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Issue Details

Issue #262
Published December 1985
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.65 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Howard Mackie (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "When Titans Tussle... Hercules Vs. Sub-Mariner!"

Characters the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules]; Stingray; the Sub-Mariner
Genre superhero
Pencils John Buscema (signed)
Inks Tom Palmer (signed)
Colors Christie Scheele?

22 page The Avengers story "Many Brave Hearts..."

Characters the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; the Wasp]; the Conclave [Morlak; Shinski; Zota]; Diane; Edwin Jarvis; Adam Warlock [Him] (flashback); Inhumans [Black Bolt; Karnak] (flashback); Stingray; Namor the Sub-Mariner (becomes an Avenger)
Genre superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils John Buscema (breakdowns)
Inks Tom Palmer (finishes)
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters Jim Novak
Notes Continued from Avengers Annual #14. Secret Wars II tie-in.

1 page letters page "Avengers Assemble!"

Script various
Letters typeset
Notes Letters on The Avengers #255; Special Announcements Section; Question of the Month "If you could have a different first name, what would it be?" asked to Stern, Buscema, Palmer, Novak, Scheele, Mackie, Gruenwald and Shooter.