Avatar was an American underground newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1967–1968.

[1] Avatar was started by a varied group of people from different parts of the Boston countercultural scene, but quickly came to be dominated by Mel Lyman's group, the Fort Hill Community (or Lyman Family), which Lyman had formed over some years in Boston and Cambridge, and which has been variously described as a commune, family, or cult.

18–23) were published in large-size broadsheet newspaper format, with a tabloid size magazine insert.

[4] Michael Kindman, founder of the East Lansing underground newspaper The Paper, briefly worked on Avatar and remained with the group for five years.

He later wrote of his experiences, including his participation in the theft, in his book My Odyssey Through the Underground Press.