The Avengers 1963 #57 - 4.5 - $169.99

The Vision arrives at Avengers mansion to kill our heroes but ends up bucking his programming and leading the team to his former master where he helps defeat him.

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• - Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
• Behold... the Vision! - Page 3, 2nd to last panel was redrawn by Marie Severin. Info from interview with Roy Thomas in Alter Ego #50, July 2005, page 18.
• - Recruitment ad for sales people for Grit newspaper, between story pages 3 and 4.
• - Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022. Located between story pages 6 and 7.
• Free! Giant Stallion Mural Full Color Masterpiece Free! - Ad for oil painting reproductions of majestic horses. Located between story pages 6 and 7.
• Most Powerful Airplane - Illustrated ad for Cheerios breakfast cereal, featuring the XB-70A Valkyrie delta-winged experimental bomber. Incorporated into the drawing is the Cheerios Kid flying in a space suit. Located between story pages 9 and 10.
• - Ad, with order coupon, from Hobby Coin Co. located between story pages 15 and 16, on top half of page.
• Stamps; Shop by Mail - Sixteen small ads located between story pages 15 and 16, on lower half of page.
• Shop by Mail - Small ads for a range of products, including back-issue comics. Located between story pages 18 and 19.
• - Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
• - Nine small ads, with order coupon, for novelties from Honor House Prod. Corp. on top half of page.
• - Ad, with order coupon, for karate books and paraphernalia from Precise Publications, located on lower half of page.
• - Letters of comment (with no editorial replies this issue) from Tony Isabella; Kenwood Bennard; Luis Padillo; Steve Pollard; Steven Mauren; Norris Hopkins; Jerry Meredith; N.L. Jordan; Richard Lawhead; and Shirley Gorman, as well as a panel reproduction from a previous issue. Includes ?Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.?
• - House ad for Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #6, Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #5, Not Brand Echh (Marvel, 1967 series) #7, Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #2, and The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1968 Series) #2, with covers depicted and advertised as ?now on sale.?
• - Inside rear cover. Ad for the Creative Card Company.
• - Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists Schools.