The Avengers 1963 #221 Direct ed. - back issue

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #10.

• - The cover penciler is identified in the letters column in Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #225; this information supplied by Ralf H. Kienzle, September 2005 (credit was previously given to Bob Hall). - Denys Howard
• A Cracker Jack Story - Inside front cover. Comic strip ad for the Cracker Jack snack.
• The Woods of Oakthorn - Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued between [Grindal the Mentor] and [The Black Swamp of Lobella].
• - The Mighty Marvel Checklist; The Hype Box.
• - Letters on The Avengers #216. Letters from T. M. Maple, Dale L. Coe, David Taylor, Steve Lacy, Ted Saverio Naczek, Barry Dutter, Janet Bailey, and unsigned.