The Avengers #31 for Sale - First Appearance of Goliath - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #31
Publication date: August 1966
Key date: 1966-08-00
On-sale date: 1966-06-09
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Goliath - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Never Bug a Giant!	cover	1	pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Clint Barton, Captain America, Goliath, Hawkeye, Keeper of the Flame, Lann, Hank Pym, Steve Rogers
2	Never Bug a Giant!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Don Heck, Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Franz Anton, Clint Barton, Captain America, Goliath, Hawkeye, Keeper of the Flame, Lann, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Prince Rey, Hank Pym, Quicksilver, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Joe Sinnott, John Romita; inks: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Joe Sinnott, Mike Esposito; letters: Sam Rosen	Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; the Thing]; Black Panther; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Gorgon; Triton; Crystal; Karnak]; Wyatt Wingfoot; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Captain America; Ivan the Terrible
13	Capricious Commentaries, Carefully Cooked-up to confuse and Confound You!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
14	It's Clobberin' Time!!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy)	The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Spider-Man; Hulk; The Avengers [Captain America; Hawkeye; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver]
15	-	letters page	2	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Frank Giacoia	Goliath First, Ben Grimm, Erik Josten, The Thing

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

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Giant-Size Marvel Triple Action #1	1975	On eBay ›
Essential Avengers #2 ISBN 0-7851-0741-X	1998	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check spine ticks and cover gloss in the photos; silver-age Marvels chip at the edges easily.
Look for tanning at the page edges and transfer stains on the inside covers.
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Series context

‹ #3031 of 402#32 ›

Sources

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

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