The Avengers #270 [Direct Edition]

(August 1986)

Wild In the Streets! (Table of Contents)

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

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; Wasp]; Byrrah; Derek Freeman; Edwin Jarvis; Moonstone [Karla Sofen] (villain); Mr. Costello; Absorbing Man (villain); Titania (villain)

Synopsis:

With public opinion split on whether the Sub-Mariner should have been inducted into the Avengers, Moonstone attempts to trick the protestors into rioting. Captain Marvel helps save FBI agent Derek Freeman from a helicopter crash caused by Moonstone. The Avengers capture Moonstone but unwittingly hand her over to the Absorbing Man and Titania who are disguised as New York police. Namor is sued for $2 billion by a group of insurance investors and he leaves to save Marrina from Attuma who has become ruler of Atlantis.

Reprints:

• in Avengers: Under Siege (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (November 1998)
• in Avengers: Under Siege (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] [premiere edition] (2010)

Indexer Notes

Continued in part in Alpha Flight #36.

Avengers Assemble! (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mark Gruenwald; various

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Mark's Remarks editorial (continued from West Coast Avengers #10); letters on The Avengers #264.