The Avengers 1963 #56 - reader copy - $12.00

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• Death Be Not Proud! - Nick Caputo notes inks might be a combination of Klein (Avengers head shots) and Giacoia (Cap and Bucky figures).
• - Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
• Death Be Not Proud! - Absent since #47, Captain America returns to be spotlighted in this story. This recounts the battle with Zemo where Bucky Barnes was killed and Captain America was deep-frozen at the end of World War II. Continued in Avengers Annual #2.
• Pete Duncan - "Dropout" - Comics ad for the International Correspondence Schools I.C.S. Between story pages 3 and 4.
• Intelsat III Satellite - Facts about the Intelsat III communications satellite - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal. Color ad between story pages 6 and 7.
• - Between story pages 6 and 7.
• - Between story pages 9 and 10.
• - Ad for Grit newspaper sales from Grit Publishing Co. Appears between pages 15 and 16 of story sequence on top half of page.
• - Illustrated ad for 204 piece set of plastic Revolutionary War soldiers and equipment. $1.98. Located between story pages 15 and 16, on lower half of page.
• Shop by Mail; Stamps - A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books. Between story pages 18 and 19.
• - Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist
• - Located on top half of page.
• - Advertisement for book on learning Karate. Located on lower half of page.
• - Letters from Steven Leaf, Craig Lancaster, Peter Sanderson, Ronald Kern, Dave Manners, Gary Gabry, Robert Kowalski. Includes ?Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.?
• - House ad for the Avengers Annual (Marvel, 1967 series) #2 with cover shown and advertised as ?on sale now.?
• - Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
• - Back cover. Ad to sell greeting cards to earn money.