The Avengers #244 [Direct]
(June 1984)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-02-21
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

Cover title "The Mighty Avengers". On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #42, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-03-13.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Wraiths Walk Among Us! (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; Starfox; the Vision]; a Dire Wraith
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #244 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #244 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #244 [Canadian]
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Moon Patrol (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Moon Patrol; Atari / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

"And the Rocket's Red Glare!" (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
Al Milgrom (pages 1-9, 17, 18, 22); Carmine Infantino (pages 10-16, 19-21)
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; the Scarlet Witch; Starfox; the Vision; the Wasp]; Dr. Woodrow Cather; Dire Wraiths; Wraith Rocketeers; General Bridges; Lockjaw (cameo); Quicksilver (cameo); Clint Barton [Hawkeye] (cameo); Bobbi Morse [Mockingbird] (cameo); Bill Foster [Goliath] (cameo)
Synopsis
The Avengers battle Dire Wraiths who have been causing accidents at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Clint and Bobbi arrive on the West coast.
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Indexer Notes

Although all male Dire Wraith scientists were shown to be killed in Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #48, this story clearly shows that some of them survived.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters on The Avengers #239. Short fan letter from David Letterman concerning his appearance in that issue. Question of the Month "What is your biggest pet peeve?" asked to Stern, Milgrom, Sinnott, Novak, Scheele, Carlin, Gruenwald and Shooter; Special Announcements Section. Letters from Randy Zimmerman, Ned Harper (David Letterman Exclusive Club), James Ryley, Howard W. Stangroom, Susan Murrie, Dave Letterman

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Wraiths Walk Among Us!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Moon Patrol
    Moon Patrol; Atari
  3. 2. "And the Rocket's Red Glare!"
    The Avengers
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
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