The Avengers #197

Dates

Cover date

July 1980

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #197 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition40¢ cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  This edition’s page
• Newsstand edition40¢ cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0714860245807

  This edition’s page
• UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

  British

  Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.

  Source ↗

Publisher’s description

The Avengers experience an unaccustomed period of relaxation between missions. Jocasta is elated at the promise that she will be nominated for team membership. Iron Man decides to step down as chairman. The Beast bribes Wonder Man into a disastrous blind date, and Ms. Marvel visits the Scarlet Witch, who is still on leave. When Ms. Marvel becomes ill, Wanda takes her to a hospital where they are both stunned to learn that she is three months pregnant!

Reprinted in

Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (1979), Essential Avengers (1999), Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (2003), Avengers Epic Collection (2013), Marvel Masterworks: Ms. Marvel (2014), Captain Marvel: Ms. Marvel - A Hero Is Born Omnibus (2018), Ms. Marvel Epic Collection (2019), Wonder Man: The Early Years Omnibus (2023)