The Avengers #24 for Sale - First Appearance of Baltag - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #24
Publication date: January 1966
Key date: 1966-01-00
On-sale date: 1965-11-11
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	From the Ashes of Defeat!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Clint Barton, Captain America, Hawkeye, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Quicksilver, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch
2	From the Ashes of Defeat--!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Baltag First, Clint Barton, Captain America, Carelius, Doctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, Hawkeye, Kang the Conqueror, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Quicksilver, Ravonna Renslayer, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko, Joe Sinnott, George Klein, George Roussos, Dick Ayers; letters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen	Fantastic Four [the Thing; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky]; Odin
14	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
15	Marvel Comics Group Official Swingin' Stationery; Marvel Comics Thor T-Shirt; Marvel Comics Spider-Man Poster	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko, Vince Colletta, Dick Ayers; letters: Sam Rosen	Thing; Iron Man; Daredevil; Quicksilver; Invisible Girl; Thor; Sub-Mariner; Dr. Strange; Sgt. Fury; Rawhide Kid; Spider-Man; Hulk; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
16	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Wally Wood	Clint Barton, Captain America, Jacques Duquesne, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Quicksilver, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch, Tony Stark, Swordsman

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Triple Action #18	1974	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #27 ISBN 0-87135-993-6	1994	On eBay ›
Essential Avengers #1 ISBN 0-7851-0701-0	1999	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #3 ISBN 0-7851-1179-4	2004	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Look for tanning at the page edges and transfer stains on the inside covers.
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Series context

‹ #2324 of 402#25 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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