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73February 1970
$0.15

The Avengers #73

Marvel · February 1970 · on sale 1969-12-16

First appearance: Monica Lynne1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#73
Publication date
February 1970
Key date
1970-02-00
On-sale date
1969-12-16
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 Monica Lynne - 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
0The Sons of the Serpent Strike!cover1pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Sam Grainger; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Sam RosenClint Barton, Black Panther, Goliath, Monica Lynne First, Hank Pym, T'Challa, Janet Van Dyne, Vision, Wasp, Yellowjacket
2The Sting of the Serpentcomic story20script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Frank Giacoia, Herb Trimpe; inks: Sam Grainger; colors: Sam Grainger; letters: Artie SimekClint Barton, Black Panther, Tai Chen, Bill Foster, Goliath, Monica Lynne First, Hank Pym, Supreme Serpent, T'Challa, Janet Van Dyne, Vision, Wasp, Yellowjacket
4-in-house column0.4script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (background color); letters: typeset
5Marvelmaniapromo (ad from the publisher)0.6script: ? (promo copy); letters: ?; typeset
13-in-house column1script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin; letters: Sam Rosen
15-letters page2script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sam GraingerAvengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Vision; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Invaders [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Jungle Action #131975On eBay ›
Marvel Super Action #341981On 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 ›
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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