The Invaders Appreciation 2020

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The Invaders were created by Roy Thomas, out of his love for the Golden Age era characters. They first appeared in Avengers 71, cover date December 1969, though they weren't called Invaders, and they only consisted of Namor the Sub-Mariner, The Original Human Torch and Captain America. But Roy did have Jim Hammond yell their battle cry "Okay Axis, Here We Come!" in this issue when they fought Yellow Jacket, Black Panther, and Vision as champions in a cosmic contest between Kang and the Grandmaster.




The Invaders sort of appeared again in Avengers 97, cover date March 1972, as heroes "summoned" by Rick Jones during the Kree-Skrull War.





They finally appeared as a team named Invaders in an origin story that appeared in Giant Sized Invaders 1, cover date June 1975, with art by Frank Robbins, inked by Vinnie Colleta. And while Churchill gives them their name in the story, according to Roy Thomas' Recollection page in Giant Sized Avengers 1:





And thus was started the Invaders first ongoing, which ran for 41 issues, an Annual and this Giant Sized issue.

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From a Golden Age: The Invaders Appreciation 2014-2018

From a Golden Age: The Invaders Appreciation 2019

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RECOMMENDED READING



COLLECTED EDITIONS

Invaders Classic v1 (Collects Invaders #1-9, Giant-Size Invaders (1975) #1, and Marvel Premiere #29-30)
Invaders Classic v2 (Collects Invaders #10-21 and Annual #1)
Invaders Classic v3 (Collects Invaders #22-23 and #25-34)
Invaders Classic v4 (Collects Invaders #35-41 and Invaders 1993 #1-4)
Invaders Classic Complete Collection v1 (Collects Giant-Size Invaders #1; Invaders (1975) #1-22, Annual #1; Marvel Premiere (1972) #29-30; Avengers (1963) #71)
Invaders Classic Complete Collection v2 (Collects Invaders (1975) #23, 25-41, Invaders (1993) #1-4, Giant-Size Invaders #2, What If? (1977) #4)

Avengers v5 Once an Invader (Collects Avengers #82-84 and Invaders #0, Avengers (1963) #71 and Invaders Annual #1! )
New Invaders to End All Wars (Collects New Invaders #1-9 )
Invaders Eve of Destruction (Collects Marvel Universe #1-7)
Avengers / Invaders (Collects Avengers Invaders #1-12)
The Torch (Collects The Torch #1-8)
Invaders Now! (Collects Invaders Now #1-5)




All New Invaders v1 Gods and Soldiers (Collects All-New Invaders #1-5)
All New Invaders v2 Original Sin (Collects All-New Invaders #6-10)
All New Invaders v3 The Martians Are Coming (Collects All-New Invaders #11-15)

Secret Empire Brave New World (Collects #1-5)


Invaders v1 War Ghost (Collects #1-6)
Invaders v2 Dead In the Water (Collects #7-12)

Namor John Byrne Visionaries v2 (Collects Namor #10-18)
The Marvels Project (Collects The Marvels Project #1-8)
Captain America The Man With No Face (Collects Captain America #43-48)

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LINKS

Invaders Mapping

Alan Kupperberg Interview

Secret Empire Brave New World Order interview @Marvel.com

Didja Know ... Invaders @Marvel.com

Marvel’s 80th Anniversary: Everything You Need to Know About the Invaders


@CBR
Invaders Tag Articles

From a Golden Age: The Invaders Appreciation 2014-2018

The Original Golden Age Human Torch (Jim Hammond) Appreciation

The Whizzer: Master of Speed (Golden Age version) Appreciation


Who were the OTHER Golden Age heroes?

The Invaders WHEN do you prefer them?

Invaders (2019)


THE ROSTERS

Captain America
Namor the Sub-Mariner
The Original Human Torch
Toro
Bucky
Union Jack
Spitfire
Arakus the Vision

Thin Man
Miss America
Whizzer
Blazing Skull
Silver Scorpion

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I know these intro posts need updating, and I'll get to it as soon as I can. But if there's anything else folks wanted added, let me know.


Reposting this from the previous thread, because this question does come up fairly often.

Interesting response in regards to how The Invaders is treated in relation to Marvel's Golden Age stories and how they may affect current Marvel continuity (The Invaders #36, January 1979).

SALES FIGURES

Invaders 2019

# 048 Invaders 01 - 36,462 +1000 2nd printing
# 086 Invaders 02 - 19,772 + 2nd printing
# 049 Invaders 03 - 33,465 (22,422 calculated actual ordered / #117 dollar ranking)
#114 Invaders 04 - 16,460
#139 Invaders 05 - 15,430
#138 Invaders 06 - 14,792
#080 Invaders 07 - 28,668 (14,334 calculated actual ordered / #156 dollar ranking)
#136 Invaders 08 - 14,248
#155 Invaders 09 - 13,689
#189 Invaders 10 - 13,246
#156 Invaders 11 - 12,667
#152 Invaders 12 - 12,168

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The Invaders were created by Roy Thomas, out of his love for the Golden Age era characters. They first appeared in Avengers 71, cover date December 1969, though they weren't called Invaders, and they only consisted of Namor the Sub-Mariner, The Original Human Torch and Captain America. But Roy did have Jim Hammond yell their battle cry "Okay Axis, Here We Come!" in this issue when they fought Yellow Jacket, Black Panther, and Vision as champions in a cosmic contest between Kang and the Grandmaster.

An all-time favorite & definitely a classic (IMHO):

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This IS a great issue. A great start for the Invaders.

It also has the infamous BEES panels for Namor. LOL!

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This IS a great issue. A great start for the Invaders.

It also has the infamous BEES panels for Namor. LOL!

Yes!! I remember Yellowjacket unleashing them and Namor getting stung, even through his hybrid skin.