CATALOG RECORD

The Avengers #196

Marvel · Series began 1963 · June 1980

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Dates

Cover date: June 1980
On sale: March 18, 1980
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #196 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 0714860245806
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UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.
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Creators

pencils: George Pérez, Sal Buscemainks: Joe Rubinstein, Jack Abelletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Irv Watanabescript: David Micheliniecolors: Carl Gafford

Stories

The Terrible Toll of the Taskmaster · 17 pages
The Avengers rescue Yellowjacket, Ant-Man and Wasp from the Taskmaster.

Publisher’s description

How does Taskmaster fit into the strange events at the Solomon Institute? Will the Avengers be able to save Wasp from twisted experimentation at the hands of “Solomon”?

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManSteve RogersCaptain AmericaTony StarkIron ManHank McCoyBeastHank PymJanet Van DyneCarol DanversVisionWaspSimon WilliamsWonder ManDanny RandMs. MarvelIron FistYellowjacketTony MastersTaskmasterScott LangJocastaSelbePernell 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. 196 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (2005), 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), True Believers: Black Widow - Taskmaster (2020), Marvel's Black Widow Prelude (2020)