The Avengers #264 [Newsstand]
(February 1986)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860245802
Editing
Howard Mackie (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #264 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

And Now -- The All-New Yellowjacket (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema (signed)
Inks
Tom Palmer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Wasp; Yellowjacket [Rita DeMara]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #264 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #264 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Avengers (1963 series) #264 [Canadian]
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Stings & Sorrows! (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]; Hank Pym (flashback); Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Beyonder (cameo, villain); Dr. Strange (flashback); Edwin Jarvis; Fantastic Four [Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]; Frank Rambeau; Franklin Richards; Maria Rambeau; Yellowjacket [Rita DeMara] (introduction, villain)
Synopsis
The Wasp learns she still retains her wings and can fly even when only shrinking to four feet tall. An unidentified woman steals Hank Pym's Yellowjacket costume and size-changing inventions but is stopped by the Wasp.
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Indexer Notes

The story contains a minor crossover with Captain America #315. The issue also leads into Secret Wars II #8.

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters; Question of the Month "Who was the most influential person in your life?" asked to Stern, Buscema, Palmer, Novak, Scheele, Mackie, Gruenwald and Shooter. Letters from Andy Armstron, Jeff Mitchell, James M. Jayce, David A. Smith, Christopher Tong

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. And Now -- The All-New Yellowjacket
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Stings & Sorrows!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
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