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186August 1979
$0.40

The Avengers #186

Marvel · August 1979

First appearance: ChthonFirst appearance: Bova AyrshireOrigin: QuicksilverDeath of Madeline Joyce2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#186
Publication date
August 1979
Key date
1979-08-00
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Barcode
0714860245808
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Chthon - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bova Ayrshire - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch.

Death on record for: Madeline Joyce.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Enter... Modred the Mystic!cover1pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry AustinBeast, Captain America, Falcon, Iron Man, Wanda Maximoff, Hank McCoy, Modred the Mystic, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch, Tony Stark, Janet Van Dyne, Vision, Wasp, Sam Wilson
1Nights of Wundagore!comic story17script: Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant, David Michelinie; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Dan Green; colors: Roger Slifer; letters: Jim NovakBeast, Bova Ayrshire First, Captain America, Chthon First, Carol Danvers, Jonathan Drew, Magda Eisenhardt, Falcon, Robert Frank, Henry Peter Gyrich, High Evolutionary, Edwin Jarvis, Madeline Joyce Death, Django Maximoff
3The Next Time You're Shopping For Good Comics... Wear Your Sunglasses!promo (ad from the publisher)1
4-letters page1script: Jim Salicrup

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
NewsstandSee the GCD record for identification notes.
Britishprice 0.12 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Avengers: The Yesterday Quest #[nn]1994On eBay ›
Backpack Marvels: Avengers #1
ISBN 0-7851-0765-7		2001On eBay ›
Avengers: Nights of Wundagore #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-3721-4		2009On eBay ›
Essential Avengers #9
ISBN 978-0-7851-8411-9		2013On eBay ›
Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus #[1]
ISBN 978-0-7851-9560-3		2016On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #18
ISBN 978-1-302-90960-4		2018On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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