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Essential Avengers

    (Marvel, 1998, 2000-2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
™ and © Marvel Characters, Inc.

Ever since super-heroes appeared in comics, publishers have leaned toward putting several popular heroes together in an effort to boost sales. Marvel fell into the same pattern in 1963 by combining Thor, Iron Man, The Hulk, Giant-Man and the Wasp together to fight a common threat. It worked. The Avengers first battle against Loki was a hit and the stories kept coming. Stan Lee wrote the bulk of the early stories and kept what would be known as the Marvel style going as he had with Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four by telling stories of heroes with their own personal problems and lives who just happen to also have the abilities to battle everything from super-villians out to rule the world to more mundane bank robbers out for some cash.

Over the years, the membership has grown and the featured heroes have come and gone and come back again and again. Only one constant has remained the same: the Avengers are still Earth’s finest heroes banded together to protect the people and the planet.

Each Essential Avengers reprints about two dozen stories from the Avengers series in a black and white, ad–free format.

— Ron Black
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  • 1
    #1
    Nov 1998
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee, Paul Laiken, Larry Lieber  ·  A: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Dick Ayers
    Reptints Avengers (Vol. 1) #1-24
    No copies available
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee, Paul Laiken, Larry Lieber  ·  A: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Dick Ayers
    Reptints Avengers (Vol. 1) #1-24
    No copies available
  • 1-3
    #1 - 3rd printing
    Jul 2001
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee, Paul Laiken, Larry Lieber  ·  A: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Dick Ayers
    Reptints Avengers (Vol. 1) #1-24
    No copies available
  • 1-4
    #1 - 4th printing
    4th Printing Cover by Jack Kirby
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Stan Lee  ·  A: Jack Kirby
    Collects Avengers #1-24; ca. 2009
    No copies available
  • 1/A
    #1 Variation A
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Stan Lee, Paul Laiken, Larry Lieber  ·  A: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Dick Ayers
    Reptints Avengers (Vol. 1) #1-24
    No copies available
  • 1/A-2
    #1 Variation A - 2nd printing
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Stan Lee, Paul Laiken, Larry Lieber  ·  A: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Dick Ayers
    Reptints Avengers (Vol. 1) #1-24
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Jun 2000
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Larry Lieber  ·  A: Don Heck, George Roussos, Jack Kirby, John Buscema
    Reprints Avengers (Vol. 1) #25-46, Annual #1; A Selection from Tales To Astonish #27
    No copies available
  • 2-2
    #2 - 2nd printing
    Jul 2001
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Larry Lieber  ·  A: Don Heck, George Roussos, Jack Kirby, John Buscema
    Reprints Avengers (Vol. 1) #25-46, Annual #1; A Selection from Tales To Astonish #27
    No copies available
  • 2-3
    #2 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing Cover by Jack Kirby
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas  ·  A: Don Heck, John Buscema
    Reprints The Avengers #25-46, An1; ca. 2010
    No copies available
  • 2/A
    #2 Variation A
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Larry Lieber  ·  A: Don Heck, George Roussos, Jack Kirby, John Buscema
    Reprints The Avengers #25-46, An1; ca. 2010
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Mar 2001
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: John Buscema, George Tuska, Don Heck, Werner Roth, Gene Colan, Barry Windsor-Smith, Sal Buscema
    Reprints Avengers (Vol. 1) #47–68, Annual #2
    No copies available
  • 3-2
    #3 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Stuart Immonen
    Dec 2010
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: John Buscema, George Tuska, Don Heck, Werner Roth, Gene Colan, Barry Windsor-Smith, Sal Buscema
    Reprints Avengers (Vol. 1) #47–68, Annual #2
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Jul 2004
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Roy Thomas, Harlan Ellison  ·  A: John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Neal Adams, Herb Trimpe, Frank Giacoia
    Reprints Avengers (Vol. 1) #69-97 & The Incredible Hulk #140
    No copies available
  • 4-2
    #4 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Neal Adams
    Oct 2004
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Roy Thomas, Harlan Ellison  ·  A: John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Neal Adams, Herb Trimpe, Frank Giacoia
    Reprints Avengers (Vol. 1) #69-97 & The Incredible Hulk #140
    No copies available
  • 4-3
    #4 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing Cover by Neal Adams
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Neal Adams, Herb Trimpe, Frank Giacoia
    Reprints Avengers (Vol. 1) #69-97 & The Incredible Hulk #140; ca. 2010
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Jan 2006
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Roy Thomas, Harlan Ellison, Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith, Rich Buckler, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, George Tuska, Jim Starlin, Don Heck, Bob Brown, Sam Kweskin, Gil Kane
    Reprints The Avengers #98–119, Daredevil #99, The Defenders #8–11
    No copies available
  • 5-2
    #5 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Roy Thomas, Harlan Ellison, Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith, Rich Buckler, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, George Tuska, Jim Starlin, Don Heck, Bob Brown, Sam Kweskin, Gil Kane
    Reprints The Avengers #98–119, Daredevil #99, The Defenders #8–11; ca. 2010
    No copies available
  • 6
    #6
    Feb 2008
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway  ·  A: Bob Brown, John Buscema, Jim Starlin, Rich Buckler, Sal Buscema, Dave Cockrum, George Tuska, Don Heck, Tom Sutton
    Reprints The Avengers #120-140, Captain Marvel (1st Series) #33, Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #150, and Giant-Size Avengers #1-4
    1 copy for $13.00
  • 6-2
    #6 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Gil Kane
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway  ·  A: Bob Brown, John Buscema, Jim Starlin, Rich Buckler, Sal Buscema, Dave Cockrum, George Tuska, Don Heck, Tom Sutton
    Reprints The Avengers #120-140, Captain Marvel (1st Series) #33, Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #150, and Giant-Size Avengers #1-4; New Ed; ca. 2010
    No copies available
  • 7
    #7
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Steve Englehart, Roy Thomas, Tony Isabella
    Reprints The Avengers #141-163, Annual #6, and Super-Villain Team-Up #9
    No copies available
  • 8
    #8
    Cover: $19.99
    Collects Avengers #164-184, Anl 7-8, and Marvel Two-In-One Anl 2
    No copies available
  • 9
    #9
    Cover: $19.99
    No copies available