Issue Details

Issue	#6
Published	October 1972
Cover Price	0.20 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Stan Lee (original editor); ? (reprint editor)

Cover Details - "This Hostage Earth!"

Characters	the Avengers [Captain America; Giant-Man; Iron Man; Thor]; the Mole Man; the Red Ghost
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sal Buscema
Inks	Sal Buscema

20 page The Avengers story "This Hostage Earth!"

Characters	the Avengers [Captain America; Giant-Man; Iron Man; Thor; the Wasp]; the Fantastic Four [the Human Torch; the Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic] (in flashback); the Mole Man; Monk; the Red Ghost; Rick Jones; the Subterraneans
Synopsis	The Mole Man wants to destroy all life by increasing the Earth's rotational speed, then captures an investigating Giant-Man. The Avengers save their teammate and foil the Mole Man's deadly plan.
Genre	superhero
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	Don Heck
Inks	Dick Ayers
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #12 (January 1965)

Half page Dynamic Tension advertisement The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"

Characters	Mac
Genre	teen
Notes	Comic strip ad for Charles Atlas' Dynamic Tension book.

1 page The Avengers cover reprint (on interior page) "The Avengers #12 cover reprint"

Characters	the Avengers [Captain America; Giant-Man; Iron Man; Thor; the Wasp]; the Mole Man
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Chic Stone
Reprinted	from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #12 (January 1965)