The Avengers #236 [Direct]
(October 1983)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-06-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Mike Carlin (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Twentieth anniversary issue, with new logo. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #28, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-07-12.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Spider-Man -- An Avenger -- ? (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Starfox; the Wasp]; Spider-Man
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A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball Story] (Table of Contents: 1)

Scottie / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?
Genre
children; sports
Characters
Scottie

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Comic strip ad for the Cracker Jack snack from Borden.

I Want to Be an Avenger! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
Al Milgrom (breakdowns)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (finishes)
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Starfox; the Vision; the Wasp]; Blackout; Edwin Jarvis; Electro; the Guardsman [Michael O'Brien]; the Lava Men; Moonstone; Mr. Hillbee; the Rhino; Spider-Man
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Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 3)

Star Frontiers; TSR / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Larry Elmore (signed)
Inks
Larry Elmore (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?
Genre
humor; science fiction
Synopsis
An alien entity travels all the way to Earth to purchase the Star Frontiers role playing game.

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Star Frontiers role playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc..

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters on The Avengers #231; Question of the Month "What do you do in your spare time?" asked to Stern, Milgrom, Sinnott, Chiang, Gafford, Carlin, Gruenwald and Shooter; Special Announcements Section. Letters from Bill Ward Jr., J. W. Litch, Ricky Nelson, Jeff Jacobs, Joe Ferraro

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Spider-Man -- An Avenger -- ?
    The Avengers
  2. 1. A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball Story]
    Scottie
  3. 2. I Want to Be an Avenger!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. Star Frontiers
    Star Frontiers; TSR
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
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  • Björn Eklöf
  • James Ludwig
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  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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