The Avengers #255 [Newsstand]
(May 1985)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-02-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860245805
Editing
Howard Mackie (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

Cover title "The Mighty Avengers"
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #64.
This issue is a variant of The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #255 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tom Palmer (painting, signed)
Inks
Tom Palmer (painting, signed)
Colors
Tom Palmer (painting, signed)
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Starfox]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #255 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #255 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #255 [Canadian]
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The Legacy of Thanos! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; the Scarlet Witch; Starfox; the Vision; the Wasp; Wonder Man]; General Peabody; Gunthar; ISAAC (flashback); Kehl; Levan; Raymond Sikorski; Skunge
Synopsis
As the Vision and Scarlet Witch step down from the Avengers, Captain Marvel discovers pirates seizing Thanos' vessel Sanctuary II.
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Keywords
Sanctuary II

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

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters on The Avengers #249; Question of the Month "What is your least favorite everyday chore?" asked to Stern, Buscema, Palmer, Novak, Scheele, Mackie, Gruenwald and Shooter; Special Announcements Section. Letters from Kevin Hall, Dwayne Tarletz

[Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation] (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Ed Shukin (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of filing: September 28, 1984. Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (net press run): 406,623. Single issue nearest to filing date: 388,069.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Avengers
  2. 1. The Legacy of Thanos!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  4. 3. [Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation]
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