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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
The Correct Way To Kill		Boris Groski		Algy & Percy	pistols
		Stanislaw Arkadi		Algy & Percy	?
		Zorick		Algy & Percy	dagger
		Ivan Pepitoparoff		Algy & Percy?	?
		Dr Merryweather		Algy & Percy?	Stabbed with umbrella
		Winters		Algy & Percy?	Stabbed with umbrella
		Algernon Wynche (Algy)		Emma	Sword
		Mr Percival (Percy)		Olga	Sword
		Nutski		Emma	Sword thrown at him.
Never, Never Say Die		Private ??		Professor F.N. Stone	Beaten and hurled into trees
		George Eccles		Professor F.N. Stone	Beaten & strangled
Epic		Actor		Stewart Kirby	Pistol
		Policeman		Stewart Kirby	Tommy gun
		Z.Z. von Schnerk		Steed & himself	Shot while struggling for pistol
The Superlative Seven		Toy Sung		Stewardess	Sword
		Freddy Richards		Wade	Broken back
		Joe Smith		Wade	Pitchfork
		Max Hardy		Wade	Sword
		Mark Dayton		Wade	Garotte
		Jason Wade		Steed	Spear
		Wade's twin		Emma	Thrown off balcony
		Kanwitch		Jessel	Pistol
* Wade is in fact two characters, Jason Wade and his unnamed twin. Working out which is which is left as an exercise to the reader.
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station		Unnamed thug		Lucas	Garrotted with tie
		Lucas		Groom	Pistol
		Bart		Steed & himself	Slams door on pistol, causing Bart to shoot himself
		Salt		Groom	Pistol
		George Warren		Groom	Machine-gun
		Groom		Emma & Crewe	Thrown from speeding train
Something Nasty In The Nursery		Dobson		Mr Goat	Pistol
		James		Mr Goat	?
		Martin		Mr Goat	Booby-trapped Jack-in-the-box
		Nanny Roberts ??		Gordon ?	lethal injection
		Mr Goat		Wilmot	Pistol
The Joker		Major George Fancy		Max Prendergast	Poisoned razor blade
		Strange Young Man		Max Prendergast	Pistol
Who's Who???		Hooper (Rose)		Basil & Lola	Pistols
		Daffodil		Basil	Pistol
		Poppy		Basil	Pistol
		Pansy		Basil	Pistol
		Cornflower		Basil?	Pistol? (off-camera)
		Carnation		Basil?	Pistol? (off-camera)
		Marigold		Basil	Pistol
		Bluebell		Lola	Pistol

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