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Issue Details

Issue #192
Published February 1980
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jim Salicrup (Editor); Roger Stern (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "Peril In Pittsburgh!"

Characters the Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wonder Man]; Inferno
Genre superhero
Pencils George Perez (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott (signed)

17 page The Avengers story "Steel City Nightmare!"

Characters the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Falcon; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; the Scarlet Witch; the Vision; the Wasp; Wonder Man]; Joseph Conroy [becomes Inferno] (I); Edwin Jarvis; Henry Peter Gyrich; Henry Pym; Sid Bloat; Tim Turpin; Vince Paretta
Genre superhero
Script David Michelinie
Pencils Arvell Jones (breakdowns); Ricardo Villamonte (finished art); Marvel staff (alterations, see notes)
Inks Ricardo Villamonte; Marvel staff (alterations, see notes)
Colors Ben Sean
Letters Gaspar Saladino (uncredited, page 1); Diana Albers (pages 2-17)
Notes According to David Michelinie in The Avengers #196 letters page, due to reference material becoming lost, staffers at Marvel redrew parts of this issue. This information added 2005 by Steven Tice. The character Joseph Conroy, a black man, was mistakenly colored as a white man.
Reprinted in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #387

1 page Mr. Fantastic; Hostess Twinkies advertisement "A Passion for Gold"

Characters Goldigger; Mr. Fantastic
Genre superhero
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Mike Esposito?
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.

1 page text article "Avengers Assemble!"

Synopsis Article by Mark Gruenwald on the research behind The Avengers #185-187, including the revelation of Magneto as the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch.
Script ?; Mark Gruenwald
Letters typeset