Volume: 1
Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1964-06-09
Editing: Stan Lee (sourced) (editor); Martin Goodman (credited) (publisher)
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Their Darkest Hour!
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The Avengers / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Avengers Masters of Evil
Reprints (23)
This issue has 1 variant

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Indexer Notes

On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

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Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page

Their Darkest Hour!
(Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (credited) (plot, script)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks:
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:X-739
Characters:
The Avengers (Marvel : mainstream) The Avengers (Marvel : Home to Demonic Avengers - Earth-64087) Masters of Evil (Marvel : mainstream)
  • Rick Jones
    (mainstream)
    (supporting) (briefly dons Bucky's costume)
  • Loki
    (mainstream)
    (villain)
  • Odin
    (mainstream)
    (guest)
unnamed Asgardians (guest); wrestlers [Moose; Crusher; unnamed ones]
Reprints (29)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Rick Jones appears in Bucky's uniform.

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Daredevil; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Yubiwaza System / advertisement / 1 page

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Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Shark's Tooth / advertisement / 0.5 page

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100 Magnets; Scott-Mitchell Isometric Exerciser / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Giant-Man and the Wasp; Hulk; Iron Man; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; Spider-Man; Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Stamps; Shop by Mail
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advertisement / 1 page

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All About the Avengers / letters page / 1 page

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typeset
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Cory Seidman, Thomas Burrows, Bruce Bourgeois, David Stuard, Sherwood Conant, and Robert Galvanin. Includes Special Announcements Section.

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Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page

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Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page

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Honor House Products Novelties / advertisement / 1 page

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Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Their Darkest Hour!
    The Avengers
  2. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  3. Their Darkest Hour!
    The Avengers
  4. ["Two more triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Daredevil; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos
  5. ["Boys! Men! I'll help you master Yubiwaza"]
    Yubiwaza System
  6. ["Play 1964 big league baseball games"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  7. ["Come on, fella grab the chance to make $1 to $5 weekly and win dandy prizes, too"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. ["Genuine shark’s tooth"]
    Shark's Tooth
  9. ["No sweat! No strain! No exhaustion!"]
    100 Magnets; Scott-Mitchell Isometric Exerciser
  10. ["Curious coins! Odd paper money!"]
    Littleton Coins
  11. ["Two more triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Giant-Man and the Wasp; Hulk; Iron Man; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; Spider-Man; Thor
  12. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  13. ["Dear Stan and Jack, This is a letter of indignant protest."]
    All About the Avengers
  14. ["Boys! Men! my secret new Dynaflex method"]
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  15. ["Are you proud of your paycheck?"]
    Commercial Trades Institute Courses
  16. ["Treasure chest of fun"]
    Honor House Products Novelties
  17. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
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