Object label
Marvel · Comics · The Avengers · 1980
The Avengers #196
The Avengers · 1980
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The Avengers #196 belongs to a comics graph built around publisher, series, issue number, characters, creators like Carl Gafford, David Michelinie, and George Pérez, and story context. The important part is not just the issue record, but how it connects into runs, appearances, and adjacent covers.
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The Avengers #196 is a comics collectible connected to Marvel and The Avengers. Useful collector signals include release year 1980, issue #196, and artist context from Joe Rubinstein, Jim Shooter, and Jim Salicrup. The Avengers has 17 catalogued releases on GrailHub, making this page a route into completion, variants, and nearby objects.
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Collector notes
The Avengers #196 is a comics entry for issue #196 in The Avengers from 1980. GrailHub tracks publisher, series, issue number, cover date, creators, characters, and first appearances where that data is available.
Marvel pages connect this issue back to its publisher, series, creators, and related issues. For comic collectors, those links matter because discovery often starts with a character, creative team, first appearance, or a run of issues rather than one isolated record.
Characters associated with this issue include Ant-Man (Lang), Beast, Captain America, Carol Danvers, Hank Pym, and Iron Man.
Series context
The Avengers
The Avengers groups related comics entries from Marvel, so collectors can move from this object into nearby releases instead of treating it as a standalone record.
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- 17 objects
- Release span
- 1963-1980
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Quick facts
- Publisher
- Marvel
- Series
- The Avengers
- Issue number
- #196
- Cover date
- Jun 1, 1980
- Characters
- Ant-Man (Lang), Beast, Captain America, Carol Danvers, Hank Pym, Iron Man +5 more
- Creators
- Carl Gafford, David Michelinie, George Pérez, Jack Abel, Jim Salicrup, Jim Shooter +2 more
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- Sold out / retired
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Data source
- Source
- Metron
- Source ID
- 18137
- Source URL
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