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The Avengers #195

Marvel · Series began 1963 · May 1980

first appearance (cameo) of Taskmaster

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Taskmaster (Tony Masters) — introduction, last panel cameo

Dates

Cover date: May 1980
On sale: February 19, 1980
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #195 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.
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Newsstand edition40¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860245805
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UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.
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Creators

pencils: George Pérez, Al Milgrominks: Dan Green, Jack Abelletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Irv Watanabescript: David Micheliniecolors: Barry Grossman

Stories

Assault on a Mind Cage! · 17 pages
Yellowjacket and Ant-Man infiltrate a mental asylum to find and rescue the Wasp, while the rest of the Avengers wait outside. Yellowjacket and Ant-Man are captured.

Publisher’s description

The Avengers break into the Solomon Institute for the Criminally Insane to locate missing team member Wasp. Selbe is revealed to be a clone of “Solomon”, the head “doctor” of the institute. Solomon’s intentions with Selbe however, are far from benevolent.

Characters

Steve RogersCaptain AmericaTony StarkIron ManHank McCoyBeastHank PymJanet Van DyneCarol DanversVisionWaspSimon WilliamsWonder ManMs. MarvelYellowjacketTony MastersTaskmasterScott LangAnt-ManJocastaSelbePernell Solomon

Reprinted in

Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (1979), Avengers Visionaries (1999), Essential Avengers (1999), Avengers Legends (2002), Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (2003), Avengers No. 195 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (2006), Avengers Epic Collection (2013), Avengers: Heart of Stone (2013), Ant-Man: Scott Lang (2015), Marvel Comics Digest (2017), Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude (2018), Taskmaster: Anything You Can Do... (2019)