The Avengers #256 [Newsstand]
(June 1985)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-03-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860245806
Editing
Howard Mackie (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #66.
This issue is a variant of The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #256 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

...Into The Savage Land! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hercules; Starfox; the Wasp]
Reprints
Keywords
Savage Land

Indexer Notes

New cover logo by reader Steven Bove (basic idea) and Mike Higgins (modifications).

This Power Unleashed! (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
Jim Novak

Genre
superhero
Characters
Apollo; the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; the Scarlet Witch (flashback); Starfox; the Vision (flashback); the Wasp]; Dr. Hopper; Dr. Smythe; Edwin Jarvis; Ka-Zar; Levan; Skunge; Terminus; Zabu
Synopsis
Terminus invades the Savage Land and begins destroying the entire area.
Reprints
Keywords
Savage Land

Indexer Notes

Hercules wears a new costume designed by John Byrne.

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

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters on The Avengers #250; Question of the Month "Of all the work you've done for Marvel, which is your favorite?" asked to Stern, Buscema, Palmer, Novak, Scheele, Gruenwald and Shooter; Special Announcements Section. Letters from Sheila Garrison, Jeff Wagner, Michael J. Copeland, Jon Miles, Elizabeth Sawolkin

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ...Into The Savage Land!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. This Power Unleashed!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
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