Avengers (Vol. 3)  AVE3   (Marvel, 1998-2004) ™ and ©1998 Marvel Characters, Inc. Series continues in Avengers (Vol. 1) #500

The third volume of The Avengers (“Heroes Return”) puts back in place what was torn apart to form Avengers (Vol. 2) (“Heroes Reborn”). In that volume, Marvel turned control of the core Avengers characters to Image artists. The result was an alternate reality filled with versions of the Avenger characters which were similar—but not the same—as the ones comic readers had followed for decades.

Now, with volume three, the “real” Avengers are returning to the mainstream Marvel Universe. Curiously enough, the return takes them through yet another alternate universe, this one created by sorceress Morgan LeFay. LeFay use the reality-warping Twilight Sword to create a medieval world where the Avengers have alternate identities and all serve her. But even the most powerful spell can not hope to control the minds of the World’s Mightiest Mortals.

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		Notes	Writer	Artist
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #0 Date: 7/1/1999 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $1.50 11 copies available from $0.50	Supplement to Wizard: The Comics Magazine #95	Kurt Busiek	Stuart Immonen
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #1 Date: 2/1/1998 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 27 copies available from $1.00	Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #1 Variation A Date: 2/1/1998 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $6.00 No copies available	Chromium cover; Autographed by George Pérez	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #1 Variation B Date: 7/1/1998 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 6 copies available from $1.25	Cardstock cover; Uninked pencils from Avengers (Vol. 3) #1; Avengers Rough Cut	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #1 Variation C Date: 2/1/1998 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $6.00 3 copies available from $5.00	Alternate cover; Sunburst Cover; Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #2 Date: 3/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 18 copies available from $0.49	Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #2 Variation A Date: 3/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.25 5 copies available from $0.99	Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez, Ray Lago
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #2 Special Cover Date: 3/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.75 2 copies available from $2.75	Variant cover by Pérez; Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez, Ray Lago
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #3 Date: 4/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.50 19 copies available from $0.99	Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #4 Date: 5/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 21 copies available from $0.99	New team announced gatefold summary; New team begins; Includes poster	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #5 Date: 6/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.25 18 copies available from $1.00	Versus Squadron Supreme; Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #6 Date: 7/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.75 20 copies available from $0.75	Versus Squadron Supreme; Versus Corruptor; Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #7 Date: 8/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.75 16 copies available from $0.75	Warbird leaves; Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #8 Date: 9/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 16 copies available from $0.49	1st Appearance of Silverclaw; 1st appearance of Triathlon; Versus Moses Magnum; Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #9 Date: 10/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 18 copies available from $0.99	Origin of Triathalon; Versus Moses Magnum; Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #10 Date: 11/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 16 copies available from $0.75	Origin of Avengers; Origin of Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff); Versus Grim Reaper (Eric Williams); Anniversary issue; Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #11 Date: 12/1/1998 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 15 copies available from $0.75	Origin of Grim Reaper (Eric Williams); Versus Grim Reaper (Eric Williams); Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #12 Date: 1/1/1999 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 10 copies available from $0.99	Versus Thunderbolts; Wraparound cover; Continued from Thunderbolts #22; Gatefold summary; Double-sized	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #12 Variation A Date: 1/1/1999 Cover Price: $29.95 NM Guide: $12.00 No copies available	DFE alternate cover; Continued from Thunderbolts #22; Autographed by George Pérez, Al Vey, and Tom Smith	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #12 Variation B Date: 1/1/1999 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $31.00 2 copies available from $29.99	Continued from Thunderbolts #22; Headshot cover (white background)	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #12 Special Cover Date: 1/1/1999 Cover Price: $6.95 NM Guide: $7.00 No copies available	DFE alternate cover; Continued from Thunderbolts #22	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #13 Date: 2/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.25 14 copies available from $0.99	1st appearance of Lord Templar	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #14 Date: 3/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 14 copies available from $0.49	1st appearance of Pagan	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #15 Date: 4/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 15 copies available from $0.49	Versus Pagan	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #16 Date: 5/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 12 copies available from $0.69	Versus Wrecking Crew	Jerry Ordway	Jerry Ordway
