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Issue Details

Issue #217
Published March 1982
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Lance Tooks (Assistant Editor); Jim Salicrup (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "A Hero's Last Stand!"

Characters the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; the Wasp; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Hall
Inks Dan Green
Letters ?; typeset

22 page The Avengers story "Double-Cross!"

Characters the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Tigra (flashback); the Wasp; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym] (jailed in this story)]; Bambi Arbogast; Carrothers; Edwin Jarvis; Egghead; his niece Trish Starr; the Mechano-Marauder [Fabian Stankowicz] (I); Salvation I (flashback); Sheila
Genre superhero
Script Jim Shooter (plot, script); Bob Hall (plot assist)
Pencils Bob Hall
Inks Dan Green (pages 1-8); Frank Giacoia (pages 9?, 10, 14, 20, 22); Vince Colletta (pages 15, 17); Steve Mitchell (page 16); Al Milgrom (pages 18, 19, 21); ? (pages 11-13) (see notes)
Colors Christie Scheele [as Christy Scheele]
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes Only Dan Green is credited with the inking. Additional inker credits added 2005, updated June 2007, by Steven Tice.

1 page Daredevil advertisement "Daredevil's Longest Fight!"

Characters Baby Face Johnny; Daredevil
Genre superhero
Pencils Chic Stone?
Inks Chic Stone?
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Comic strip ad for Hostess Fruit Pies from Continental Baking Company.

1 page letters page "Avengers Assemble!"

Script various
Letters typeset
Notes Letters on The Avengers #214.

1 page Dungeons & Dragons advertisement A "Dungeons & Dragons" Adventure! [The Red Dragon]

Characters Grimslade; Indel; Saren; Valerius
Genre sword and sorcery
Pencils Bill Willingham (signed)
Inks Bill Willingham (signed)
Notes Outside back cover. Comics ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued between [Evil Goblins] and [Grindal the Mentor].