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Issue Details

Issue #188
Published October 1979
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jim Shooter ("guest editor" and editor-in-chief); Jim Salicrup (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "The Elements of Doom!"

Characters the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America; the Falcon; Ms. Marvel; the Scarlet Witch; the Wasp; Wonder Man]; "the Elements of Doom" [Carbon; Chlorine; Phosphorus; Radium; Vanadium]
Genre superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks Terry Austin (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #383

18 page The Avengers story "Elementary, Dear Avengers!"

Characters the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America; the Falcon; Ms. Marvel; Quicksilver; the Scarlet Witch; the Vision; the Wasp; Wonder Man]; the Darkhold book; "the Elements of Doom" [Carbon; Chlorine; Cobalt; Phosphorus; Radium; Vanadium (I, D for all)]; the Inhumans [Black Bolt; Crystal (reveals her pregnancy); Gorgon; Karnak]
Genre superhero
Script Jim Shooter (plot); Bill Mantlo (script)
Pencils John Byrne (breakdowns); Dan Green (finishes); Frank Springer (finishes)
Inks Dan Green (pages 1-12); Frank Springer (pages 13-18)
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Gaspar Saladino [as Gaspar]
Notes The Avengers next appear in Avengers Annual #9. Art credits 2005 by Steven Tice.
Reprinted in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #383 (March 1982)

1 page The Hulk; Hostess Fruit Pies advertisement "The Incredible Hulk and the Ultimate Weapon!"

Characters the Hulk
Genre superhero
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Klaus Janson
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Comic strip ad for Hostess Fruit Pies from ITT Continental Baking Company.