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #16 Variation A Date: 5/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $3.50 2 copies available from $3.50	Versus Wrecking Crew; 1 in 4 variant cover (purple background with team charging)	Jerry Ordway	Jerry Ordway
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #17 Date: 6/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 17 copies available from $0.75	Versus Doomsday Man	Jerry Ordway	Jerry Ordway
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #18 Date: 7/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 15 copies available from $1.00	Versus Wrecking Crew	Jerry Ordway	Jerry Ordway
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #19 Date: 8/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.25 11 copies available from $0.99	Versus Ultron; Versus Alkhema	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #20 Date: 9/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.25 15 copies available from $0.75	Versus Ultron	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #21 Date: 10/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.25 12 copies available from $0.49	Versus Ultron	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #22 Date: 10/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.25 13 copies available from $1.00	Versus Ultron	Kurt Busiek, Glenn Herdling	George Pérez, Gregg Schigiel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #22 (2nd printing) Date: 6/1/2005 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $2.00 No copies available	Marvel Legends Ultron action figure insert	Kurt Busiek, Glenn Herdling	George Pérez, Gregg Schigiel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #23 Date: 12/1/1999 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 17 copies available from $1.00	Wonder Man versus Vision	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #24 Date: 1/1/2000 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.25 11 copies available from $0.99		Kurt Busiek, Glenn Herdling	George Pérez, Gregg Schigiel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #25 Date: 2/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 10 copies available from $1.00	Giant-size	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #26 Date: 3/1/2000 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.25 11 copies available from $1.00	New team (Warbird, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man, Silverclaw, and Captain America)	Kurt Busiek, Glenn Herdling	Stuart Immonen, Gregg Schigiel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #27 Date: 4/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.50 12 copies available from $1.00	Reprints from Avengers (1st Series) #150, 151, 101, and Annual #19; 100 pages	Kurt Busiek, Steve Englehart, Stan Lee, Gerry Conway, Jim Shooter, Harlan Ellison, Roy Thomas, George Pérez	George Pérez, Jack Kirby, Richard Howell, Rich Buckler
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #28 Date: 5/1/2000 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $1.99 11 copies available from $1.00	Versus Kulan Gath	Kurt Busiek, Glenn Herdling	George Pérez, Gregg Schigiel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #29 Date: 6/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.50 11 copies available from $1.00	Versus Kulan Gath	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #30 Date: 7/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 13 copies available from $1.00	Versus Kulan Gath	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #31 Date: 8/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 13 copies available from $1.00		Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #32 Date: 9/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.75 9 copies available from $1.00	Origin of Madame Masque; Versus Grim Reaper	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez, Paul Ryan
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #33 Date: 10/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.50 11 copies available from $1.00	Versus Count Nefaria; Versus Grim Reaper	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez, Paul Ryan
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #34 Date: 11/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.25 9 copies available from $1.00	Versus Count Nefaria; Double-sized issue	Kurt Busiek	George Pérez
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #35 Date: 12/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.50 9 copies available from $1.00	Origin of the Ruul; Maximum Security crossover	Kurt Busiek	John Romita Jr.
