The Avengers #3 (1964) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Hulk and Sub-Mariner vs. the Avengers!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Paul Reinman; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Bruce Banner, Giant-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, Namor, Thor Odinson, Hank Pym, Tony Stark, Sub-Mariner, Thor
2	The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!	comic story	25	script: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: P. Reinman; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. Rosen	Angel, Bruce Banner, Beast, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jane Foster, Giant-Man, Jean Grey, Ben Grimm, Hulk, Human Torch, Iceman, Invisible Girl, Iron Man

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Collection	Year
Marvel Super-Heroes #21	1969	On eBay ›
The Avengers Annual #4	1971	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #4 ISBN 0-87135-479-9	1988	On eBay ›
The Avengers Log #1	1994	On eBay ›
Essential Avengers #1 ISBN 0-7851-0701-0	1999	On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #12	1986	On eBay ›
Avengers Masterworks #1 ISBN 0-87135-983-9	1993	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #1 ISBN 0-7851-0883-1	2003	On eBay ›
Avengers: Assemble #[nn]	2005	On eBay ›

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