Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #9 (2009) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series)
Issue: #9
Publication date: 2009
Key date: May 28, 2009
On-sale date: May 28, 2009
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $54.99
Pages: 228
Barcode: 978078513501255499
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3501-2

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Black Panther, Red Wolf.

Death on record for: B'Tumba, N'Baza, T'Chaka.

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	The Coming of Red Wolf!	cover	0	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative, Tom Palmer; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America, Iron Man, Lobo, Thor Odinson, Red Wolf, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, William Talltrees, Thor, Vision
1	The Avengers	filler	6	letters: typeset
2	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
3	-	illustration	1	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative
4	Contents	filler	1	letters: typeset
5	Introduction	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	4	script: Roy Thomas
6	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Captain America, Iron Man, Lobo, Thor Odinson, Red Wolf, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, William Talltrees, Thor, Vision
7	The Coming of Red Wolf	comic story	19	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Clint Barton, Black Panther, Captain America, Goliath, Iron Man, Lobo, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Thor Odinson, Quicksilver, Red Wolf Origin, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch, Tony Stark
8	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Wanda Maximoff, Scarlet Witch, Vision
9	When Dies a Legend!	comic story	19	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee
10	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Buscema, Marie Severin; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Black Panther, Captain America, Daredevil, Iron Man, Pietro Maximoff, Matt Murdock, Thor Odinson, Quicksilver, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, T'Challa, Thor
11	Hostage!	comic story	19	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Aries, Clint Barton, Black Panther, Captain America, Daredevil, Goliath, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Iron Man, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Mister Fantastic, Matt Murdock, Richard Nixon
12	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Morrie Kuramoto; editing: Stan Lee	Amora, Clint Barton, Black Panther, Black Widow, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Goliath, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Medusa, Quicksilver, Natasha Romanoff, Scarlet Witch, T'Challa, Valkyrie
13	Come On In, the Revolution's Fine	comic story	19	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Herb Cooper; editing: Stan Lee	Amora, Clint Barton, Black Panther, Black Widow, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Dave Cannon, The Executioner, Tom Fagan, Goliath, Bruno Horgan, Ulysses Klaue, Klaw, Chen Lu, Pietro Maximoff
14	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Amora, Arkon, Enchantress, Pietro Maximoff, Thor Odinson, Quicksilver, Thor, Vision
15	The Sword and the Sorceress	comic story	19	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Mike Stevens; editing: Stan Lee	Amora, Arkon, Clint Barton, The Black Knight, The Black Knight, Black Panther, Enchantress, Goliath, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Thor Odinson, Sir Percy, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch
16	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Morrie Kuramoto; editing: Stan Lee	Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Vision
17	The World Is Not for Burning!	comic story	19	script: Roy Thomas, Len Wein; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Mike Stevens; editing: Stan Lee	American Eagle, Clint Barton, The Black Knight, Black Panther, Doctor Spectrum, James Dore Jr., Goliath, Hawkeye, Hyperion, Lady Lark, Joe Ledger, Linda Lewis, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff
18	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Clint Barton, Brain-Child, Goliath, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Arnold Sutton, Vision
19	Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came	comic story	19	script: Roy Thomas, Len Wein; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Shelly Leferman; editing: Stan Lee	American Eagle, Clint Barton, Black Panther, Brain-Child, Doctor Spectrum, James Dore Jr., Goliath, Hawkeye, Hyperion, Iron Man, Lady Lark, Joe Ledger, Linda Lewis, Pietro Maximoff
20	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: John Verpoorten; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Morrie Kuramoto; editing: Stan Lee	Clint Barton, Black Panther, Goliath, Iron Man, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Thor Odinson, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Tony Stark, T'Challa, Thor, Vision
21	Look Homeward, Avenger!	comic story	19	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Sal Buscema; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Mike Stevens; editing: Stan Lee	B'Tumba Death, Clint Barton, Black Panther Origin, Goliath, Iron Man, Edwin Jarvis, Ulysses Klaue, Klaw, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, N'Baza Death, Thor Odinson, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch
22	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: Morrie Kuramoto; editing: Stan Lee	Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Captain America, Falcon, Goliath, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor Odinson, Psyklop, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Thor, Sam Wilson
23	The Summons of Psyklop	comic story	19	script: Harlan Ellison, Roy Thomas, Howard Phillips Lovecraft; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Shelly Leferman; editing: Stan Lee	Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Black Panther, Captain America, Falcon, Goliath, Hulk, Iron Man, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Mister Fantastic, Thor Odinson, Professor X, Psyklop
24	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Herb Trimpe; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Bruce Banner, Hulk, Jarella, Psyklop
25	The Brute That Shouted Love at the Heart of the Atom	comic story	19	script: Harlan Ellison, Roy Thomas, Ray Cummings; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Sam Grainger; colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Captain America, Falcon, Goliath, Holi, Hulk, Iron Man, Jarella, Moli, Thor Odinson, Psyklop, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark
26	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Hulk; Thor; Wasp; Masters of Evil [Radioactive Man; Baron Helmut Zemo; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]; Melter]
27	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	letters: typeset
28	The Revengers vs Charlie America	comic story	7	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Michael Kelleher & Kellustration; letters: Al Kurzrok; editing: Stan Lee	Mighty Sore; Giant Sam; Wisp; Ironed Man; Charlie America; Sunk-Mariner
29	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	colors: Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative; editing: Stan Lee	Valkyrie; Scarlet Witch; Black Widow; Medusa; Wasp
30	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; colors: Wil Glass, All Thumbs Creative; editing: Stan Lee	Avengers; Hulk; Psyklop
31	Biographies	text article	2	script: John Rhett Thomas
32	The Marvel Masterworks Library	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Direct Limited Collector's Edition	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Avengers Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-302-91020-4	2018	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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

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