From a Golden Age: The Invaders Appreciation 2024

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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, it was Stan Lee who inadvertently named the team and the title. Stan had intended to use Invaders for a proposed Namor and Hulk anthology or team up book, but that idea fell to the wayside due to the TV show, and Roy Thomas used it instead for this book!




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

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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)
Invaders Omnibus May 3, 2022 (Collects Giant-Size Invaders (1975) 1-2, Invaders (1975) 1-41, Invaders Annual (1977) 1, Marvel Premiere (1972) 29-30, Avengers (1963) 71, Invaders (1993) 1-4, What If? (1977) 4, Fantastic Four Annual (1963) 11, Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976) 1, Marvel Two-in-One (1974) 20, material from Captain America Comics (1941) 22)


Avengers v3 #5 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 (Includes Marvel Universe #1-3)



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)
Always and Invader (Collects #1-12, Namor the Best Defense #1)

Namor John Byrne Visionaries v2 (Includes Namor #10-18)
Captain America Sentinel of Liberty (Includes Captain America Sentinel of Liberty 2-4)
The Marvels Project (Collects The Marvels Project #1-8)
Captain America The Man With No Face (Collects Captain America #43-48)
Thunderbolts: The Great Escape (includes Thunderbolts #163–165)

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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

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)



by Eric Wolfe Hanson

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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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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).

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HISTORICAL TIMELINE

DATE	EVENT	ISSUE	EVENT
12/22/1941		GS Invaders 1

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Reading the Invaders


PROJECT

WiP

[K7P5V]

Hoping 2024 will be the year of The Invaders

[Phoenixx9]

Happy New Year 2024 Invaders and their fans!

[Frontier]

Happy New Year to the Golden Age superteam and their fans .

[Nomads1]

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

Just nitpicking, but I think it's worth mentioning that the Mighty Destroyer was offered membership in the original Roy Thomas version of the Invaders, yet he refused, prefering to remain just an ally to the team.

Peace

PS: A happy 2024 to the Invaders and all their fans.

[Phoenixx9]

Happy New Year 2024 to the Invaders!

Also to all of their assorted members and co-stars!

[berserkerclaw]

I love the invaders. Happy new year fellow fans

[Odd Rödney]

Happy New Year to Marvel's greatest Nazi smashers! Here's to a great 2024!

[Gaastra]

Another year another asking how the avengers didn't change history by going back in time and using their real names and no hiding their own identities!

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