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Issue Details

Issue #196
Published June 1980
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jim Salicrup (Editor); Bob Budiansky (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "Introducing the Treacherous Taskmaster!"

Characters the Taskmaster
Genre superhero
Pencils George Perez (signed)
Inks Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Letters Gaspar Saladino; typeset

17 page The Avengers story "The Terrible Toll of the Taskmaster"

Characters Ant-Man [Scott Lang]; the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; the Vision; the Wasp; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]; Wonder Man]; Selbe; Dr. Pernell Solomon; Iron Fist (flashback); Spider-Man (flashback); the Taskmaster
Genre superhero
Script David Michelinie
Pencils George Perez
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters John Costanza
Notes Scott Lang, the Ant-Man, is mistakenly referred to, in page 3 panel 4, as Scott Harris.
Reprinted in Avengers Visionaries: George Perez (Marvel, 1999 series) #nn (July 1999)

1 page Spider-Man; Hostess Twinkies advertisement "The Trap"

Characters Larcenous Lil; Spider-Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Mike Esposito?
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.

1 page letters page "Avengers Assemble!"

Script Kurt Busiek (letter writer); various; David Michelinie (intro, replies)
Letters typeset
Notes David Michelinie on how Marvel is now having writers conduct their own letters pages and letters on The Avengers #192.

1 page The Dingo Kids and O.J. Simpson; Dingo boots advertisement "The Dingo Kids Meet O.J. Simpson"

Characters O.J. Simpson
Genre sports; celebrity
Pencils Dick Giordano?
Inks Dick Giordano?
Notes Inside back cover. Comic strip ad for Dingo boots from Acme Boot Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Northwest Industries, Inc..