The Avengers #400 [Direct Edition]
(July 1996)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.50 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Avengers Group; Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606024582 40011
Editing
Nancy Poletti (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Earth's Mightiest Heroes Up Against an Endless Assault of Old Enemies! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Mike Deodato (signed)
Inks
Tom Palmer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Wasp; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Quicksilver; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Grim Reaper; Controller; Count Nefaria; Black Knight [Sir Percy of Scandia]; Kree; Ultron; Living Laser; Skrull; Hyperion; Dr. Spectrum
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover

History Repeats Itself (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid
Pencils
Mike Wieringo (breakdowns)
Inks
Tom Palmer (finishes)
Colors
John Kalisz; Malibu Coloring (as Malibu)
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Wasp; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Quicksilver; Crystal; Hawkeye; Black Widow]; Edwin Jarvis (guest); Loki [also as Tyfon] (villain); Shadow Duplicates of Black Knight [Sir Percy of Scandia] (villain); Melter (villain); Radioactive Man (villain); Living Laser (villain); Kree (villain); Skrulls (villains); Kang (villain); Dr. Spectrum (villain); Hyperion (villain); Whizzer (villain); Lava Men (villain); Ultron (villain); Controller (villain); Grim Reaper (villain); Hangman (villain); Count Nefaria (villain); Beast (cameo); Falcon (cameo); Hellcat (cameo); Starfox (cameo); Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Wonder Man (cameo); Black Knight [Dane Whitman] (cameo); Mantis (cameo); Tigra (cameo); Swordsman (cameo); Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter] (cameo); Sandman (cameo); Binary [Carol Danvers] (cameo); Sersi (cameo); Quasar (cameo); Deathcry (cameo); Rage (cameo); Moondragon (cameo); Dr. Druid (cameo); Stranger (cameo); Thanos (cameo); Arkon (cameo); Grey Gargoyle (cameo); Absorbing Man (cameo); Enchantress (cameo); Collector (cameo); Baron Zemo (cameo); Spider-Man (cameo); Mr. Fantastic (cameo); Invisible Woman (cameo); The Thing (cameo); Black Panther (cameo); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo); She-Hulk (cameo); X-Man (cameo)
Synopsis
Loki has returned and is opening a portal to a dark dimension that threatens to engulf the Earth. While the Avengers battle simulacra of many of their old foes, the fate of the Earth rests in the hands of one man: Edwin Jarvis.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued in Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #335

Avengers Roll Call (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / character profile / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Deodato
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
John Kalisz
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym; Ant-Man; Goliath; Yellowjacket]; Wasp; Hulk; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Wonder Man; Hawkeye [Goliath]; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Hercules; Black Panther; Vision; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Beast; Mantis; Moondragon; Hellcat; Jocasta; Ms. Marvel [Binary; Carol Danvers]; Falcon; Tigra; She-Hulk; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Starfox; Mockingbird; The Thing; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Firebird; Dr. Druid; Moon Knight; Marrina; Yellowjacket [Rita DeMara]; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Gilgamesh; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Sersi; Stingray; Rage; Sandman; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Crystal; Thunderstrike; Deathcry; Swordsman [Philip Jarvert]; USAgent; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Magdalene; Madame Masque; Living Lightning; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]

Indexer Notes

Presents a roster of Avengers members including head shots of their various incarnations and a listing of all their appearances in both Avengers and West Coast Avengers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Avengers the Assembly / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Chris A. Woo, J. Motley, Gregory Varesco, Angie Saunders

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Earth's Mightiest Heroes Up Against an Endless Assault of Old Enemies!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. History Repeats Itself
    The Avengers
  3. 2. Avengers Roll Call
    The Avengers
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Avengers the Assembly
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steve Coates
  • Ralf Haring
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • James Ludwig
  • Fawzy Partridge
  • Derek Reinhard