The Avengers #81 (1970) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	When a Legend Dies!	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Tom Palmer; letters: Sam Rosen	Wanda Maximoff, Scarlet Witch, Vision
2	When Dies a Legend!	comic story	19	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Tom Palmer; letters: Sam Rosen	Clint Barton, Black Panther, Captain America, Goliath, Iron Man, Lobo, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Thor Odinson, Quicksilver, Red Wolf, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch, Tony Stark
4	-	in-house column	0.4	script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (panel backgrounds only); letters: typeset
5	Marvelmania	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.6	pencils: John Romita, Jack Kirby, Marie Severin; inks: John Romita, Frank Giacoia, Sol Brodsky; letters: Mike Royer	Spider-Man; Hulk; Captain America
12	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee; letters: Sam Rosen
15	-	letters page	1.6	script: Roy Thomas
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.4	pencils: John Romita; inks: John Verpoorten	Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Magneto; Lady Dorma

Plus 12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Collection	Year
Essential Avengers #4 ISBN 0-7851-1485-8	2004	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #9 ISBN 978-0-7851-3501-2	2009	On eBay ›
Taking Back Justice ISBN 978-1-302-90638-2	2017	On eBay ›
The Avengers Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-302-91020-4	2018	On eBay ›
This Beachhead Earth ISBN 978-1-302-92197-2	2020	On eBay ›
Marvelmania Monthly Magazine #3	1970	On eBay ›

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