The Avengers
#288
[Direct Edition]
(February 1988)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics, A New World Company
- Brand:
- Marvel
- Editing:
- Gregory Wright (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (Editor); Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief)
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
When Wakes The Sentry Sinister!
Avengers / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- John Buscema (signed)
- Inks:
- Tom Palmer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- the Avengers [Dr. Druid; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; She-Hulk; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]]; Adaptoid (disguised as the Fixer); Machine Man; Sentry 459
- Reprints:
in ![Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #288 [Direct Edition]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/745/w200/745510.jpg?7706678470045773089)
![Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #288 [Newsstand Edition]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/19/w100/19286.jpg?2916633363705484311)
Heavy Metal!
Avengers / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ralph Macchio
- Pencils:
- John Buscema (breakdowns)
- Inks:
- Tom Palmer (finishes)
- Colors:
- Christie Scheele
- Letters:
- Bill Oakley
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Avengers [Dr. Druid; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]]; Marrina; Heavy Metal [Super-Adaptoid (in the form of the Fixer); Machine Man; Sentry 459; Tess-One] (introduction, villains); Doomsday Man (destroyed)
- Synopsis:
- The Super-Adaptoid gains the Machine Man's help after promising to revive Jocasta. After gaining control of Sentry 459 and Tess-One the group, naming itself Heavy Metal, attacks Hydrobase.
- Reprints:
in 
in [no title indexed]
Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
In "Mark's Remarks" Mark Gruenwald recounts why Roger Stern is no longer the writer of the title.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
When Wakes The Sentry Sinister!
Avengers -
1.
Heavy Metal!
Avengers -
2.
[no title indexed]
Avengers Assemble!
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