Hit Comics #30
Hit Comics #30 is a significant artifact of Marvel's Silver Age reaching West German readers in real time: it delivered the first German-language printing of Avengers #28, which introduced the Collector (Der Sammler) to the Marvel universe and marked Hank Pym's debut in the Goliath identity alongside the Wasp's return to active Avengers duty. The issue also carried the first German printing of Thor #134, part of the landmark Rigellian colonizer arc featuring Tana Nile. Because BSV–Williams would not launch a dedicated Die Rächer title until 1974, Hit Comics was the sole conduit through which German-speaking fans first encountered these pivotal mid-1960s Avengers stories and character introductions.
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BSV–Williams (originally Bildschriftenverlag, Aachen) had been affiliated with DC/National since 1966 and was the dominant licensed Marvel and DC reprint publisher in West Germany through the late 1960s. Hit Comics was its flagship anthology series, running 28-page issues priced at 0.50 DEM and packaging translated Marvel Silver Age material for the German market. The series launched with issue #1 marking the first Spider-Man story ever published in German, and by issue #30 it was regularly pairing Avengers lead stories with Thor or other Marvel backups — reflecting BSV–Williams's practice of combining two related superhero features per issue.
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- Reprints Avengers #28 (Marvel, 1963 series) in German — the first German-language publication of that issue.
- Avengers #28 contains the introduction of the Collector (called Der Sammler in the German edition), one of the Elder of the Universe villains who would become a recurring Marvel antagonist.
- In Avengers #28, Hank Pym appears in his Goliath identity for the first time and rejoins the team; the Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) also rejoins the active Avengers lineup in the same story.
- The Beetle (Abner Jenkins / Käfer) appears as a secondary villain in the Avengers #28 story reprinted here.
- Reprints Thor #134 (Marvel, 1966 series) in German — part of the Rigellian colonizer storyline featuring Tana Nile and continuing Thor's cosmic-era adventures scripted by Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby.
- Thor #134 includes a 'Tales of Asgard' backup featuring the first appearance of the land of Nastrond and the opening chapter of the Fafnir story.
- Published by Bildschriftenverlag GmbH (BSV–Williams), Aachen, as part of the Hit Comics anthology series (1966–ongoing), which was the primary German-language vehicle for Marvel Silver Age reprints before character-specific titles launched in 1974.
- Hit Comics #1 (the same BSV–Williams series) was the debut of any Marvel character in German-language comics, establishing the series as the foundational Marvel reprint line in West Germany.