Sept. 1, 1963 - On sale now is the first issue of “The Avengers,” a new superhero team from Marvel Comics. The place: Asgard, home of the Norse gods. The time: the present. The man: Loki, god of evil — a prisoner on the dreaded Isle of Silence plotting awesome revenge against his mighty enemy, Thor, the thunder god. Can the combined powers of The Avengers — Ant-Man, the Wasp, Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor — defeat the sinister spells of Loki?
