- "Don't worry, Bucky! I've a hunch we'll see more than our share of action before this night's over!"
- ―Captain America
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| The Invaders | |
| Title: | "The Ring of the Nebulas!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Cover price: | .25 |
| Cover date: | August, 1975 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Marv Wolfman |
| Writers: | Roy Thomas |
| Pencilers: | Frank Robbins |
| Inkers: | Vince Colletta |
| Cover artists: | John Romita |
| Cover inker: | John Romita |
| Cover letterer: | Gaspar Saladino [1] |
| Colorists: | Petra Goldberg |
| Letterers: | John Costanza |
| Editors: | Roy Thomas |
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| Next: | The Invaders #2 |
"The Ring of the Nebulas!" is the title to the first issue of the first The Invaders ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Roy Thomas with artwork by Frank Robbins and inks by Vince Colletta. It was colored by Petra Goldberg and lettered by John Costanza. The story was edited by Roy Thomas. This issue shipped with an August, 1975 cover date and carries a cover price of .25 cents per copy.
Appearances[]
Featured characters
- Bucky, James Buchanan Barnes
- Captain America, Steve Rogers
- Human Torch, Jim Hammond
- Sub-Mariner, Namor
- Toro, Thomas Raymond
Supporting characters
Villains
- Brain Drain, Werner Schmidt (Behind the scenes only)
- Donar, Satorymho
- Froh, Xepdgin
- Loga, Frobbank
Minor characters
- British soldier
- Winston Churchill (Referenced only)
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
- London
- Piccadilly Circus (Referenced only)
- English Channel
- France (Referenced only)
- Germany
Items
Vehicles
Vocations
- Nazi
- Pilot
- Prime Minister (Referenced only)
- Sidekick
- Soldier
- Super-hero
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
"Hey, kids! Smilin' Stan here! We got a MARVELOUS collection of images related to Invaders 1! Excelsior!"
- The tagline for this issue is "Battle Over Britain!"
- This issue is reprinted in Giant-Size Invaders #2 in December, 2005, the Marvel's Greatest Creators: The Invaders one-shot edition in July, 2019, and the Invaders Classic: The Complete Collection, Volume 1 hardcover collection in July, 2014,
- This story is divided into three chapters:
- Part One: From the Rhine... A Girl of Gold!
- Part Two: A Valkyrie Rising!
- Part Three: Beyond the Siegfried Line!
- The Invaders first appeared in The Avengers, Volume 1 #71 in December, 1969 in a story titled "Endgame".
- This is the second chronological appearance of the Invaders. They all appeared last as a group in Giant-Size Invaders #1 in June, 1975.
- Reference is made to Brain Drain in this issue. Brain Drain was the main antagonist featured in Giant-Size Invaders #1.
- The password that the British officer uses to identify himself to the Invaders is "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". This is the title to a song written by Solomon Linda in 1939, though it did not achieve any significant popularity until the late 1950s.
- Captain America chronologically appeared last in Rise of the Black Panther #1.
Recommended Reading[]
External Links[]
- The Invaders, Volume 1 #1 at MDP
- The Invaders, Volume 1 #1 at Comics.org
- The Invaders, Volume 1 #1 at Comic Vine
- The Invaders, Volume 1 #1 at Amazon.com
The Year in Comics[]
Check out all of the other comic book titles released in August, 1975.
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References[]
- ↑ Comics.org; The Invaders #1 (August 1975); Infobox credits. Not credited in the actual issue itself.
- ↑ Indirectly referencing the antagonists in the title to issue #2.
- ↑ All-New Invaders 8; Retroactively attributed to Thomas Raymond, who is revealed to have the Inhuman recessive gene.
- ↑ Retroactively attributed to the Sub-Mariner, who is a mutant in addition to being an Atlantean/Human hybrid.