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72January 1970
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The Avengers #72

Marvel · January 1970 · on sale 1969-11-18

First appearance: LibraFirst appearance: TaurusFirst appearance: Cornelius Van Lunt1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#72
Publication date
January 1970
Key date
1970-01-00
On-sale date
1969-11-18
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Cornelius Van Lunt - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Elaine McLaughlin - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Did You Hear The One About Scorpio?cover1pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sam Grainger; letters: Sam RosenClint Barton, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Goliath, Mar-Vell, Hank Pym, Steve Rogers, Scorpio, Janet Van Dyne, Vision, Wasp, Yellowjacket, Jake Fury LMD
2Did You Hear the One About Scorpio?comic story21script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sam Grainger; colors: Sam Grainger; letters: Sam RosenClint Barton, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Dum Dum Dugan, Jake Fury LMD, Gemini First, Goliath, Rick Jones, Mar-Vell, Hank Pym, Steve Rogers, Scorpio, Taurus First, Janet Van Dyne
5-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
14-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Marie Severin, John Severin; inks: Frank Giacoia, John Severin; letters: Sam Rosen
15-letters page1script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sam GraingerAvengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne-Pym]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Super Action #331981On eBay ›
Essential Avengers #4
ISBN 0-7851-1485-8		2004On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #8
ISBN 978-0-7851-2934-9		2008On eBay ›
Behold… the Vision
ISBN 978-0-7851-9165-0		2015On eBay ›
S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-9853-6		2015On eBay ›
The Avengers Omnibus #3
ISBN 978-1-302-91020-4		2018On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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