Marvel Super Action was a comic book printed by Marvel from May 1977 to November 1981 for a total of 37 issues.
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Marvel Super Action reprinted Captain America stories in the first 13 issues, then Avengers stories for the rest. The Captain America reprints followed Marvel Double Feature #21 while the Avengers reprints picked up from Marvel Triple Action #47.
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Issues 1-13 reprinted Captain America #100-111 and 2 Marvel Boy stories from the Golden Age: Marvel Boy #1 and Astonishing #5. The Captain America stories each have 2 pages cut. These are classic Stan Lee/Jack Kirby productions, with the last 2 issues by Jim Steranko. The Captain America stories have been reprinted in the Masterworks, Omnibus, and Essentials books.
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Issues 14-15 reprinted Avengers #55-56, followed by the Avengers Annual #2 reprint in issues 16-17. Issues 18-37 reprinted Avengers #57-76.
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Issues 14-15 and 18-24 all have 2 pages cut. Issues 25-37 are complete while Issues 16-17 have 8 pages cut in total. Complete reprints can be found in the Marvel Treasury Editions and Greatest Battles of the Avengers TPB, as well as the Masterworks and Essentials books.
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Avengers Annual #2 contained a two part story. The first part was called "... And Time, the Rushing River..." and was 24 pages long. This was reprinted in Marvel Super Action #14 with 6 pages cut. The second part was called "The Avengers Must Die!" and was 20 pages long. This was reprinted in Marvel Super Action #15 with 2 pages cut. Overall, there were 8 pages cut from the original 44 pages.
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The early Avengers reprints contain classic John Buscema artwork. These are seminal issues: Vision intro and origin, Ultron origin, Yellowjacket intro and origin, Yellowjacket and Wasp Wedding. After John Buscema comes Gene Colan, Barry Smith, (pre-Windsor) Sal Buscema, and then back to Big John. This is a great run of Avengers and not to be missed by true Avengers fans.
