The Avengers #285 [Newsstand]
(November 1987)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
071486024583 11
Editing
Gregory Wright (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

The Wrath of Zeus! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema (signed)
Inks
Tom Palmer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Doctor Druid; Hercules; She-Hulk; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]; the Wasp]; Zeus
Reprints

Twilight of the Gods! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
John Buscema (breakdowns)
Inks
Tom Palmer (finishes)
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (leaves); Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Doctor Druid; She-Hulk; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson] (leaves)]; Hercules; Wasp; Fixer (seen in a file); Greek gods [Ares; Apollo; Athena; Dionysus (cameo); Hera (cameo); Hermes (cameo); Neptune; Zeus]; Prometheus; Marrina; Fixer (on screen); Masters of Evil (flashback)
Synopsis
Doctor Druid calms Hercules and gets the demigod to snap out of his delirium. Zeus continues his assault on the Avengers but is stopped by Hercules. A penitent Zeus forgives the Avengers and forbids all of the Greek gods from setting foot on the Earth ever again (including Hercules). Back on Earth, Thor leaves to attempt to end the curse placed on him by Hela. Also, Marrina returns to Hydrobase and tells Namor that all his Atlantean followers abandoned him after he was taken by Neptune. Later, Captain Marvel decides the Avengers will try to find the missing Captain America.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Thor and Captain America effectively leave the Avengers as of this issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Avengers Assemble!; Mark's Remarks / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Mark's Remarks editorial; letters on The Avengers #279. Letters from Kathy Graff, John C. Hartley, Scott Anderson, James A. Zank, Dale Novak, Keith Reaves

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Wrath of Zeus!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Twilight of the Gods!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!; Mark's Remarks
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