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #36 Date: 1/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 9 copies available from $1.00	Alan Davis poster; Alternate Hank Pym kidnaps and switches with real Henry Pym (Goliath)	Kurt Busiek	Steve Epting, Alan Davis
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #37 Date: 2/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.50 12 copies available from $0.75		Kurt Busiek	Steve Epting
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #38 Date: 3/1/2001 Cover Price: $1.99 NM Guide: $2.50 8 copies available from $1.00	Slashback issue; Price reduced	Kurt Busiek	Alan Davis
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #39 Date: 4/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $3.75 4 copies available from $1.91	Versus Diablo	Kurt Busiek	Alan Davis
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #40 Date: 5/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $3.75 4 copies available from $1.91	Versus Diablo	Kurt Busiek	Alan Davis
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #41 Date: 6/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 10 copies available from $1.00	Versus Kang the Conqueror; Versus Scarlet Centurion	Kurt Busiek	Alan Davis
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #42 Date: 7/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 10 copies available from $1.00	Versus Kang the Conqueror; Versus Scarlet Centurion	Kurt Busiek	Alan Davis
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #43 Date: 8/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 8 copies available from $1.00	Versus Deviants; Versus Attuma; Versus Kang; Versus Presence	Kurt Busiek	Alan Davis
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #44 Date: 9/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.50 9 copies available from $1.00	Versus Deviants; Versus Attuma; Versus Kang; Versus Presence	Kurt Busiek	Manuel Garcia
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #45 Date: 10/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.50 9 copies available from $0.99	Origin of Scarlet Centurion; Versus Scarlet Centurion; Versus Kang the Conqueror	Kurt Busiek	Manuel Garcia
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #46 Date: 11/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 10 copies available from $1.00	Versus Kang the Conqueror; Versus The Master; Index numbering out of sequence, should be #461, not #463	Kurt Busiek	Manuel Garcia
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #47 Date: 12/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 14 copies available from $0.90		Kurt Busiek	Manuel Garcia
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #48 Date: 1/1/2002 Cover Price: $3.50 NM Guide: $3.25 16 copies available from $0.99	Reprints from Avengers, #98-100; Versus Kang the Conqueror; Versus The Master; 100 Page Monster	Kurt Busiek, Roy Thomas	Kieron Dwyer, Barry Windsor-Smith
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #49 Date: 2/1/2002 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 10 copies available from $0.90	Versus Kang the Conqueror; Silent issue	Kurt Busiek	Kieron Dwyer
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #50 Date: 3/1/2002 Cover Price: $3.50 NM Guide: $3.00 7 copies available from $1.00	Origin of 3-D Man; Origin of Triathlon; Double-sized	Kurt Busiek	Kieron Dwyer
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #51 Date: 4/1/2002 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 9 copies available from $0.90	Versus Kang the Conqueror	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #51 (2nd printing) Date: 9/1/2004 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $2.50 2 copies available from $2.00	Marvel Legends Wonder Man insert	Kurt Busiek	Brent Anderson
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #52 Date: 5/1/2002 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 9 copies available from $1.00	Versus Kang the Conqueror; Versus Scarlet Centurion	Kurt Busiek	Ivan Reis
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #53 Date: 6/1/2002 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 12 copies available from $1.00	Versus Kang the Conqueror; Versus Scarlet Centurion	Kurt Busiek	Kieron Dwyer
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #54 Date: 7/1/2002 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 8 copies available from $1.00	Versus Kang the Conqueror; Versus Scarlet Centurion	Kurt Busiek	Kieron Dwyer
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #55 Date: 8/1/2002 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.50 7 copies available from $1.00		Kurt Busiek	Patrick Zircher
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #56 Date: 9/1/2002 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 8 copies available from $1.00		Kurt Busiek	Yanick Paquette
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #57 Date: 10/1/2002 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $1.75 10 copies available from $1.00	Versus Mister Hyde	Geoff Johns	Kieron Dwyer
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #58 Date: 11/1/2002 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 8 copies available from $1.00	Wraparound cover; Avengers contains voids opening worldwide	Geoff Johns	Kieron Dwyer
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #59 Date: 12/1/2002 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 11 copies available from $0.99		Geoff Johns	Kieron Dwyer
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #60 Date: 1/1/2003 Cover Price: $3.50 NM Guide: $2.00 13 copies available from $1.00		Geoff Johns	Kieron Dwyer
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #61 Date: 2/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $1.75 11 copies available from $0.75	Red Skull appearance (as Dell Rusk)	Geoff Johns	Gary Frank
