Description: This Marvel Milestone Edition: The Avengers #1 comic book from 1993 is a must-have for any fan of the superhero team. The comic is a reprint of the 1st appearance of The Avengers, "the Coming of The Avengers." and is in Near Mint minus (NM-) @ 92% market Near Mint (NM) price plus the autograph value. The cover art is done by Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers; with interior art and story by Stan Lee, Stan Goldberg, Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers. This introduction includes the Brand New Avengers team: Ant-Man, Wasp, Hulk, Iron Man & Thor joined by Human Torch, Invisible Girl, the Asgardians, The Thing, Mister Fantastic and the Teen Brigade (Rick Jones, leader) up against Loki & the Circus Ringmaster. This reprint KEY issue is a Silver Marvel Milestone Edition and Retailer Exclusive Variant, bagged, boarded & signed by the renowned inker Dick Ayers with a witnessed and notarized Certificate of Authenticity (COA). This special edition KEY reprint comic is perfect for general audiences and collectors alike.`Richard "Dick" Bache Ayers (April 28, 1924) was a comic book artist/cartoonist who was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2007. He (artist) and Ray Krank (writer) co-created Magazine Enterprises' horror-themed Western character (Ghost Rider) in Tim Holt #11 (1949). The character would appear in stories through the run of Tim Holt, Red Mask, A-1 Comics, Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders, and his own 14-issue solo series (The Ghost Rider (1950–1954)). pretty much was killed by the introduction of the Comics Code. Dick was asked in 2003, how the concept of Ghost Rider was composed Ayers recalled that Vin Sullivan described that what he wanted in the Ghost Rider was for Ayers to see the 1949 Disney animated feature The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. One segment of the feature was an adaptation of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", featuring the Headless Horseman. Add this with a suggestion to play the Vaughn Monroe record "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" and Ayers would have an idea about what Sullivan wanted the guy wearing. It was after the trademark for the Ghost Rider character lapsed that Marvel Comics debuted its own near-identical, non-horror version of the character (Ghost Rider #1 (Feb. 1967)) written by Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich and with Dick being brought on as artist. He began freelancing for Atlas Comics (later Marvel in 1952), while continuing to freelance for Magazine Enterprises. He worked on numerous horror stories: Adventures into Terror, Astonishing, Journey into Mystery, Journey into Unknown Worlds, Menace, Mystery Tales, Mystic, Strange Tales, and Uncanny Tales. He, also, drew Young Men # 21-24 (June 1953 - Feb. 1954) a brief revival of the Human Torch (1940's Golden Age of Comics superhero from Timely Comics) Marvel Comics later ran an earlier unpublished Human Torch story with art by Ayers in Marvel Super-Heroes #16 (Sept. 1968). Just before Atlas comics transitioned into Marvel Comics, Ayers first teamed with the highly influential & historically important artist, Jack Kirby. For Kirby, Ayers would ink countless covers and stories: The Fantastic Four, Amazing Adventures, Journey into Mystery, Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense, and Tales to Astonish. There was some dispute over which comic Ayers first teamed with Kirby due to creator credits not being routinely given at the time. Dick was questioned this in an interview in 1996 simply stating, "The first work I did with Jack was the cover of Wyatt Earp #25." This is a non conclusive list of collaborations between Kirby & Ayers: "I Created the Colossus!" (Tales of Suspense #14, Feb. 1961), "Goom! The Thing from Planet X!" (Tales of Suspense #15, March 1961), and "Fin Fang Foom!" (Strange Tales #89, Oct. 1961). As Marvel introduced its superheroes in the early 1960s, Ayers inked Kirby on the first appearances of Ant-Man (Tales to Astonish #27 & 35, Jan. & Sept. 1962), Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos (issues #1-3, May-Sept. 1963), and the revamped Rawhide Kid (beginning with The Rawhide Kid #17, Aug. 1960); on the second and several subsequent early appearances of Thor (Journey into Mystery #84-89, Sept. 1962 - Feb. 1963); on Fantastic Four #6-20 (Sept. 1962 - Nov. 1963), and the spin-off Human Torch solo series in Strange Tales (starting with its debut in issue #101); and The Incredible Hulk #3-5 (Sept. 1962 - Jan. 1963)... of course the list goes on. One last acknowledgement is that Ayers took over Sgt. Fury from Kirby as the penciler with issue #8 (July 1964) & ran for 10-years , with the exception of #13 (which he inked over Kirby's pencils), and five individual issues by other pencilers ran continuously & virtually unbroken through #120.... And after a long productive and contributing life, Dick Ayers passed away at his home in White Plains, New York on May 4, 2014, six days after his 90th birthday rejoining his mentor Jack Kirby. Not only was he an exceptional artist... he was a very humble and yet exceptional man. **This is worth conserving, slab it and save it...even if it's a reprint!!**
Price: 355.58 USD
Location: Edgefield, South Carolina
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Variant Type: Retailer Exclusive Variant, Silver Marvel Milestone Edition
Signed By: Dick Ayers (inker)
Tradition: US Comics
Vintage: Yes
Format: Single Issue
Language: English
Superhero Team: Avengers
Style: Color
Features: Second Printing, Reprint, Special Edition, bagged and boarded, a witnessed and notarized Certificate of Authenticity (COA)
Artist/Writer: Dick Ayers, Stan Lee, Stan Goldberg, Jack Kirby
Character: Ant-Man (Hank Pym), Hulk (Bruce Banner), Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Mister Fantastic, Invisible Girl (Sue Storm), Loki (Loki Laufeyson), The Thing (Ben Grimm), Teen Brigade Rick Jones, Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), Asgardians (Odin), Circus Ringmaster
Cover Artist: Dick Ayers, Stan Lee, Stan Goldberg, Jack Kirby
Signed: Yes
Series Title: Marvel Milestone Edition: The Avengers
Universe: Marvel (MCU)
Grade: 9.2 Near Mint-
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Intended Audience: General Audience
Story Title: the Coming of The Avengers
Publication Year: 1993
Type: Comic Book
Issue Number: 1
Era: Modern Age (1992-Now)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Movie & TV, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Supernatural
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
