Avengers 43

"Color Him... the Red Guardian!"

The Avengers
Title:	"Color Him... the Red Guardian!"
Volume:	1
Number:	43
Cover price:	.12
Cover date:	August, 1967
Publisher:	Marvel Comics
Credits
Chief:	Stan Lee
Writers:	Roy Thomas
Pencilers:	John Buscema
Inkers:	George Bell
Cover artists:	John Buscema
Cover inker:	George Roussos
Cover colorist:	Stan Goldberg
Letterers:	Jerry Mann
Editors:	Stan Lee
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"Color Him... the Red Guardian!" is the story title to the forty-third issue of the first volume of the American superhero comic book series The Avengers. The story was written by Roy Thomas with interior artwork by John Buscema and inks by George Roussos. Buscema and Roussos also provided the cover art illustration and ink embellishment for this issue. The story was lettered by Jerry Feldmann and edited by Stan Lee. No colorist credit was provided for this issue. This issue shipped with an August, 1967 cover date and carried a cover price of 12 cents per copy (US).

Synopsis[]

Appearances[]

Featured characters

Avengers

Supporting characters

Villains

Red Guardian, Alexi Shostakov
Bruiser Bates
Colonel Ling
Yuri Brushow

Minor characters

Ebeneezer Wallaby

Organizations

Avengers

Races

Locations

Items

Vehicles

Powers

Notes & Trivia[]

This issue is reprinted in the 40 Years of the Avengers DVD-ROM collection as well as Marvel Triple Action #35 and Essential Avengers, Volume 2.

Inker George Roussos is credited as George Bell on the interior credits.

Letterer Jerry Feldmann is credited as Jerry Mann in this issue.

Artie Simek provided the cover lettering for this issue, but is uncredited for his contributions in this capacity.

This is the first appearance of Alexi Shostakov as the Red Guardian.