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75April 1970
$0.15

The Avengers #75

Marvel · April 1970 · on sale 1970-02-17

First appearance: Arkon1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#75
Publication date
April 1970
Key date
1970-04-00
On-sale date
1970-02-17
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 Arkon - 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
0-cover1pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Tom Palmer; letters: Morrie Kuramoto, Sam RosenClint Barton, Black Panther, Captain America, Goliath, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Quicksilver, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch, T'Challa, Vision
2The Warlord and the Witch!comic story19script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Tom Palmer; letters: Sam RosenArkon First, Clint Barton, Black Panther, Captain America, Bill Foster, Goliath, Edwin Jarvis, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Hank Pym, Quicksilver, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch, T'Challa
4-in-house column0.4script: ? (ad copy); colors: ? (panel background and borders only); letters: typeset
13-in-house column1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack KirbyBen Grimm, The Thing
15-letters page2script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sam GraingerClint Barton, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Goliath, Rick Jones, Hank Pym, Steve Rogers, Janet Van Dyne, Vision, Wasp, Yellowjacket

Plus 12.6 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
The Avengers Log #11994On eBay ›
Marvel Super Action #361981On eBay ›
Essential Avengers #4
ISBN 0-7851-1485-8		2004On eBay ›
Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema #[nn]
ISBN 0785121617; 978-0785121619		2006On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #8
ISBN 978-0-7851-2934-9		2008On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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