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These pages list all the people killed in episodes of the first colour season of The Avengers; as well as the people doing the killing, and their modi operandi. A touch macabre, you say? Well, maybe but there was very rarely any obvious blood on screen (look for the blood spots alongside the victim's name).

Speaking trivially, The Correct Way To Kill is the most bloodthirsty episode, in which nine people are unceremoniously dispatched, closely followed by The Superlative Seven and Who's Who??? with eight unfortunates apiece. You may like to shelter in the relative calm of The Forget-Me-Knot, in which no-one dies at all.

• A note on my shorthand.
  
• A double question mark [ ?? ] indicates that I'm not entirely sure (or convinced) that the character died.
• A single question mark [ ? ] indicates that I'm either not sure of a characters name, or not sure who committed the crime.

The guide is now in three parts, use the links below to navigate them (or use those at the bottom of the pages).

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Episode	Victim		Killer		Method
From Venus With Love		Ernest Cosgrove		Primble or Martin	Laser beam
		Sir Fredrick Hadley		Primble or Martin	Laser beam
		Bertram Fortescue Winthrop Smith		Martin	Laser beam
		Lord Mansford		Martin	Laser beam
		Brigadier Whitehead		Primble or Martin	Laser beam
		Dr Henry Primble		Steed & himself	Deflected laser beam
The Fear Merchants		Crawley's chauffeur??		Gilbert	?
		Gordon White		Gilbert	Scared out a window
		Gilbert		Steed & himself	Crushed by bulldozer during fight
	Shocked!
		Richard Meadows		Gilbert	Left in the middle of Wembley Stadium in his pyjamas
		John Tyler		Gilbert?	Left on a mountain top in his pyjamas
		David Wallace		Gilbert?	Left on raft in English Channel in a dinner suit and cummerbund
		Fox		Gilbert?	Mouse put into his shirt
		Crawley		Gilbert	Passenger of speeding car
		Jeremy Raven		Gilbert	Large spider
Escape In Time		Karl Blechner		Waldo Thyssen?	? [prior to episode]
		Jubert		Waldo Thyssen?	? [prior to episode]
		President Bibigyn		Waldo Thyssen?	? [prior to episode]
		Clyde Paxton		'Bruno' Thyssen	16th Century pistol
		Tubby Vincent		'Edwin' Thyssen	Stabbed with a Jacobean dagger
		Colonel Josino		Waldo Thyssen?	?
The See-Through Man		Lord Daviot		Alexandre Vazin	Shotgun
		Ackroyd		Alexandre Vazin	Strangled?
		Professor Quilby		Alexandre Vazin	?
The Bird Who Knew Too Much		Percy Danvers		Robin	Machine-gun
		Frank Elrick		Robin & Verret	Pushed off scaffold into wet cement
		Mark Pearson		Verret	Pistol
The Winged Avenger		Simon Roberts		Arnie Packer	Clawed to death
		Peter Roberts		Arnie Packer	Clawed to death
		Tay-Ling		Arnie Packer	Clawed to death
		Edward J. Dumayn		Arnie Packer	Clawed to death
		Julian		Arnie Packer	Clawed to death
		Professor Poole		Arnie Packer	Clawed to death
		Arnie Packer		Emma & Steed	Hurled out upstairs window during fight.
The Living Dead		Spencer		Masgard?	Sword
		Kermit the Hermit		Masgard?	Rifle
		Unknown miner		Olliphant & his firing squad	Rifles
		Olliphant		Emma	Machine-gun
		Firing Squad		Emma	Machine-gun
		Firing Squad		Emma	Machine-gun
		Firing Squad		Emma	Machine-gun
		Firing Squad		Emma	Machine-gun
		Firing Squad		Emma	Machine-gun
		Firing Squad		Emma	Machine-gun
		Firing Squad		Emma	Machine-gun
		Firing Squad		Emma	Machine-gun
The Hidden Tiger		Williams		Harper's cat	cat
		Sir David Harper		Harper's cat	cat
		George Erskine		cat	cat
		Major Nesbitt		cat	cat
		Walter Bellamy		cat	cat
		Samuel Jones		Jones' cat	cat
		Dr Manx		himself	crashes van into a tree
* An unusual episode in which no-one is murdered directly, all the deaths (bar the last) being caused by cute, fluffy, enraged moggies.

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