Updated some 30 and 35 Cent Variants, information from: FANTASTIC FOUR #171 (30 Cent Variant), AVENGERS #147 (30 Cent Variant), AVENGERS #149 (30 Cent Variant), AVENGERS #150 (30 Cent Variant), AVENGERS #161 (35 Cent Variant), AVENGERS #163 (35 Cent Variant), and AVENGERS #164 (35 Cent Variant).

FANTASTIC FOUR #171 (30 Cent Variant) (Jun 1976)	AVENGERS #147 (30 Cent Variant) (May 1976)	AVENGERS #149 (30 Cent Variant) (Jul 1976)
AVENGERS #161 (35 Cent Variant) (Jul 1977)	AVENGERS #163 (35 Cent Variant) (Sep 1977)	AVENGERS #164 (35 Cent Variant) (Oct 1977)

Avengers United #61
Thursday, December 15, 2005 6:29:16 AM

AVENGERS UNITED #61 (UK) (Dec 2005)

In This Issue

76 pages of Earth's Mightiest Comic!

Jack of Hearts faces a dramatic test when Ant-Man’s daughter is kidnapped! Is this the young Avenger's final battle...?

Also: two more classic adventures! The Grim Reaper returns and places the Vision and Wonder Man on trial! Then Ant-Man appears, with no memory of his years as an Avenger – but why? The answer will chill you!

Plus: a Marvel Milestone! Don't miss the origin of Thor, as the God of Thunder battles the Stone Men from Saturn!

Story and art by Geoff Johns, Steve Sadowski, Jim Shooter, George Pérez, Larry Leiber and Jack Kirby!

Includes material reprinted from Avengers (vol 3) #76, Avengers (vol 1) #160-161 and Journey into Mystery #83.

Issue Number: 61
Price: £2.40
Most Recent Issue: Thursday 15th December
Published: Every 4 weeks
Format: 76 page, full colour 'Collectors Edition'

CREATOR PICKS
Comic Pros reveal the books that shaped them.

AVENGERS #161 (Jul 1977) AVENGERS #181 (Mar 1979)

If there's one writer in comicdom who can't be pinned down, it's Joe Casey. With stins on mainstream books like Uncanny X-Men, you'd think Casey would be happy at the Bit Two. But the scribe has an edgy side as well, as shown in his groundbreaking work on WildC.A.T.s and Automatic Kafka. In addition to launching WildStorm's latest superteen team, The Intimates, Casey's also taking a crack at the Avengers with Marvel's Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Check out the issue that shaped him!

AVENGERS #161 "Beware the Ant-Man!" by Jim Shooter and George Pérez. "MY favorite single issue from when I was a kid. And it still holds up tfor me today. A great story that gave you a sense of the history of the Avengers, but was still modern in its execution. Fantastic characterization, and their greatest nemesis, Ultron, in one of his coolest appearance. NM Value: $9

AVENGERS #181 "On the Matter of heroes" by David Michelinie and John Byrne. "Michelinie is such an underrated writer and this issue, where NSC Agent Henry Gyrich actually dictates teh Avengers' membership, is my favorite from his run. I loved how Pérez did a cover that was exactly like the Bryne splash inside. Or was it the other way around?" NM Value: $7

George is one of the artists who really impressed me when I was just learning to draw. He and John Byrne were the guys who laid a solid foundation for me as a comic artist and I owe them a debt of gratitude. My favorite Perez issues are Avengers 160 - 162. A great story with revelations about Wonderman's past and then an awesome battle with Ultron where he tries to transfer the Wasp's brain into Jocosta's body!