The Avengers 1963 #61 - reader copy - $9.00
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- - Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
- Some Say the World Will End in Fire... Some Say in Ice! - Continued from Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1968 series) #178. First mention of the Avengers Quinjet. It was designed by Black Panther [T'Challa]. See page 11 of the story.
- - Between story pages 3 and 4. Offer of free illustrated booklet from the U.S. School of Music.
- - Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022. Between story pages 6 and 7.
- - Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home. Between story pages 6 and 7.
- - Ad, with response coupon, from Grit Publishing Co. located between story pages 9 and 10, on top half of page.
- - Between story pages 9 and 10, on lower half of page.
- - Sold by Honor House Products. Located between story pages 15 and 16, on top half of page.
- - Three small ads on lower half of page, between story pages 15 and 16.
- Shop by Mail; Stamps - A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books. Between story pages 18 and 19.
- - Includes: Didja Know?; Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist
- - Ad for U.S. coin catalog. Occupies top half of page.
- - Ad for a range of novelty items, located on lower half of page.
- - Letters from Geary Gravel, Steven Henkel, Gregory Loumos, John Locke, Richard Pini, Bennet Marks, Kim Metzger, Charles Meyerson, and Tad Cooper. Includes ?Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.?
- - House ad for Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #4 and Not Brand Echh (Marvel, 1967 series) #12 with covers depicted and advertised as ?now on sale.?
- - Inside back cover. Ad for horse paintings.
- - Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists Schools.
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