Avengers (1st series)

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Avengers (1st series)
Publisher/Imprint: 
Marvel
Publication Date: 
September 1963 to September 1996
Issue Numbering: 
#1-402
Overview: 

Title began as a team-up series in which heroes with their own series would unite against a common foe as "Earth's Mightiest Heroes." Although characters with their own series would continue to be members, the Avengers series became its own, ongoing story with a rotating cast.

The series inspited multiple spin-offs titled, miniseries and crossovers. A breakdown of the history of these publications can be found in our Avengers Primer article.

The first Avengers series ran for 33 years before it was canceled and relaunched as part of the Heroes Reborn event, in which it and three other titles were relaunched with fresh continuity for "reimagined" stories. 

Annuals / Specials: 

23 annuals. First 5 annuals were labeled as King-Sized Specials. #6 was the first to be explicitly labeled as an annual.  
Specials: #1/2

Related Series: 
West Coast Avengers (1st series), Avengers West Coast
Years Published Name of Series Issue Numbering Brief Description
1963 to 1996 Avengers (1st series) #1-402 original series, created by Lee & Kirby
1996 to 1997 Avengers (2nd series) #1-13 Heroes Reborn
1998 to 2004 Avengers (3rd series) #1-84, #500-503 Kurt Busiek series, ended w/ Avengers Disassembled
2010 to 2013 Avengers (4th series) #1-36 Bendis series, Heroic Age
2013 to 2015 Avengers (5th series) #1-44 Jonathan Hickman series
2016 All-New, All-Different Avengers #1-15 Mark Waid series, Civil War II
2017 to 2018 Avengers (6th series) #1-11, #672-690
2018 to 2023 Avengers (7th series) #1-66 Jason Aaron series

Crossovers/Events/Major Stories:

#1  - Avengers are formed fighting Loki
#2 - first Space Fantom, Hulk leaves
#4 - first modern Captain America
#6 - first Baron Zemo, Masters of Evil
#8 - first Kang the Conqueror
#9 - first Wonder Man
#10 - first Immortus
#13 - first Count Nefaria
#16 - revamped team (Captain America, Hawkeye, Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch)
#19 - first Swordsman
#28 - Pym becomes Goliath
#29 - first full Collector
#32 - first Sons of the Serpent
#47 - first Black Knight II
#49 - X-Men crossover
#52 - first Grim Reaper
#54 - first Ultron
#57 - first Vision
#59 - first Yellowjacket
#69 - first Squadron Sinister
#78 - first Lethal Legion
#83 - first LAdy Liberators
#85 - first Squadron Supreme
#89-97 - Kree-Skrull War
#115-118 - Avengers/Defenders War (w/Defenders (1st series) #8-10)
#151 - Wonder Man resurrected
#167-177 - the Korvac Saga
#228 - trial of Hank Pym
#260-261, 265-266 - Secret Wars II crossover
#263 - X-Factor prequel
#270-277 - Under Siege storyline
#298-300 - Inferno tie-in
#311-313 - Acts of Vengeance
#326 - first Rage
#335-339 - the Collection Obsession
#345-347 - Operation: Galactic Storm
#368-369 - Bloodties
#391-395 - the Crossing
#401-402 - Onslaught tie-in
#402 - final issue
Last Updated: 
24th September 2023 by Douglas Mangum