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Issue Details

Issue #243
Published May 1984
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Michael Carlin (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes Cover title "The Mighty Avengers"

Cover Details - "The Vison Takes Command!"

Characters the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Jim Rhodes]; the Scarlet Witch; Starfox; Thor [Donald Blake]; the Vision; the Wasp]
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott (signed)
Reprinted in Avengers Log (Marvel, 1994 series) #1

22 page The Avengers story "Chain of Command!"

Characters the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Jim Rhodes]; Quicksilver; the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Starfox; Thor [Donald Blake]; the Vision; the Wasp]; Crystal; Edwin Jarvis; Henry Peter Gyrich; ISAAC; Luna; Mockingbird; Raymond Sikorski
Synopsis With the core Avengers missing, Vision tries to calm the fears of the public as the rest of the team continues to fight crime; The lost Avengers return from the Secret Wars and a West Coast branch headed by Hawkeye is proposed to solve the problem of the surplus Avengers.
Genre superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Al Milgrom [as Allen Milgrom]
Inks Joe Sinnott
Colors Julianna Ferriter
Letters John Morelli
Notes Continued in part from MARVEL SUPER-HEROES SECRET WARS #12; West Coast Avengers are proposed.

Half page letters page "Avengers Assemble!"

Script various
Letters typeset
Notes Letters on The Avengers #238; Question of the Month "What is your favorite sport?" asked to Stern, Milgrom, Sinnott, Morelli, Scheele and Shooter; Special Announcements Section.

Half page text article "Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation"

Script Ed Shukin (business manager)
Letters typeset
Notes Date of filing: October 4, 1983. Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (net press run): 413,151. Single issue nearest to filing date: 404,252.