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Issue Details

Issue #233
Published July 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Michael Carlin (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "The Avengers Up Against... The Barrier!"

Characters the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Starfox; Thor [Donald Blake]; the Vision; the Wasp]
Genre superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott (signed)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

1 page Scottie advertisement "A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball Story]"

Characters Scottie
Genre children; sports
Notes Inside front cover. Comic strip ad for the Cracker Jack snack from Borden.

22 page The Avengers story "The Annihilation Gambit!"

Characters Alicia Masters; Annihilus; the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hawkeye; the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Starfox; Thor [also as Dr. Donald Blake]; the Vision; the Wasp]; Bernie Rosenthal; the Fantastic Four [the Human Torch; the Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]; Franklin Richards
Genre superhero
Script Roger Stern (plot, script); John Byrne (plot)
Pencils John Byrne (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art)
Inks Joe Sinnott
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters Jim Novak
Notes Continued between Fantastic Four #256 and 257.
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

1 page advertisement "Behind the Candy Counter"

Genre children
Notes Comic strip ad for Super Yum Bubble Yum gum from Nabisco Brands, Inc..

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

Characters Grimslade; Indel; Oakthorn; Saren; Valerius
Genre sword and sorcery
Pencils Bill Willingham
Inks Bill Willingham
Notes Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued from [The Black Swamp of Lobella].

1 page letters page "Avengers Assemble!"

Script various
Letters typeset
Notes Letters on The Avengers #228; Question of the Month "What was the first Marvel comic that you remember reading?" asked to Stern, Byrne, Sinnott, Novak, Scheele and Shooter; Special Announcements Section.