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Issue: The Avengers #266

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Publication Date: April 1986

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Issues: #266 of 401 Issues (872 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel 25th Anniversary

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860245804

Price: $0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved By the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Howard Mackie (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; later standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #200)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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The Avengers #266 [Direct Edition]

The Avengers #266 [CA Cover Price]

The Avengers #266 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (5 total)

Special Epilogue to Secret Wars II

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): John Buscema (signed)

Inker(s): Tom Palmer (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Avengers

Character(s): the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner; the Wasp]; the Molecule Man; the Silver Surfer

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Pages: 1

"... And The War's Desolation!"

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Roger Stern; Jim Shooter (additional dialogue)

Penciller(s): John Buscema (breakdowns)

Inker(s): Tom Palmer (finishes)

Colorist(s): Christie Scheele

Letterer(s): Jim Novak

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Avengers

Character(s): Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]]; Beyonder (flashback, villain); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; She-Hulk; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl]; Molecule Man; Silver Surfer; Volcana; Thing (cameo flashback); Hulk (cameo flashback)

Synopsis: The battle with the Beyonder has destroyed a section of the Rockies leaving a huge rip in the Earth's crust which will lead to the planet's destruction in mere hour. The Avengers and the Fantastic Four convince the Molecule Man, with the help of the Silver Surfer, to restore the Rockies and save the Earth.

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Pages: 30

Notes: Continued from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #9.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Wayne Holland, Jeff Mitchell, George O'Malley, Michael Chernecky, Paul Richardsen, Evan Lanctot

Tell It To Mark Gruenwald Page!

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Mark Gruenwald

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Tell It To Mark Gruenwald Page!

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Pages: 0.75

Notes: A second letters page specifically about Gruenwald edited comics. Letters from Pat Szabo, Barry Chin, Jerome Walker, Scott Shumaker

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Thomas Costello (business manager)

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Date of filing: October 1, 1985. Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (net press run): 408,705. Single issue nearest to filing date: 404,687.