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #62 Date: 2/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $1.50 12 copies available from $0.75	Truth about Jack of Hearts revealed	Geoff Johns	Gary Frank
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #63 Date: 3/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $1.50 3 copies available from $1.00	Wraparound cover; Cont’d from Thor v2 #58; Cont’d from Thor v2 #59	Geoff Johns	Alan Davis
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #64 Date: 4/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $3.00 8 copies available from $0.99	Versus Scarecrow; Falcon solo	Geoff Johns	Ivan Reis
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #65 Date: 5/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.50 12 copies available from $1.00	#480	Geoff Johns	Olivier Coipel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #66 Date: 6/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 11 copies available from $1.00	#481	Geoff Johns	Olivier Coipel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #67 Date: 7/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 13 copies available from $1.00	#482	Geoff Johns	Olivier Coipel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #68 Date: 8/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 11 copies available from $1.00	Dell Rusk revealed as Red Skull	Geoff Johns	Olivier Coipel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #69 Date: 9/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 13 copies available from $1.00	Versus Red Skull	Geoff Johns	Olivier Coipel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #70 Date: 10/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 14 copies available from $0.90	Versus Red Skull	Geoff Johns	Olivier Coipel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #71 Date: 11/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 19 copies available from $0.90	Versus Whirlwind	Geoff Johns	Stephen Sadowski
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #72 Date: 11/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 13 copies available from $0.90	Versus She-Hulk	Geoff Johns	Scott Kolins
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #73 Date: 12/1/2003 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 16 copies available from $0.90	Versus She-Hulk	Geoff Johns	Scott Kolins
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #74 Date: 1/1/2004 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 16 copies available from $0.90	Versus She-Hulk	Geoff Johns	Scott Kolins
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #75 Date: 2/1/2004 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 13 copies available from $0.90	Versus She-Hulk; Versus Hulk; Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch return; Yellowjacket and Wasp leave	Geoff Johns	Scott Kolins
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #76 Date: 2/1/2004 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 12 copies available from $0.90	Death of Jack of Hearts	Geoff Johns	Stephen Sadowski
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #77 Date: 3/1/2004 Cover Price: $0.50 NM Guide: $2.00 17 copies available from $0.90	Versus Wrecking Crew	Chuck Austen	Olivier Coipel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #77 Variation A Date: 9/1/2004 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 No copies available	Newsstand Variant with $2.99 cover price	Chuck Austen	Olivier Coipel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #78 Date: 4/1/2004 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 9 copies available from $0.90	Versus Wrecking Crew	Chuck Austen	Olivier Coipel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #79 Date: 4/1/2004 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 10 copies available from $0.90	Versus Wrecking Crew	Chuck Austen	Sean Chen
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #80 Date: 5/1/2004 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.50 12 copies available from $0.50	1st appearance of Captain Britain II; Versus Wrecking Crew; Kelsey Leigh becomes Captain Britain II	Chuck Austen	Olivier Coipel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #81 Date: 6/1/2004 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $3.00 13 copies available from $1.00		Chuck Austen	Olivier Coipel
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #82 Date: 7/1/2004 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.75 13 copies available from $1.00	#497; Captain America, Iron Man, Yellowjacket, Hawkeye, Wasp	Chuck Austen	Scott Kolins
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #83 Date: 7/2/2004 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.25 11 copies available from $0.90	#498; Hawkeye, Wasp, Captain America, Yellowjacket, She-Hulk	Chuck Austen	Scott Kolins
	Avengers (Vol. 3) #84 Date: 8/1/2004 Cover Price: $2.25 NM Guide: $2.00 11 copies available from $0.90	Series numbering returns to The Avengers as of the next issue #500	Chuck Austen	Scott Kolins
	Avengers (Vol. 3) Annual #1998 Date: 12/1/1998 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 6 copies available from $1.00	1998 Annual; Wraparound cover; Avengers/Squadron Supreme ’98; Gatefold summary	Kurt Busiek, Len Kaminski	Carlos Pacheco
	Avengers (Vol. 3) Annual #1999 Date: 7/1/1999 Cover Price: $3.50 NM Guide: $3.00 6 copies available from $2.50	Jarvis’ story	John Francis Moore	Leonardo Manco
	Avengers (Vol. 3) Annual #2000 Date: 12/1/2000 Cover Price: $3.50 NM Guide: $3.00 8 copies available from $1.50	2000 Annual	Kurt Busiek	Norm Breyfogle, Richard Howell
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