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Issue: The Avengers #279

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Publication Date: May 1987

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Issues: #279 of 401 Issues (872 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct Edition

Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved By the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Gregory Wright (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (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

Format Notes:

Variants2

The Avengers #279 [Direct Edition]

2 The Avengers #279 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In4

1 Content Item
- Command Decision [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.

1 Content Item
- Who Will Lead The Avengers? [Illustration on Cover, Front]2

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets2

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Statement of Ownership

Content Items (4 total)

Who Will Lead The Avengers?

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

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 Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Doctor Druid; She-Hulk; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]; the Wasp]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

The Avengers #350 [Direct Edition] published August 1992
as Avengers Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Avengers: Assault on Olympus #[nn] [premiere edition] published January 2011
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Command Decision

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Roger Stern

Penciller(s): John Buscema (breakdowns)

Inker(s): Tom Palmer (finishes)

Colorist(s): Christie Scheele

Letterer(s): Jim Novak

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Avengers

Character(s): Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] (first as chairperson, origin); Doctor Druid (joins); She-Hulk; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]]; Hercules; Frank Rambeau; Maria Rambeau; Karla Sofen [Moonstone]; Hermes (in shadow); Professor LeClare (flashback)

Synopsis: Doctor Druid officially joins the Avengers. Captain Marvel is nominated as the new chairperson and, after much soul-searching, accepts the nomination. A still-comatose Hercules is taken from his hospital bed.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Avengers: Assault on Olympus #[nn] [premiere edition] published January 2011

In Issue:

Avengers Epic Collection #17 published July 2014

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.75

Notes: Mark's Remarks editorial; letters on The Avengers #273. Letters from Darrell Bartok, Brian Daly, Joh Abrahams, George Covus, Jerimon White

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Thomas Costello (business manager)

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.25

Notes: Date of filing: October 6, 1986. Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (net press run): 412,900. Single issue nearest to filing date: 405,015.