The Avengers #266 [Direct]

(April 1986)

... And the War's Desolation! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (credited); Jim Shooter (credited) (additional dialogue)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited) (breakdowns)

Inks

Tom Palmer (credited) (finishes)

Colors

Christie Scheele (credited)

Letters

Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Behold the Silver Surfer! For untold ages, he soared...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers [The Black Knight [Dane Whitman] (also in flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (also in flashback); Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] (also in flashback); Hercules (also in flashback); Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor] (also in flashback); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (also in flashback)]; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (also in flashback); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Beyonder (villain, flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo flashback); Molecule Man [Owen Reece] (also in flashback); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo flashback); Thor (cameo flashback); Volcana [Marsha Rosenberg] (also in flashback)

Synopsis

The battle with the Beyonder has destroyed a section of the Rockies leaving a huge rip in the Earth's crust which will lead to the planet's destruction in mere hour. The Avengers and the Fantastic Four convince the Molecule Man, with the help of the Silver Surfer, to restore the Rockies and save the Earth.

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #17
• in Spider-Man and Zoids (Marvel UK, 1986 series) #46 (17 January 1987), #47 (24 January 1987), #48 (31 January 1987), #49 (7 February 1987), #50 (14 February 1987)
• in Los Vengadores (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #63 (abril 1988), #64 (Mayo 1988)
• in Strange (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #231 (5 mars 1989) [-3 pages]
• in Secret Wars II Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
• in Avengers: The Once and Future Kang (Marvel, 2013 series) (2013)
• in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #16 - Under Siege (2016)

Keywords

Secret Wars II

Indexer Notes

Continued from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #9.

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

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Wayne Holland, Jeff Mitchell, George O'Malley, Michael Chernecky, Paul Richardsen and Evan Lanctot.

Tell It To Mark Gruenwald Page! (Table of Contents: 3)

Tell It To Mark Gruenwald Page! / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Mark Gruenwald

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

A second letters page specifically about Gruenwald edited comics. Letters from: Pat Szabo, Barry Chin, Jerome Walker and Scott Shumaker.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Thomas Costello (business manager)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of filing: October 1, 1985. Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (net press run): 408,705. Single issue nearest to filing date: 404,687.