- "It's almost like -- and I realize this isn't a terribly scientific evaluation -- but it's almost as though... someone had stolen their souls!"
- ―Donald Blake
| "Honor Thy Father" | |
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| The Avengers | |
| Title: | "Honor Thy Father" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 182 |
| Cover price: | .35 |
| Cover date: | April, 1979 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jim Shooter |
| Writers: | David Michelinie |
| Pencilers: | John Byrne |
| Inkers: | Klaus Janson |
| Cover artists: | Al Milgrom |
| Cover inker: | Bob Layton |
| Colorists: | Bob Sharen |
| Letterers: | Diana Albers |
| Assistants: | Jim Salicrup |
| Editors: | Roger Stern |
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| Next: | Avengers #183 |
"Honor Thy Father" is the 182nd issue of the first Avengers ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It was written by David Michelinie with artwork by John Byrne and inks by Klaus Janson. It was colored by Bob Sharen and lettered by Diana Albers. The story was edited by Roger Stern with Jim Salicrup as assistant editor. This issue shipped with and April, 1979 cover date and carries a cover price of .35 cents per copy.
"Honor Thy Father"[]
Featured characters
- Beast, Hank McCoy
- Captain America, Steve Rogers
- Iron Man, Tony Stark
- Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff
- Thor Odinson
- Vision
- Wasp, Janet van Dyne
Supporting characters
- Donald Blake
- Hawkeye, Clint Barton
- Henry Peter Gyrich
- Jocasta
- Quicksilver, Pietro Maximoff
- Wonder Man, Simon Williams
- Yellowjacket, Hank Pym
Villains
Minor characters
- Black Panther, T'Challa (In a photograph only)
- Marya Maximoff (In flashback only)
- Mister Doll, Nathan Dolly (In flashback only)
- Nighthawk, Kyle Richmond (As an illusion only)
- Princess Python, Zelda DuBois (As an illusion only)
- Toad, Mortimer Toynbee (As an illusion only)
Organizations
Races & Animals
- Altered humans
- Asgardians
- Humans
- Mutants
- Snakes (As an illusion only)
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Powers
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 is UPC barcode number 0714860245804.
- This issue is reprinted in the Avengers: The Yesterday Quest trade paperback collection, published in 1994 as well as in black and white in Backpack Marvels: Avengers, released in January, 2001 & Essential Avengers, Volume 8 in April, 2012. It is also reprinted in Avengers: Nights of Wundagore in 2009, and the Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus, Volume 1 hardcover collection in April, 2016.
- This issue includes a comic strip advertisement for Hostess Twinkies featuring Spider-Man called "Spider-Man Puts Himself in the Picture!"
- This is the first appearance of Marya Maximoff, who appears in flashback only in this issue.