The Avengers #300 [Direct]
(February 1989)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-11-18
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 (managing editor); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

Presenting the New Team! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema (signed as Buscema [all caps])
Inks
Tom Palmer (signed as PALMER)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: The Captain [Steve Rogers]; Gilgamesh; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Inferno² (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Simonson (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited) (layouts); Tom Palmer (credited) (finishes)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited) (finishes)
Colors
Paul Becton (credited as Becton); Marc Siry (credited as Siry)
Letters
Bill Oakley (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reality is a series of coincidences strung together by accident. Or to put it another way...
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers! [key-shaped Y]
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: The Captain [Steve Rogers]; Gilgamesh; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]
The Black Knight [Dane Whitman] (comatose); Goblin Queen [Madelyne Pryor] (cameo); Growing Man (Other Earth - Earth-6311); Edwin Jarvis; Kang the Conqueror [Nathaniel Richards] (Earth-123488.23497); N'astirh; Nanny [Eleanor Murch]; Orphan-Maker; Franklin Richards; Nathaniel Richards; S'ym (cameo); Inferno demons; Klytus
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Inferno

Indexer Notes

Special thanks to Tom Morgan.
Inferno crossover.

Avengers Membership (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / character profile / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson; ? (updates)
Pencils
John Byrne; Kieron Dwyer ?; various
Inks
Joe Rubinstein; various
Colors
Andy Yanchus; ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; The Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Doctor Druid [Anthony Druid]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Firebird [Bonita Juárez]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Gilgamesh; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Hercules; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Iron Man [Jim Rhodes]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; Mantis; Marrina; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Henry Pym; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Starfox [Eros]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]; Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]; Yellowjacket [Rita DeMara]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

Indexer Notes

A roster of every member of the Avengers (East Coast or West Coast) and the issues in which they appeared.

[Avengers Staff] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Avengers / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils
Kieron Dwyer ?; John Byrne
Inks
Joe Rubinstein; Terry Austin
Colors
Andy Yanchus; ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Diane Arliss; Peggy Carter; Robert Frank Jr.; John Jameson; Edwin Jarvis; Dr. Keith Kincaid; Talia Kruma; M'Daka; Walter Newell; Michael O'Brien; Genji Odashu; Donna Maria Puentes; Arnold Roth; Raymond Sikorski; Fabian Stankowicz; Inger Sullivan; Gilbert Vaughn
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

Jarvis, Edwin (Table of Contents: 4)

The Avengers / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Sanderson (writer and researcher); ? (updates)
Pencils
Marc McLaurin (Edwin Jarvin illustration); John Buscema (layouts); Tom Palmer (finishes); Bob Hall (breakdowns); Kyle Baker (finishes)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (Edwin Jarvin illustration); Tom Palmer (finishes); Kyle Baker (finishes)
Colors
Andy Yanchus (Edwin Jarvin illustration); ?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Gregory Wright (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]; Vision
Gloria Garsen; Edwin Jarvis; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Marvel handbook-like profile on Edwin Jarvis.

Indexer Notes

Illustrations: main illustration from Jarvis profile at The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1989 series) #4 (by Mclaurin, Rubinstein & Yanchus), 3 from Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #280 (1st panel of page 5, 1st of page 16 and 2nd of page 19, by Hall & Baker), and 4 from Avengers (Marvel, 1963) #298 (6th of page 5, 2nd of page 6, 3rd-4th of page 16, by Buscema & Palmer).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Avengers Assemble!

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Chris Hass, Dan McDermott, Rick MacPhee, Chris Smith, Hurricane Heeran, Rebecca Hammond, Mike Kaczmarski, Joe Frank, and Mark Luster. Also shows all the previous cover logos.

Avengers Park (Table of Contents: 6)

The Avengers / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
Peter Sanderson ?; Mark Gruenwald ?
Pencils
Eliot R. Brown ?
Inks
Eliot R. Brown ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; the Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Starfox; Thor [Don Blake]; the Vision; the Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]] [statues]

Indexer Notes

Map of Avengers Park and an illo of the "Founders' Monument" statue.

The Coming of the Accursed Avengers! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Avengers / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ralph Macchio (credited)
Pencils
Walter Simonson (credited as Walt Simonson)
Inks
Walter Simonson (credited as Walt Simonson)
Colors
Gregory Wright (credited)
Letters
John Workman (credited as John E. Workman Jr.)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And so I again undertake the arduous annual pilgrimage to Asgard's dread Isle of Silence.
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Ant-Man [Hank Pym] (flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (flashback); Thor [Don Blake] (flashback); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (flashback)
Rick Jones (flashback); Loki (also in flashback); unnamed Silent One
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Asgard; Bifrost; Iron Man Armor Model 1; Isle of Silence; Mjolnir

Indexer Notes

Loki recounts how he was instrumental at the first forming of the Avengers.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Presenting the New Team!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Inferno²
    The Avengers
  3. 2. Avengers Membership
    The Avengers
  4. 3. [Avengers Staff]
    The Avengers
  5. 4. Jarvis, Edwin
    The Avengers
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  7. 6. Avengers Park
    The Avengers
  8. 7. The Coming of the Accursed Avengers!
    The Avengers
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