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Issue: The Avengers #285

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Publication Date: November 1987

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Issues: #285 of 401 Issues (872 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 07148602458311

Price: $0.95 CAD
$0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved By the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Gregory Wright (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; later standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #200)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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The Avengers #285 [Direct Edition]

The Avengers #285 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (3 total)

The Wrath of Zeus!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): John Buscema (signed)

Inker(s): Tom Palmer (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Avengers

Character(s): the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Doctor Druid; Hercules; She-Hulk; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]; the Wasp]; Zeus

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Pages: 1

Twilight of the Gods!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Roger Stern

Penciller(s): John Buscema (breakdowns)

Inker(s): Tom Palmer (finishes)

Colorist(s): Christie Scheele

Letterer(s): Bill Oakley

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Avengers

Character(s): Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (leaves); Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Doctor Druid; She-Hulk; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson] (leaves)]; Hercules; Wasp; Fixer (seen in a file); Greek gods [Ares; Apollo; Athena; Dionysus (cameo); Hera (cameo); Hermes (cameo); Neptune; Zeus]; Prometheus; Marrina; Fixer (on screen); Masters of Evil (flashback)

Synopsis: Doctor Druid calms Hercules and gets the demigod to snap out of his delirium. Zeus continues his assault on the Avengers but is stopped by Hercules. A penitent Zeus forgives the Avengers and forbids all of the Greek gods from setting foot on the Earth ever again (including Hercules). Back on Earth, Thor leaves to attempt to end the curse placed on him by Hela. Also, Marrina returns to Hydrobase and tells Namor that all his Atlantean followers abandoned him after he was taken by Neptune. Later, Captain Marvel decides the Avengers will try to find the missing Captain America.

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Pages: 22

Notes: Thor and Captain America effectively leave the Avengers as of this issue.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Mark's Remarks editorial; letters on The Avengers #279. Letters from Kathy Graff, John C. Hartley, Scott Anderson, James A. Zank, Dale Novak, Keith Reaves