The Avengers #118 (1973) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	To the Death!	cover	1	pencils: Ron Wilson; inks: John Romita; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Bruce Banner, Black Panther, Captain America, Dormammu, Hulk, Iron Man, Loki, Wanda Maximoff, Namor, Barbara Norriss, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch, Tony Stark, Doctor Strange
2	[Avengers / Defenders War, Chapter 11] To the Death!	comic story	19	script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: M. Esposito, F. Giacoia; colors: Geo. Roussos; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Tom Orzechowski	Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Black Bolt, Black Panther, Johnny Blaze, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Captain America, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Doctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, Dormammu, Dracula, Dum Dum Dugan
9	-	letters page	0.5	letters: typeset
10	Special Marvel Edition	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Jim Starlin; inks: Al Milgrom	Shang-Chi
16	Monumental Memorandums of Mice and Marveldom!	in-house column	1	letters: typeset
17	Spider-Man Medallion-Coin	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 13 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.06 GBP

Collection	Year
Essential Defenders #1 ISBN 0-7851-1547-1	2005	On eBay ›
Avengers / Defenders War #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-0844-0	2002	On eBay ›
Essential Avengers #5 ISBN 0785120874	2006	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-4216-4	2010	On eBay ›
Avengers: Defenders War #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-2759-8	2007	On eBay ›

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