Object label
Marvel · Comics · The Avengers · 1970
The Avengers #78
The Avengers · 1970
Shortly after Captain America lands on the roof of the Mansion, he is locked in battle with the Man-Ape. It is soon revealed that Man-Ape doesn’t want Cap’s head, but the head of Black Panther!
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The Avengers #78 belongs to a comics graph built around publisher, series, issue number, characters, creators like John Buscema, Roy Thomas, and Sal Buscema, 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 #78 is a comics collectible connected to Marvel and The Avengers. Useful collector signals include release year 1970, issue #78, and artist context from Stan Lee, Tom Palmer, and John Buscema. 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 #78 is a comics entry for issue #78 in The Avengers from 1970. 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 Atlas (Erik Josten), Black Panther, Captain America, Grim Reaper, Hawkeye, and Living Laser.
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
- #78
- Cover date
- Jul 1, 1970
- Characters
- Atlas (Erik Josten), Black Panther, Captain America, Grim Reaper, Hawkeye, Living Laser +5 more
- Creators
- John Buscema, Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, Sam Rosen, Stan Lee, Tom Palmer
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- Retail price
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- Sold out / retired
- Lifecycle unknown
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Data source
- Source
- Metron
- Source ID
- 17982
- Source URL
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