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The Avengers, #86 Regular Edition

Published: March 1971

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Story Featuring The Avengers

"You Costumed Cretins Won't Stop Brain-Child From Blowing Up The World!"

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Cover inker credit from Nick Caputo (November 30, 2003). Cover inker credit originally given to: Tom Palmer.

Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came...!

Story Featuring The Avengers

"Tiny hands, tuning a color TV set: it happens millions of times a day, every day."

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Penciler credit from Michel Maillot on 31 July 2004; original credit: John Buscema. Len Wein uncredited plot from Roy Thomas in introduction to Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #9

Statement of Ownership

Letter Column Featuring Avengers Assemble!

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Letters from Mike W. Barr, Shirley Gorman, Stephan Joyce, and Max Robinson.

"Do you have art talent worth developing?"

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Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

"Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"

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Inside back cover. Ad for the Academy for Home Study.

Ad Featuring Joe Weider Course and Products

"Tired of being 'skinny'?"

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Ad for a weight gain product.

"Annihilus -- the Living Death Who Walks --"

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House ad for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #109

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Bottom one third of the second page of the letters column

"$1000.00 paid for this 6c stamp"

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A half-page of small, single panel advertisements for stamp collection, bodybuilding, and a drawing course on lower half of page.

"These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"

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Ad for free "Drafting Career Kit".

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Top half of page.

In-House Column Featuring Bullpen Bulletins , In-House Column Featuring Stan's Soapbox

"Wondrous words of wit and wisdom with which to waste some time!"

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Sam Rosen has been ill. Promo for Conan the Barbarian. Nancy Murphy is in charge of subscriptions. Visit by Vic Ghidalia of ABC-TV. John Buscema has drawn a cover for PRO, the magazine of the National Football League. Bob Raleigh Jr., disc jockey on WPGC radio, Washington, D.C. has been plugging Marvel comics. Marvel received fan letters from French film director Alain Resnais and Italian film director Federico Fellini, the latter in Italian. In Stan's Soapbox, Stan complains that all the letters for Captain America deal with social issues and nobody comments on the stories or art.

Shop by Mail

"Don’t be fat"

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Miscellaneous ads from various dealers. Includes comics ads from Comic Sales Co., Richard Alf, F.L. Suza, Passaic Book Center & Robert Bell.

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Between story pages numbered 18 and 19.

Shop by Mail; Stamps
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Miscellaneous ads from various dealers. Includes comics ad from Howard M. Rogofsky.

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Between story pages numbered 15 and 16.

"Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method can give you powerfully toned muscles and put full strength in your muscles..."

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Ad, with order coupon, for Mike Marvel System. Beneath story half-page number 13.

"We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"

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Ad for U.S. coin catalog.

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Beneath half-page 12 of story

Ad Featuring Grit Newspaper

"Spending money and prizes get both sell Grit 'America’s greatest family newspaper'"

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Ad inviting boys, 12 or older, to sell Grit family newspapers for prizes and cash. Between pages 9 and 10 of story. Lower half of page.

"Step into the real world of space with Vern Estes."

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Ad for model rocketry kits by Estes Industries, Inc. Between pages 9 and 10 of story. Top half of page.

"Join now! America's only monster fan club"

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Mail order ad from the Monster Fan Club, Dept. M17, 7214 Bergenline Avenue, North Bergen, New Jersey 07047. Appears between story pages 6 and 7.

Story Featuring Nick Fury

"2 more triumphs from Marvel"

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Bottom half of page after page six of the story. Promos for Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (Marvel, 1968 series) #18, with covers depicted.

The Mighty Marvel Checklist
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Marvel comics now on sale. Top half of page between pages 6 and 7.

Ad Featuring Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog

"Look over 400 crazy labels"

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Between story pages 3 and 4.

Ad Featuring Revell Models

"Introducing Deal's Wheels, the most far-out model series yet."

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Inside front cover. Ad for Deal's Wheels from Revell.