Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff
- Vision
- Wasp, Janet van Dyne
- Wonder Man, Simon Williams
- Yellowjacket, Hank Pym
Supporting characters
Villains
- Graviton, Frank Hall (1st appearance)
Minor characters
- Black Knight, Dane Whitman (Shattered stone remains)
- Joe Parks (Only appearance; dies)
- Judy Parks
- Raquel
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
- Captain America's shield
- Iron Man armor
- Iron Man armor model 04
- Machine guns
- Power armor
- Robot
- Shield
- Synthezoid
- Yellowjacket's suit
Vehicles
Powers
- Armored flight
- Flight
- Gravity manipulation
- Intangibility
- Invulnerability
- Superhuman durability
- Superhuman strength
- Winged flight
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Avengers were created by writer Stan Lee and artists Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. They first appeared in The Avengers #1 in September, 1963.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- According to Comic Reader #139, this issue shipped to retailers on January 18th, 1977.
- The tagline to this issue is "It HAD to happen -- Wonder Man vs. The Vision!"
- This issue includes an advertisement for Hostess products featuring Spider-Man in a comic strip called "The Champ!".
- Minor face alterations on Wonder Man and the Vision on the cover to this issue were rendered by John Romita.
Reprints[]
The story from this issue is reprinted in the following volumes:
- Essential Avengers 7
- Avengers: The Bride of Ultron
- Avengers Epic Collection: The Final Threat
- Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers 16