Marvel Triple Action
is a comic volume from Marvel Publishing that started in 1972
Marvel Triple Action was a reprint title from the 1970's, reprinting older Avengers issues (after the first four issues were devoted to
Fantastic Four reprints). For us kids who were growing up at the time, older comics were nearly impossible to get (for those of us in
the boondocks, anyway), and MTA
provided us with some fantastic Avengers stories that we otherwise
wouldn't have been able to afford. By the time I was reading it, the
book was reprinting stories from the era when the Avengers consisted of
Captain America, Hawkeye, the Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver - a weak
lineup, it seemed to me, but the stories were fantastic. Don Heck's art
lended itself to dynamic figures, manic action, and fantastic
machinery; Roy Thomas was fresh and creative and had a definite vision
of super-heroic stories that was a perfect complement to what his
mentor Stan Lee had been doing.
As time wore on, later issues of the Avengers comic were reprinted. I got to read about the introduction of such characters as Ultron - whom I had always been intrigued with since Fantastic Four #150 - and his creation The Vision, a favorite superhero of mine and some schoolmates. Like Marvel Tales with the Spider-man
stories and Marvel's Greatest Comics with Fantastic Four issues, MTA provided kids of the 1970's with beautiful, full-color reprints of classic Silver Age stories that we'd previously only heard about, and all for the same cover price as our regular comics. Even in this day of deluxe Marvel Masterworks and DC Archives, nothing beat the thrill of being able to go to the local comics dealer and pick up classic stories, month after month. Of course, it would help if I could be twelve years old again.
As time wore on, later issues of the Avengers comic were reprinted. I got to read about the introduction of such characters as Ultron - whom I had always been intrigued with since Fantastic Four #150 - and his creation The Vision, a favorite superhero of mine and some schoolmates. Like Marvel Tales with the Spider-man
stories and Marvel's Greatest Comics with Fantastic Four issues, MTA provided kids of the 1970's with beautiful, full-color reprints of classic Silver Age stories that we'd previously only heard about, and all for the same cover price as our regular comics. Even in this day of deluxe Marvel Masterworks and DC Archives, nothing beat the thrill of being able to go to the local comics dealer and pick up classic stories, month after month. Of course, it would help if I could be twelve years old again.
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Issue #47
...And Deliver Us From ...
April 1, 1979 -
Issue #44
Death Calls For The ...
Oct. 1, 1978 -
Issue #46
In Battle Joined!
Feb. 1, 1978 -
Issue #38
The Agony and the ...
Nov. 1, 1977 -
Issue #43
In the Clutches of ...
Aug. 1, 1977 -
Issue #42
To Tame a Titan!
June 1, 1977 -
Issue #35
Color Him The Red ...
May 1, 1977 -
Issue #39
Magneto Walks The Earth!
Jan. 1, 1977 -
Issue #36
The Valiant Also Die!
July 1, 1976
