The Avengers #242 [Newsstand]
(April 1984)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-01-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860245804
Editing
Mike Carlin (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #38, with shipping date of 1983-12-20.
This issue is a variant of The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #242 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, Avengers, the party's over!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Starfox; Thor [Donald Blake]; the Vision; the Wasp]
Reprints

Easy Come... Easy Go! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
Al Milgrom (breakdowns)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (finishes, pages 1-11); Brett Breeding (finishes, pages 12-21)
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Joe Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Dr. Henry Pym; Hawkeye; the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Starfox; Thor [Donald Blake]; the Vision; the Wasp]; Doctor Strange (flashback); Edwin Jarvis; Jessica Drew (flashback); Mockingbird; Necrodamus (flashback)
Synopsis
The Avengers return home to find Hawkeye has returned with his new bride, Mockingbird. Vision is also restored to his body. Thor shows up as well. Wasp tries to figure out what to do with so many Avengers. Vision detects a huge power surge in Central Park and six of the Avengers are transported away to the Secret Wars.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued in part in Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (Marvel, 1984 series) #1.

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters on The Avengers #237; Question of the Month "What is your favorite movie of all time?" asked to Stern, Milgrom, Rubinstein, Breeding, Rosen, Scheele, Carlin, Gruenwald, Fingeroth and Shooter; Special Announcements Section. Letters from Mike Newman, Bill Sahin, Tom Jasper, Chad Reed, Duane Tremaine, Evan M. Lanctot

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Okay, Avengers, the party's over!!"]
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Easy Come... Easy Go!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
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