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Issue Details

Issue #189
Published November 1979
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jim Salicrup (Assistant Editor); Roger Stern (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "Who is the surprise super-villain Hawkeye battles alone?"

Characters the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Falcon; Hawkeye; the Scarlet Witch; Thor [Donald Blake]; the Vision]; Henry Peter Gyrich
Genre superhero
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Dan Green
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Reprinted in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #384

17 page The Avengers story "Wings and Arrows!"

Characters The Avengers [The Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Falcon; Redwing; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; The Scarlet Witch; Thor [Donald Blake]; The Vision; Wonder Man; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]]; Deathbird; Edwin Jarvis; Henry Peter Gyrich; Mr. Keeshan
Genre superhero
Script Mark Gruenwald (plot); Roger Stern (plot); Steven Grant (plot, script); David Michelinie ("creative kibitzing")
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Dan Green
Colors Ben Sean
Letters Jim Novak
Notes Takes place after Avengers Annual #9.
Reprinted in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #384 (April 1982); in Star Magazine (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #2

1 page Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies advertisement "Captain Marvel Vs. Professor Sneer."

Characters Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Professor Sneer
Synopsis Captain Marvel prevents Professor Sneer from extinguishing the sun.
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Esposito
Inks Mike Esposito?
Letters John Costanza
Notes Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company. Mike Esposito credit from auction of original art at Heritage Auction Galleries in January 2002.

1 page letters page "Avengers Assemble!"

Script various; David Michelinie (reply)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters on The Avengers #183 & 184.