Avengers (1963 1st Series) UK Edition comic books 1970-1979

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "Wings and Arrows!" Plot by Steven Grant, Mark Gruenwald and Roger Stern. Script by Steven Grant. Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Dan Green. Cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin. The Avengers' titanic tussle with Arsenal (in Avengers Annual 9) is over. And now the team is getting back to normal and re-establishing the government-mandated seven person roster. But Clint Barton is not on that roster, so the Avengers' former ace archer must find another job. Hawkeye receives a nice lead from Jarvis and lands a security position with Cross Enterprises! However trouble isn't too far behind, and just a few days later Hawkeye gets to strut his stuff vs. the Shi'ar warrior...Deathbird! Cameo appearances by Peter Gyrich and Jocasta. (Notes: Deathbird appears next in Uncanny X-Men 155.) 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "Heart of Stone" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Daredevil. Script by Steven Grant. Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Dan Green. Cover by John Byrne and Dan Green. Peter Gyrich is fed up with the Avengers constantly changing roster! So he drags Earth's Mightiest Heroes before a special Senate hearing to break up the team! Will the federal government succeed in doing what the likes of Kang, Ultron, and the Grim Reaper have failed to do through the years? Meanwhile as the Senate proceedings take place, a strange grey creature violently moves thru the New York subway system towards Manhattan! Who's going to stop the mysterious monster once it emerges on the streets? Are the Avengers available...or will red tape keep them in the courtroom? Cameo appearance by the Grey Gargoyle. Flashback cameos by Graviton and Ultron. Avengers Lineup: Beast, Captain America, Falcon, Ms. Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Wasp, and Wonder Man. (Note: The Grey Gargoyle previously appeared in Thor 259.) 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "Battleground: Pittsburgh!" Part 2 of 2. Plot assist by the Pittsburgh Comix Club. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Sal Buscema (layouts), Dan Green (finishes), and Frank Miller (assists). Cover by Frank Miller and Bob McLeod. Inferno is on the loose in the Steel City! Wonder Man and Shell-head couldn't stop him! And now Captain America leads the rest of the Avengers to the Liberty Bridge to battle the fiery villain! But Inferno stays one step ahead of Earth's Mightiest Heroes and tears up the Duquesne Incline on his way to Mount Washington! Will the Avengers ever catch up to the raging Inferno? (Notes: The letters page in Avengers 197 credits Frank Miller with assisting with the pencils. This issue includes a sideways full-page ad featuring Batroc the Leaper promoting Crazy Magazine.)