The Avengers #279 [Direct]
(May 1987)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-01-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Gregory Wright (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #110.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Who Will Lead the Avengers? (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema (signed)
Inks
Tom Palmer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Doctor Druid; She-Hulk; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]; the Wasp]
Reprints

Command Decision (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
John Buscema (breakdowns)
Inks
Tom Palmer (finishes)
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Jim Novak

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] (first as chairperson, origin); Doctor Druid (joins); She-Hulk; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]]; Hercules; Frank Rambeau; Maria Rambeau; Karla Sofen [Moonstone]; Hermes (in shadow); Professor LeClare (flashback)
Synopsis
Doctor Druid officially joins the Avengers. Captain Marvel is nominated as the new chairperson and, after much soul-searching, accepts the nomination. A still-comatose Hercules is taken from his hospital bed.
Reprints

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

Avengers Assemble!; Mark's Remarks / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Mark's Remarks editorial; letters on The Avengers #273. Letters from Darrell Bartok, Brian Daly, Joh Abrahams, George Covus, Jerimon White

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Thomas Costello (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of filing: October 6, 1986. Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (net press run): 412,900. Single issue nearest to filing date: 405,015.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Who Will Lead the Avengers?
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Command Decision
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!; Mark's Remarks
  4. 3. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Max Capp
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Dan Creel
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • James Ludwig
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Mike Verhart