The Avengers #286 [Direct]
(December 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
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Gregory Wright (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Assault on an Android! (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 [Dr. Druid; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; She-Hulk; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]]; Awesome Android
Reprints
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The Fix Is On! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Roger Stern (plot); Ralph Macchio (script)
Pencils
John Buscema (breakdowns)
Inks
Tom Palmer (finishes)
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Bill Oakley
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Dr. Druid; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]]; Marrina; Super-Adaptoid (disguised as the Fixer, villain); Awesome Android (villain); Todd Martin (introduction); Derek Freeman; Bobby Hutchinson
Synopsis
The Fixer escapes from prison, takes control of the Awesome Adaptoid and battles the Avengers.
Reprints

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

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

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Dale Coe, John R. Kearns, Jim Golembeski, Jim Garvey, Dennis Petilli, John Andrew Lay

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Assault on an Android!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. The Fix Is On!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
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