Sunday, January 17, 2021

The Avengers #3: The Yaffa edition

Page Publications' The Avengers #3 was published c.May 1978:


The cover is a recoloured and slightly modified version of the cover of Marvel Comics' The Avengers #7:


The contents:

Their Darkest Hour!, originally published in The Avengers #7, August 1964 
Kang, the Conqueror!, originally published in The Avengers #8, September 1964 
The Coming of the... Wonder Man!, originally published in The Avengers #9, October 1964  

Each story appears to be reprinted intact without undue editorial surgery, apart from the intrusion of the page numbers. The references to previous Marvel issues are also intact.

This issue also includes a black and white print of the cover to The Avengers #9 sans trade dress:

There are two variants of this issue:

The one on the left has an orange hue, and the one on the right a distinct pink tinge. I'm sure this was unintentional, and one of the two is likely earlier in the print run and therefore the 'true' print. (Mark Muller, please chime in with an explanation...). I have seen enough copies of each to deem them different enough to justify having a sample of each in my complete run of this series. I, Anorak.

Update: Mark Muller has accepted the challenge and come through with flying colours (ahem). See his response below titled Anoraks Anonymous Avengers Attenuation:


And follow this link for a full size version of the complete document.

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