(January 1986)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.65 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.30 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Howard Mackie (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
What Lurks Within The Cocoon?
The Avengers / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Buscema (signed)
- Inks:
- Tom Palmer (signed)
- Colors:
- Christie Scheele?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner]; Jean Grey (within the cocoon)
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- In Essential X-Factor (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
in 
![Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #263 [Newsstand Edition]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/845/w100/845349.jpg?1263500324584295447)
"What Lurks Below?"
The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Roger Stern
- Pencils:
- John Buscema (breakdowns)
- Inks:
- Tom Palmer (finishes)
- Colors:
- Christie Scheele
- Letters:
- Jim Novak
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner; the Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; The Enclave [Morlak; Shinski; Zota]; Derek Freeman; Her (flashback); Jean Grey; Melter; Raymond Sikorski; Scourge; Adam Warlock (flashback); Nelson (FBI diver); Carter (FBI diver); Keegan (Melter's henchman)
- Synopsis:
- Sub-Mariner joins the Avengers. The Avengers retrieve a cocoon from the bottom of Jamaica Bay which contains the dormant body of the long-thought-dead Jean Grey of X-Men fame.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- In Essential X-Factor (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
in Indexer Notes
Continued in Fantastic Four #286, which leads up to X-Factor #1.
Avengers Assemble!
letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- various
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters on The Avengers #256; Question of the Month "Does anyone in your family look at your work? Who?" asked to Stern, Buscema, Palmer, Novak, Scheele, Mackie, Gruenwald and Shooter; Special Announcements Section.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
What Lurks Within The Cocoon?
The Avengers -
1.
"What Lurks Below?"
The Avengers -
2.
Avengers Assemble!
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- Mike Nielsen
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