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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published September 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.50 USD; 3.00 CAD
Pages 68
Editing Bob Budiansky (Reprint Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-In-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Super-Skrull; Emporer Dorrek VII; Mandroids; Mr. Fantastic (Skrull imposter); Human Torch (Skrull imposter); Thing (Skrull imposter)
Genre Superhero
Pencils Walt Simonson (signed)
Inks Tom Palmer (signed)
Colors Andy Yanchus
Notes Gatefold cover.

Half page credits "Credits Page"

Notes Credits for this issue.

Half page Avengers foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "From Beyond the Galaxy to Within these Pages"

Genre Superhero
Script Alan Zelenetz
Letters Typeset
Notes A discussion on the Kree-Skrull War stories.

7 page Avengers story "Prologue"

Characters Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Yellowjacket; Wasp]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Ronan the Accuser; Kree Supreme Intelligence; Sentry #459; Carol Danvers (Skrull imposter); H. Warren Craddock (Skrull imposter); Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Thor (Skrull imposter); Captain America (Skrull imposter); Iron Man (Skrull imposter)
Genre superhero
Script Alan Zelenetz
Pencils Walt Simonson
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes Summarizes Avengers #89-92.

4 page Avengers story "This Beachhead Earth"

Characters Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Vision]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Ultron-1 (cameo); Goliath [Henry Pym] (cameo)
Genre Superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes Kree-Skrull War part 5 begins, Henry Pym guest-stars as Ant-Man.
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #93 (November 1971)

18 page Avengers story "Part Two: A Journey To the Center of the Android!"

Characters Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Vision; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Crosby (death); Stills; Nash; H. Warren Craddock (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Thor (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Captain America (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Iron Man (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Mr. Fantastic (Skrull imposter); Human Torch (Skrull imposter); Thing (Skrull imposter)
Genre Superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes Kree-Skrull War part 5 continued, Henry Pym guest-stars as Ant-Man.
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #93 (November 1971)

12 page Avengers story "Part Three: War of the Weirds!"

Characters Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Vision; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch]; Mr. Fantastic (Skrull imposter); Human Torch (Skrull imposter); Thing (Skrull imposter); Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Carol Danvers (Super-Skrull in disguise); Super-Skrull
Genre Superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes Kree-Skrull War part 5 concluded.
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #93 (November 1971)

6 page Avengers story "More Than Inhuman!"

Characters Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch]; Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Super-Skrull; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Mr. Fantastic (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Human Torch (Skrull imposter) (flashback); Thing (Skrull imposter) (flashback)
Genre Superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes Kree-Skrull War part 6 begins, with Mr. Fantastic, Thing, and Nick Fury.
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #94 (December 1971)

10 page Avengers story "Part Two: Aaaaaaa Spacesp Odyssey"

Characters Avengers [Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Super-Skrull; Emperor Dorrek VII; Princess Anelle
Genre Superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes Kree-Skrull War part 6 continues.
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #94 (December 1971)

7 page Avengers story "Part Three: Behold the Mandroids!"

Characters Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision]; Rick Jones; Nick Fury; H. Warren Craddock (Skrull imposter); Mandroids; Triton
Genre Superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes Kree-Skrull War part 6 concludes.
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #94 (December 1971)

1 page Avengers cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover Gallery"

Characters Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Vision; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Yellowjacket (as a prehistoric man); Wasp]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Ronan the Accuser; Sentry #459; Thor (Skrull imposter); Captain America (Skrull imposter); Iron Man (Skrull imposter); Mr. Fantastic (Skrull imposter); Human Torch (Skrull imposter); Thing (Skrull imposter); Mandroids
Genre Superhero
Pencils Sal Buscema (#89-91); Neal Adams (#92-93)
Inks Sal Buscema (#89-91); Tom Palmer (#92-93)
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes Covers from Avengers #89-94.
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #89 (June 1971) [1/16 page size]; from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #90 (July 1971) [1/16 page size]; from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #91 (August 1971) [1/16 page size]; from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #92 (September 1971) [1/16 page size]; from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #93 (November 1971) [.25 page size]; from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #94 (December 1971) [.25 page size]