The Avengers #233 [Newsstand]
(July 1983)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-04-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245807
Editing
Mike Carlin (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #22, with shipping date of 1983-03-15.
This issue is a variant of The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #233 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Avengers Up Against... The Barrier! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Starfox; Thor [Donald Blake]; the Vision; the Wasp]
Reprints

A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball Story] (Table of Contents: 1)

Scottie; Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
children; sports
Characters
Scottie

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Comic strip ad for the Cracker Jack snack from Borden.

The Annihilation Gambit! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern (plot, script); John Byrne (plot)
Pencils
John Byrne (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art)
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Jim Novak

Genre
superhero
Characters
Alicia Masters; Annihilus; the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hawkeye; the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Starfox; Thor [also as Dr. Donald Blake]; the Vision; the Wasp]; Bernie Rosenthal; the Fantastic Four [the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]; Franklin Richards
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued between Fantastic Four #256 and 257.

Behind the Candy Counter (Table of Contents: 3)

Nabisco; Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
children

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for Super Yum Bubble Yum gum from Nabisco Brands, Inc..

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Avalanche] (Table of Contents: 4)

Dungeons & Dragons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Willingham
Inks
Bill Willingham
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Grimslade; Indel; Oakthorn; Saren; Valerius

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued from [The Black Swamp of Lobella].

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters on The Avengers #228; Question of the Month "What was the first Marvel comic that you remember reading?" asked to Stern, Byrne, Sinnott, Novak, Scheele and Shooter; Special Announcements Section. Letters from Kevin Scott Collier, Jeffrey Lowndes, Mike Fellinger, Roxanne C. Smith

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Avengers Up Against... The Barrier!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball Story]
    Scottie; Cracker Jack
  3. 2. The Annihilation Gambit!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. Behind the Candy Counter
    Nabisco; Bubble Yum
  5. 4. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Avalanche]
    Dungeons & Dragons
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
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