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first Avengers
Dates
- Cover date
- February 1998
- On sale
- December 17, 1997
- Pages
- 54
Values
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Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Yellow Logo Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960604458000111
Source ↗ - Direct edition
Sunburst Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960604458000121
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Yellow Logo Newsstand Edition
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 72527402458202
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Story arc: Once an Avenger
This is part 1 of 3. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Avengers (1998) #1
- Avengers (1998) #2
- Avengers (1998) #3
Also part of: Heroes Return
Creators
Stories
- Once an Avenger... · 39 pages
- Secrets of Avengers #1 · 0.75 pages
Publisher’s description
The Avengers are reunited! As the founding members come together to discuss the recent wave of attacks on former teammates, Thor interrupts the proceedings with grave news: Asgard is in ruins, the Twilight Sword has been taken...doom awaits Midgard!
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Collectible Classics: Avengers (1998), Avengers Rough Cut (1998), The Avengers: The Morgan Conquest (2000), Avengers Assemble (2004), Avengers Assemble (2010), Avengers: I Am an Avenger (2010), Avengers by Busiek and Perez Omnibus (2015), Avengers: Earth's Mightiest [Heroes] (2018)